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Por Adam Cancryn, Sarah Owermohle, Ben Tinker y Brenda Goodman, CNN

Dos asesores principales de Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dejarán el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE.UU. (HHS, por las siglas en inglés), según tres personas familiarizadas con el asunto.

Se espera que el subsecretario del HHS, Jim O’Neill, y el asesor general, Mike Stuart, dejen pronto el HHS como parte de una reestructuración general de la agencia antes de las elecciones de mitad de término. Funcionarios del Gobierno de Trump han considerado ofrecerles otros puestos dentro de la administración, según informaron dos personas.

O’Neill, quien es el segundo al mando después del secretario Robert F. Kennedy Jr. en el HHS y líder interino de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC), ha sido una figura controvertida en la agencia, por ayudar a amplificar los mensajes antivacunas y las preocupaciones sobre el fraude a Medicaid, y por celebrar la salida de Estados Unidos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud.

Dentro de la administración, O’Neill era visto como un comunicador público inestable que había tenido dificultades para encajar en el departamento, según una de las personas familiarizadas con el asunto.

El HHS no hizo comentarios hasta el momento. La Casa Blanca tampoco respondió a una solicitud de comentarios. Politico fue el primer medio en informar sobre las salidas.

Aunque no tiene experiencia médica ni en salud pública, O’Neill fue nombrado director interino de los CDC tras la destitución de la Dra. Susan Monarez a finales de agosto. Antes de incorporarse al HHS, O’Neill fue director ejecutivo de la Fundación Thiel y gestor de inversiones en Clarium Capital. Anteriormente, trabajó en el HHS durante la presidencia de George W. Bush.

O’Neill rara vez visitaba los CDC, según antiguos directivos de la agencia que prefirieron no ser identificados por no estar autorizados a hacer comentarios sobre la situación. El HHS no hizo comentarios sobre su nivel de compromiso con la agencia.

La salida planeada de O’Neill se produce en medio de una reestructuración más amplia en los niveles más altos del HHS, impulsada por el deseo de los funcionarios de Trump de enfocar mejor las prioridades políticas del departamento y mejorar su comunicación pública.

La Casa Blanca planea convertir la atención médica en un elemento central de su estrategia de mitad de mandato en los próximos meses, promocionando su intento de reducir los precios de los medicamentos y fomentar una alimentación más saludable, a la vez que intenta aprobar una legislación radical destinada a reducir los costos de la salud.

Para impulsar esta misión, la Casa Blanca y las autoridades sanitarias decidieron en las últimas semanas ascender a cuatro miembros del personal con gran prestigio entre los asesores principales de Trump, incluyendo el nombramiento del director de Medicare, Chris Klomp, como nuevo asesor jefe del HHS. Se espera que Klomp, quien fue clave en la iniciativa de precios de los medicamentos de la administración, dirija las operaciones diarias del HHS y se desempeñe como el jefe de gabinete de facto del departamento.

Esta es una noticia de última hora y será actualizada.

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By Katia Hetter, CNN

(CNN) — Daily step counts and reaching at least 150 minutes a week of exercise — lots of exercise guidance focuses on hitting specific step, mile or time targets. But for many people, especially those who are least active, these goals can feel daunting and out of reach.

Can you commit to walk for five minutes daily? Instead of asking what happens when people meet ideal exercise benchmarks, researchers examined what might change if people made small, realistic shifts in how they move and how much time they spend sitting.

The findings, published recently in The Lancet journal, suggest that even modest changes could have meaningful implications for your health and longevity.

I spoke with CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen about what the study found and how it influences what we think about movement in daily life. Wen is an emergency physician and clinical associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore’s health commissioner.

CNN: What’s unusual about this new study of exercise?

Dr. Leana Wen: This study set out to answer a deceptively simple question: What might happen if people moved just a little more each day or sat a little less? Rather than focusing on whether people met established exercise targets, the researchers examined the potential population-wide impact of very small increases in physical activity and small reductions in sedentary time.

To investigate this question, they conducted an individual participant data meta-analysis, which means they combined and reanalyzed data from multiple other studies. The analysis included data from seven groups in the United States, Norway and Sweden, comprising more than 40,000 participants, along with a separate analysis of nearly 95,000 participants from the United Kingdom.

The researchers focused on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, which includes activities that raise the heart rate and make people breathe harder, as well as total sedentary time. They then estimated how many deaths might be prevented if people increased their activity by just five or 10 minutes a day or reduced their sitting time by 30 or 60 minutes a day.

CNN: What did they learn about the potential impact of small changes?

Wen: The key finding was that even very small changes in daily movement could be associated with meaningful reductions in deaths when applied across large populations.

The researchers modeled two different scenarios. One focused on people who were least active — roughly the bottom 20% of participants — and asked what might happen if this high-risk group slightly increased their activity. The second took a broader, population-based approach, looking at what might happen if nearly everyone except the most active 20% of individuals made small changes.

In the high-risk scenario, a five-minute-per-day increase in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity among the least active participants was estimated to prevent about 6% of all deaths. When that same five-minute increase was applied across the broader population — excluding only the most active individuals — the potential reduction rose to about 10% of all deaths. These estimates suggest that modest increases in movement, when adopted widely, could translate into substantial population-le

By Auzinea Bacon, CNN

(CNN) — Wendy’s said Friday that it plans to shutter between 5% and 6% of its restaurants in the first half of the year.

The closures are part of a previously announced turnaround plan, which the fast-food chain said in November would include closing hundreds of restaurants.

Twenty-eight stores closed during the fourth quarter as part of the plan, interim CEO Ken Cook said during the company’s earnings call. Wendy’s had 5,969 US restaurants at the end of year, according to the company’s earnings.

Decisions to close “consistently underperforming restaurants” have been made with Wendy’s franchisees, who can instead focus on stores that may return more profit, Cook added.

The company has not announced a list of affected stores.

Wendy’s US sales are in a slump, with same-store sales falling again during the last quarter of 2025 by 11.3%, according to the company’s earnings. Same-store sales were down 5.6% for the whole year.

Cook said Wendy’s has focused too much on limited-time promotions, but is now focusing on everyday value, including changes to its Biggie meals.

Wendy’s expanded its Biggie offerings in January to include the $4 Biggie Bites, a $6 Biggie Bag and an $8 Biggie Bundle. That could appeal to value-conscious consumers who are pulling back on discretionary spending, like eating out, due to inflation pressures.

And last year, Cook said its newly released chicken tenders, called “Tendys,” were performing well amid same-store sales declines.

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By Dana O’Neil, Patrick Sung Cuadrado, Aleks Klosok, CNN

(CNN) — A Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) arbitrator has denied Vladyslav Heraskevych’s appeal and the Ukrainian skeleton rider will not be reinstated to compete in the Olympics wearing what he has deemed his “memory helmet.’’

Heraskevych was kicked out of the Milan Cortina Games – despite many meetings with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), including one with president Kirsty Coventry – over his insistence on wearing a helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine in competition that was deemed to breach IOC rule 50.

In the ruling shared by CAS, the unnamed sole arbitrator said that she is “fully sympathetic to Mr. Heraskevych’s commemoration and his attempt to raise awareness for the grief and devastation suffered by the Ukrainian people, and Ukrainian athletes because of the war.” But, she ultimately sided with the IOC’s ruling that prohibits athletes’ ability to express views during competition and in the field of play.

On Thursday, the IOC disqualified Heraskevych an hour before the first competition, arguing that his helmet – which depicts seven Ukrainian athletes killed in the war against Russia – was in violation of its policy against athlete expression.

Heraskevych wore the helmet in a training run on Tuesday, and said he intended to wear it throughout the Olympic competition.

IOC President Coventry traveled from Milan to Cortina to meet with Heraskevych and his father prior to Thursday’s first two heats. Heraskevych, however, stood by his intention to wear the helmet. After he was disqualified, he showed a picture of himself in the helmet on X, writing, “This is price of our dignity.’’

The Ukrainian slider told CNN Sports’ Amanda Davies Thursday night that no matter what happened he was pleased with the attention the matter’s received: “First and the biggest win, it’s memory of the athletes. People are now super united about this story, and I’m really grateful that. I think it’s also a very good story how sport can unite people, and now they’re united around these athletes and they united around their dignity.”

Heraskevych, however, told the Associated Press Friday before the decision was handed down that his Olympic Games were effectively over, no matter what happened, saying, “Looks like this train has left.”

‘He’s won the medal of our hearts’

The news of the disqualification rippled through Cortina d’Ampezzo on Thursday as fans digested what it meant for Heraskevych and Ukraine.

As news of his DQ traveled, several fans wearing Ukrainian flags expressed their disappointment in the rul