Health Care

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified during back-to-back hearings in the House and Senate on Wednesday for the first time since his confirmation.…

Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced legislation Wednesday afternoon containing cuts to Medicaid and health care provisions — some of the most controversial and contentious provisions that will…

Drug overdose deaths fell by 27 percent in 2024, according to the provisional data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The drop represents a significant…

South Carolina’s Supreme Court upheld the state’s ‘fetal heartbeat’ law in a Wednesday ruling.   Justices ruled the state can continue to ban abortion starting at six weeks of gestation,…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday proposed a pause on immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally from enrolling in a state-funded health care program, in order to cut down…

A handful of Republican lawmakers on Wednesday brought up concerns about how the Trump administration’s recent actions stand to affect their constituents at a budget hearing with Health and Human…

A Michigan judge on Tuesday overturned a law requiring a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion can be administered in the state.   Judge Sima Patel ruled that the law conflicted…

The Centers for Disease Control and Protection has reinstated nearly 200 workers who screen coal miners for black lung, an incurable progressive disease caused by long-term exposure to coal dust, following…

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will testify Wednesday afternoon before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on the fiscal 2026 budget…

A new poll shows few Americans say the Trump administration is handling the measles outbreak responsibly.  The Reuters/Ipsos survey measured 31 percent of respondents as saying the Trump administration is handling the outbreak responsibly, while 40…