Wednesday

15-04-2026 Vol 19

Category: Health Care

RFK Jr. is ready to make his case to senators

The Senate Finance Committee will hear from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s nominee for health secretary, on Wednesday. The Senate Finance Committee will hear from Robert F. Kennedy...

Trump order aims to end gender-affirming care for minors

The executive order instructs agencies to ensure hospitals and other institutions receiving federal money stop offering gender-affirming care for minors. The executive order instructs agencies to ensure hospitals and...

State Medicaid payments inaccessible amid broader federal funding freeze

States and the federal government jointly fund Medicaid, which offers insurance to more than 70 million Americans. States and the federal government jointly fund Medicaid, which offers insurance to...

Murdoch empire comes out against RFK Jr.

The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post’s editorial boards expressed concern about Kennedy's anti-vaccine history and other unorthodox views. The Wall Street Journal and The New York...

How the ‘nicest’ House member plans to help pass Trump’s agenda

The president's domestic policy victories could hinge on whether the new chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee can rally members behind hard decisions about spending cuts to popular...

Trump’s beef with the World Health Organization is personal

He’s said the UN body’s head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, treated China better than him during the pandemic. He’s said the UN body’s head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, treated China better...

RFK Jr. says he’s open to seizing drug patents

Trump’s health secretary nominee met with Hill staffers ahead of his hearing this week. Trump’s health secretary nominee met with Hill staffers ahead of his hearing this week. ​Health...

‘A sign of a sickness’: abortion opponents grapple with RFK Jr. nomination

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. backed abortion rights, but the nation’s leading anti-abortion groups aren’t lobbying senators to reject him. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. backed abortion rights, but the nation’s...

CIA now says Covid-19 is more likely to have originated from a lab leak

The intelligence agency has said for years it couldn’t say with certainty where the pandemic originated from. The intelligence agency has said for years it couldn’t say with certainty...