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The Trump administration's cuts of public health funds to state and local health departments had vastly uneven effects depending on the political leanings of where someone lives, a new 窪蹋勛圖厙 News analysis shows.
Fired-then-reinstated workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention worry about the future of public health amid proposed agency downsizing.
The renowned research hospital that cares for people with rare or life-threatening diseases has been pummeled by an employee exodus and the gutting of research, both driven by the Trump administration.
California researcher Neeta Thakur is leading a challenge to President Donald Trumps new administration one that pits public health science against political ideology. Whether she prevails could influence both the future of academic research and the health of those shes spent her life trying to help.
Should you get vaccinated? Will your insurer pay for it? And will you still be able to find a vaccine? 窪蹋勛圖厙 News tries to sort out where things stand.
The workforce of a federal agency that oversees billions in grants for primary health care, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health services, and workforce training has been slashed, sparking fears of whats to come.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, is eyeing an overhaul of two more key entities as part of his ongoing effort to reshape health policy. And President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week that would enable localities to force some homeless people into residential treatment. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join 窪蹋勛圖厙 News Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also, Rovner interviews Sara Rosenbaum, one of the nations leading experts on Medicaid, to mark Medicaids 60th anniversary this week.
President Donald Trumps Justice Department seeks to terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement, which since 1997 has required U.S. immigration officials to hold migrant children in facilities that are safe and sanitary, among other protections. Even with the consent decree in place, court records show unsafe conditions for immigrant kids.
A doctor doing environmental health research in rural Maine is working to establish the best practices to treat patients exposed to forever chemicals, potentially leading the way for practitioners across the nation.
Retired service members donated genetic material to help answer health questions for not only others in the military but all Americans, creating one of the largest repositories of health data in the world. The Trump administration is dragging its heels on agreements to analyze it with supercomputers.
The health industry couldnt persuade GOP lawmakers to oppose big Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trumps tax and spending bill for many reasons. A big one: Congressional Republicans were more worried about angering Trump than a backlash from hospitals and low-income constituents back home.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lambasted federal agencies he accused of being overly influenced by the pharmaceutical industry. But he and other Make America Healthy Again notables have their own financial ties to the vast and largely unregulated $6.3 trillion global wellness industry that ethicists say raise red flags.
Billions in opioid settlement money was meant to be spent on treating and preventing addiction but what happens if its misspent? Some advocates say attorneys general need to pay closer attention. If they dont, a new tool might empower the public.
After spearheading a 34% cut in cancer mortality, the National Cancer Institute at the NIH is bleeding resources and staff and could see its budget cut by nearly 40%.
Efforts to decrease alarmingly high rates of suicide among construction workers and prevent burnout in health care workers are in jeopardy after the firing of hundreds of employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
In 2017, when President Donald Trump tried to repeal Obamacare and roll back Medicaid coverage, Republican governors helped turn Congress against it. Now, as Trump tries again to scale back Medicaid, Republican governors whose constituents stand to lose federal funding and health coverage have gone quiet on the health consequences.
Scientists and public health advocates see disconnects between what the Trump administration says about health notably, in its MAHA Report and what its actually doing.
Spending cuts hitting medical providers, Medicaid and Affordable Care Act enrollees, and lawfully present immigrants are just some of the biggest changes the GOP has in store for health care with ramifications that could touch all Americans.
The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for millions of women with underlying medical conditions.
A new vaccine advisory panel appointed by the HHS secretary, a longtime anti-vaccine activist, reflected his unsupported claims about the safety of childhood inoculations.
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