by Ismael M. Belkoura | May 1, 2025 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has cancelled federal participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep, STAT and the Medill News Service have learned. The elimination of the National Institutes of Health’s role in...
by Ismael M. Belkoura | Apr 23, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – At the Supreme Court this week, a Texas corporation argued that the secretary of Health and Human Services did not have the authority to convene a health task force, but justices seemed skeptical. “It’s unlikely that Congress was just throwing it out...
by Ismael M. Belkoura | Apr 22, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – At a time when the Department of Veterans Affairs has been processing record levels of disability claims, Democrats warned last week that the agency’s productivity will not last under the deep cuts ordered by President Donald Trump. The 2022 PACT Act...
![Health chief RFK Jr.: Autism caused by environmental exposures; contradicts new CDC report]()
by Ismael M. Belkoura | Apr 17, 2025 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday labeled the increasing rates of autism in children an epidemic and said federal research dollars will be dedicated to identify the cause. Kennedy’s statements at a news conference...
