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DFA’s most recent statements on public health policy, advocacy issues, and national conversations.
February 10, 2026
STATEMENT: Making the Great American Recovery Initiative Work Through Evidence-Based Practices
DFA General
Community Health and Prevention
Substance Use Disorder
February 4, 2026
STATEMENT: DFA's Statement on President Trump's Withdrawal from the World Health Organization
DFA General
January 27, 2026
STATEMENT: Fear-Based Enforcement Endangers Health and Lives
FDA
Health Justice and Equity
Decriminalization and Liberation
January 16, 2026
STATEMENT: SAMHSA Cuts Could Kill
FDA
Community Health and Prevention
Substance Use Disorder
January 15, 2026
STATEMENT: Senate HELP Committee Hearing on Medication Abortion
FDA
Access to Affordable Care
January 12, 2026
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Concerned by Agency Turnover
FDA
Access to Affordable Care
January 6, 2026
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Condemns Overhaul of U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule
DFA General
Community Health and Prevention
January 6, 2026
STATEMENT RELEASE: Veterans Deserve Care, Not Politics: Physicians Speak Out Against VA Abortion Ban
DFA General
Community Health and Prevention
Reproductive Rights
December 8, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Response to the December 4-5, 2025 ACIP Meeting
DFA General
Community Health and Prevention
December 1, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Commemorate World AIDS Day 2025
DFA General
Community Health and Prevention
November 21, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: DFA Calls on the CDC and HHS to Reinstate Evidence-Based Content on the Vaccines and Autism Webpage
DFA General
Community Health and Prevention
November 5, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: DFA on Making the Case for Patient-Centered Policy
DFA General
FDA
October 24, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Calls On Congress to Extend Enhanced ACA Subsidies and Protect Affordable Health Coverage
Affordable Care Act
October 15, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Denounces the October 10th Firing of CDC Workers
Read Post
September 30, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Calls On Congress to Protect Telehealth for Vulnerable Populations
Read Post
September 29, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Statement Denounces Claims Linking Tylenol and Autism
Read Post
September 25, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Calls for Greater Transparency on FDA Action on Leucovorin
Read Post
September 22, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Expresses Concern Over Erosion of Expert Voices in Vaccine Decision-Making
Read Post
September 3, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Alarmed by the Attacks on CDC Leadership Crisis
Read Post
August 28, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Kennedy’s War on Doctors and Evidence-Based Medicine
DFA General
August 18, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Physicians Urge FDA to Maintain Authorization of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Children
FDA
August 11, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Is Saddened by the Shooting at the Centers for Disease Control
Gun Violence Prevention
August 5, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Calls for the Reinstatement of Medical Experts and Professional Medical Organizations to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Read Post
July 31, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: DFA Statement on United States Preventive Services Task Force Removal
Read Post
July 30, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: DFA Statement on Elevidys Removal and Subsequent Return to the Market
Read Post
July 2, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Condemns Senate Passage of “One Big Beautiful Bill”
Read Post
June 30, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Reproductive Health Coalition Statement on Impact of Medicaid Cuts
Reproductive Rights
June 26, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Condemns Skrmetti Decision, LGBTQ+ Hotline Closure
Read Post
June 23, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Condemns Inhumane Immigration Enforcement
Immigrant Health Justice
June 20, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: FDA Commissioner’s National Priority Vouchers Will Endanger Americans
DFA General
FDA
June 10, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Condemns RFK Jr.'s Gutting of Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices
Read Post
May 30, 2025
Doctors for America Calls for Transparency in COVID-19 Vaccine Regulation
COVID-19
May 15, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: SAMHSA Cuts Will Kill - Doctors for America Calls for Reinstating Funding for Mental Health and Addiction Resources
FDA
May 15, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Dismayed by Kennedy Testimony
Read Post
May 13, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Statement on Decision to Withdraw FDA Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
Read Post
April 29, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: FDA Task Force Statement on President Trump’s First 100 Days in Office
DFA General
FDA
April 15, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Calls for the Resignation or Removal of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Read Post
April 11, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Supports Administration’s Calls for Greater Transparency in Science
Read Post
April 11, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Disappointed in Secretary Kennedy Congressional Hearing Delay
Read Post
April 3, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Denounces Mass Layoffs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Read Post
March 31, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Statement on Forced Resignation of Dr. Peter Marks
Read Post
March 26, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Statement on Confirmation of Dr. Makary
Read Post
March 14, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s Statement on the decision to rescind the nomination of Dr. Weldon to lead the CDC
DFA General
March 6, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Statement on FDA Nomination Hearing
Read Post
March 5, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Statement on NIH Nomination Hearing
Read Post
February 27, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors For America Urges Trump to Back H5N1 Public Health Response
Read Post
February 21, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Urges U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to Protect Vaccine Guidelines and Access for all Americans
Read Post
February 19, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Denounces Mass Public Health Firings
Read Post
February 19, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors For America Community Health and Prevention Committee Calls on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Retract Harmful Statement on Mental Health Pharmacologic Therapy as Secretary of Health and Human Services
Read Post
February 13, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s Statement on RFK Jr. Confirmation
FDA
February 11, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Judge Grants Temporary Restraining Order; Orders CDC, FDA, HHS Webpages To Be Restored
FDA
Access to Affordable Care
February 5, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Condemns Finance Committee Approval of RFK Jr. Nomination for HHS Secretary
Read Post
February 3, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America's Statement on President Trump's Executive Order Claiming “Two Genders”
Read Post
January 24, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Condemns Trump Executive Orders on Drug Pricing
Read Post
January 23, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America's Statement on President Trump's Withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO)
Read Post
January 22, 2025
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Statement on President Trump Administration’s Efforts on Gun Violence Prevention
Gun Violence Prevention
December 17, 2024
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Statement on School Shooting in Madison, WI
Gun Violence Prevention
October 11, 2024
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Responds to Advisory Committee Vote on Barth Syndrome Therapy Elamipretide
Read Post
August 27, 2024
STATEMENT RELEASE: Statement of Opposition for Criminalizing Homelessness
Community Health and Prevention
July 17, 2024
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors For America’s Response to Shooting at Trump Rally
Gun Violence Prevention
June 27, 2024
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on EMTALA
Reproductive Rights
June 25, 2024
Doctors for America Commends Surgeon General’s Advisory on Firearm Violence
Gun Violence Prevention
June 24, 2024
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Strongly Condemns FDA Approval of Elevidys
Read Post
June 13, 2024
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Mifepristone
Reproductive Rights
May 28, 2024
Doctors for America Condemns Louisiana’s Reproductive Drug Reclassification
Reproductive Rights
May 2, 2024
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Supports Equal Treatment for All- Including Immigrant Communities
Immigrant Health Justice
May 1, 2024
STATEMENT RELEASE: FDA Task Force Expresses Opposition to Biden Administration’s Delay of Menthol Cigarette Ban
Read Post
March 27, 2024
STATEMENT RELEASE: Statement on Biden Administration’s Overdose Initiative
Community Health and Prevention
March 27, 2024
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Urges Supreme Court to Uphold FDA Approval of Mifepristone
Read Post
March 23, 2024
STATEMENT RELEASE: Statement from AAC on the Anniversary of the Enactment of the Affordable Care Act
Affordable Care Act
March 5, 2024
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Urges the Biden Administration to No Longer Delay a Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
Read Post
March 4, 2024
STATEMENT RELEASE: Mississippi to Expand Medicaid Under the Affordable Care Act
Affordable Care Act
October 5, 2023
STATEMENT RELEASE: Michigan’s High Prescription Drug Costs Closer to Being Reined in by Independent Board After Senate Vote
FDA
September 11, 2023
Doctors for America Supports the Medicare & Social Security Fair Share Act
FDA
August 16, 2023
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s Statement on the Anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act
FDA
July 6, 2023
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force: the FDA Failed to Prioritize Patient Safety by Granting Lecanemab Accelerated Approval
Read Post
June 23, 2023
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors for America Applauds Biden’s Executive Order on Contraception Access
Reproductive Rights
June 22, 2023
STATEMENT RELEASE: Doctors For America’s FDA Task Force’s Statement on the FDA’s Decision to Ignore Patient Safety in Recent Decision on Sarepta's Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Read Post
March 30, 2023
STATEMENT RELEASE: DFA's Medicaid Expansion Campaign Statement
Affordable Care Act
Health For All
March 23, 2023
STATEMENT RELEASE: AAC on the Anniversary of the Enactment of the Affordable Care Act
Affordable Care Act
Health For All
March 15, 2023
STATEMENT RELEASE: Executive Order on Gun Violence Prevention
Gun Violence Prevention
August 29, 2022
DFA Joins Others in Urging Congress to Ensure Patient Protections in Final FDA User Fee Bill
FDA
Prescription Drugs
April 11, 2022
DFA Applauds National Orders Cracking Down on Ghost Guns & Prioritizing ATF Leadership
Gun Violence Prevention
March 9, 2022
The time to act is now: Medicines and health care must be affordable for all
Health For All
February 9, 2022
Public Comment from Doctors for America to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on “Proposed National Coverage Determination for Monoclonal Antibodies Directed Against Amyloid for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease” (CAG-00460N)
Prescription Drugs
February 4, 2022
Written Testimony of Reshma Ramachandran, M.D., M.P.P. at Hearing on “FDA User Fee Reauthorization: Ensuring Safe and Effective Drugs and Biologics” Subcommittee on Health
Prescription Drugs
February 3, 2022
DFA urges members to contact lawmakers and write op-eds on gun violence
Gun Violence Prevention
November 18, 2021
The Centenary of Insulin: Celebrating the Past, Analyzing the Present, and Looking into the Future
Prescription Drugs
November 2, 2021
DFA Applauds National Efforts to Promote Safe Storage of Firearms
Gun Violence Prevention
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Press Releases
Explore DFA's latest press statements to media and policymakers
December 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Federal Government Restores Access to Critical Public Health Data After DFA Wins Lawsuit
DFA General
December 8, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force to Meet with Bipartisan Legislators on Critical FDA Reforms
FDA
September 18, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Doctors for America’s FDA Task Force Meets with Congressional Leaders, Prepares for Direct Dialogue with FDA Commissioner
Read Post
August 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Court Halts Trump-Vance Administration’s Unlawful Attempt to Gut the Affordable Care Act
Read Post
July 2, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Sues to Block Trump Administration’s Affordable Care Act Rollback that Threatens Health Care Access for More than Two Million Americans
Affordable Care Act
May 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Acts to Protect Pregnant Patients’ Federal Right to Emergency Care, Including Abortion
Reproductive Rights
May 21, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Doctors, Local Governments Reaffirm Commitment to Defend Health Care Privacy Rights
Reproductive Rights
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