Health Care
Trump’s budget proposes steep cuts to NIH, health funding
The White House on Friday revealed President Trump's budget request for fiscal 2026, which includes cutting a quarter of the discretionary...
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HHS touts universal flu, coronavirus vaccine initiative while casting doubt on future of seasonal Covid-19 shots
The US Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it aims to accomplish within four years a scientific...
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Kennedy to ask CDC for new look at treatments for measles, other diseases
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, is asking the US Centers for...
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House conservatives call for controversial Medicaid changes in reconciliation
A group of House conservatives is calling for significant “structural reforms” of Medicaid as part of the Republican reconciliation legislation,...
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Texas AG Paxton expands fluoride wars to toothpaste
Texas Attorney General and Senate candidate Ken Paxton (R) on Thursday announced investigations of leading toothpaste companies, accusing them of...
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RFK Jr. changing new vaccine testing to include placebo
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is changing the way vaccines are tested. The department will now...
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Trump’s HHS casts doubt on evidence supporting gender-affirming care for youth
The Trump administration questioned the evidence supporting gender-affirming health care for youth in a lengthy review published Thursday by the...
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Wiles expects Trump to keep all Cabinet secretaries through first year
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles expects all of President Trump's Cabinet secretaries will stay in their posts through...
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HHS to require placebo testing of ‘all new vaccines,’ raising questions about approval of updated Covid-19 shots
The US Department of Health and Human Services said it will require that all new vaccines be tested in placebo-controlled...
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US maternal death rate rose slightly last year, health officials say
More U.S. women died around the time of childbirth last year, reversing two years of decline, according to provisional data...
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