Category: Health Care
January 29, 2025
Health Care
Kennedy tells senators he’s not against vaccination, despite past statements
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January 29, 2025
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...
January 29, 2025
Health Care
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...
January 28, 2025
Health Care
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...
January 28, 2025
Health Care
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...
January 28, 2025
Health Care
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...
January 28, 2025
Health Care
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...
January 27, 2025
Health Care
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...
January 27, 2025
Health Care
‘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...
January 25, 2025
Health Care
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...