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The National Institutes of Health is soliciting proposals for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s autism data project, pledging an initial $50 million for efforts to help identify causes of the neurological condition, per a funding opportunity posted to the agency's website.

Why it matters: Some health experts are concerned that the initiative will allow HHS to pick and choose information that supports certain theories, including the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism.

Republicans insist that Medicaid work requirements will weed out people who shouldn't be on the safety net program's rolls in the first place.

• The reality is that the red tape and bureaucratic hoops to jump through will have far broader effects, according to health policy experts.

Manufacturers appeared to stop rapidly stockpiling drugs and medical products from Europe in April, even amid the lingering threat of industry-specific tariffs from the Trump administration, according to federal trade data.

Why it matters: An importing surge seen early this spring may have created an inventory bubble, putting pressure on the companies to sell their products before they expire, experts said.