Recent governmental shifts include the dismissal of all members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., sparking calls for investigations over politicization of vaccine advisory boards. FDA Commissioner Makary reassured non-involvement in the firing decision amid ongoing debates on drug pricing reforms under the Trump administration, particularly the 'most favored nation' approach. NIH scientists issued a Bethesda Declaration protesting politicized funding cuts affecting biomedical research, highlighting tensions between science and policy.