Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025 Unanimously Approved in Senate Committee

by Elena Tittel | Apr 15, 2026 | Featured, Health, Social Justice

WASHINGTON, April 14 (UPI) — A bipartisan effort to reduce the stigma around pilots who seek mental-health care cleared a key hurdle Tuesday, winning unanimous approval from the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. The measure — the...

Federal health advisors back continued ambulance cost data collection

by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas | Apr 9, 2026 | Featured, Health

WASHINGTON — Federal health advisors on Thursday voted to recommend that Congress continue collecting detailed cost data from ambulance services, saying the information is essential to improve how Medicare reimburses emergency transport providers.  The Medicare...

Coalition of Nonprofits, Research Institutions Fight Against Proposed Cuts at CDC Injury Center

by Ismael M. Belkoura | Jun 3, 2025 | Featured, Health

WASHINGTON–Shayna Raphael started promoting infant safety 10 years ago after her daughter Claire passed away due to an unsafe sleeping environment at her daycare. The Claire Bear Foundation, which Raphael created with her husband, teaches parents about unsafe...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defends lean HHS budget proposal at Senate hearing

by Ismael M. Belkoura | May 20, 2025 | Featured, Health

WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his proposed budget for next year on Tuesday amid challenges from members of both political parties at a budgetary subcommittee hearing. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee of...

Senators question deputy secretary nominee James O’Neill in committee hearing

by Ismael M. Belkoura | May 8, 2025 | Featured, Health

WASHINGTON – The deputy secretary nominee of the Department of Health and Human Services faced direct questioning on the current changes happening at the largest department in the federal government. James O’Neill, President Donald Trump’s nominee for deputy...

NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths

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...