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The Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception safely for millions of women with underlying medical conditions.
Fewer Americans will likely have health insurance, compromising their physical and financial health, as the Trump administration and GOP-controlled Congress weigh major changes to the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid. 鈥淭he effects could be catastrophic,鈥 one policy analyst predicts.
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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.
Sixty percent of Americans have health insurance through their own workplace or someone else鈥檚 job. But not all employers provide health insurance or offer plans to all their workers. When they do, cost and quality vary widely, making Thune鈥檚 statement an oversimplification.
Republicans claim 4.8 million Americans on Medicaid who could work choose not to. The GOP鈥檚 work-requirement legislation could sweep up disabled people who say they鈥檙e unable to hold jobs.
In this special episode taped before a live audience at Aspen Ideas: Health, three former governors 鈥 one of whom also served as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services 鈥 discuss how state and federal officials can work together to improve Americans鈥 health. Democrat Kathleen Sebelius, former Kansas governor and HHS secretary under President Barack Obama; Republican Chris Sununu, former New Hampshire governor; and Democrat Roy Cooper, former North Carolina governor, join 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner.
Some of the nation鈥檚 most well-known beaches are managed by the National Park Service, which saw about 1,000 employees laid off in February by the quasi-agency Department of Government Efficiency, then led by Elon Musk. The void has become a serious public health and safety concern.
Understaffed nursing homes face a workforce crisis if President Donald Trump and Republicans further curtail immigration and cut Medicaid.
Vaccines are under fire from the top of the Trump administration. Federal programs to monitor them and make them safer have always been underfunded.
While Congress fails to stave off cuts to HIV care, community leaders in Mississippi and beyond race to limit the damage.
The Supreme Court this week said Tennessee may continue to enforce its law banning most types of gender-affirming care for minors. The ruling is likely to greenlight similar laws in two dozen states. And the Senate is preparing to vote on a budget reconciliation bill that includes even deeper Medicaid cuts than the House version. Victoria Knight of Axios, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
A Trump administration reworking of a $42 billion broadband expansion program will trigger delays as millions of rural Americans wait for promised connections and the telehealth services they bring.
杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner answers listeners鈥 questions about how the 鈥淥ne Big Beautiful Bill鈥 could affect health care in Washington, D.C., and beyond.
A new poll finds that most adults oppose the GOP bill that would extend many of President Donald Trump鈥檚 tax cuts while reducing spending on domestic programs including Medicaid. Most Trump backers support the plan until they learn that millions would lose health coverage and local hospitals would lose funding.
An estimated 4 million Americans will lose health insurance over the next decade if Congress doesn鈥檛 extend enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace coverage, which expire at the end of the year. Florida and Texas would see the biggest losses, in part because they have not expanded Medicaid eligibility.
杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
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Researchers laid off in April were putting the finishing touches on in-depth HIV surveys that guide treatment and prevention. Some staff have been reinstated, but data remains in limbo.
A look inside the Department of Health and Human Services document citing vaccine misinformation that could influence congressional perceptions.
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