RFK Jr.’s budget cuts would boost inequity, healthcare advocates warn
WASHINGTON – Health care proponents warn that the Department of Health and Human Services' proposed 12% budget reduction would widen racial disparities and gut critical infectious disease funding. The 2027 fiscal year departmental budget proposes eliminating the...
RFK Jr.’s budget cuts would boost inequity, healthcare advocates warn
WASHINGTON – Health care proponents warn that the Department of Health and Human Services' proposed 12% budget reduction would widen racial disparities and gut critical infectious disease funding. The 2027 fiscal year departmental budget proposes eliminating the...
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Congress poised to advance bill providing ALS patients their ‘best chance’ at a cure
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Health Subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday on ten bills including one that would accelerate investigational clinical trials into the disease.
Congress poised to advance bill providing ALS patients their ‘best chance’ at a cure
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Health Subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday on ten bills including one that would accelerate investigational clinical trials into the disease.
read moreMental Health in Aviation Act of 2025 Unanimously Approved in Senate Committee
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 Mental Health...
Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025 Unanimously Approved in Senate Committee
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 Mental Health...
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Federal health advisors back continued ambulance cost data collection
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission says the data can help better align Medicare payments with actual service costs but is calling for a more streamlined system.
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Coalition of Nonprofits, Research Institutions Fight Against Proposed Cuts at CDC Injury Center
The Injury Center is at risk of getting cut, according to an HHS budget leak.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defends lean HHS budget proposal at Senate hearing
This was the third hearing about the 2026 HHS budget in the last week for RFK Jr.
read moreSenators question deputy secretary nominee James O’Neill in committee hearing
The deputy secretary of the Health and Human Services department would serve under RFK Jr.
NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths
Nonprofits scramble to continue program despite ‘devastating’ loss of federal support
Health chief RFK Jr.: Autism caused by environmental exposures; contradicts new CDC report
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 contradicted decades...
Pharmacies Dispensing Abortion Pills Makes It Easier for Doctors to Prescribe Them
An FDA requirement, lifted in January, that doctors prescribing abortion pills dispense them directly made it difficult for primary care doctors to provide medication abortions for their patients, physicians and abortion rights advocates say.
Mifepristone in the courts
Mifepristone is the most widely used drug for medication abortion and was approved for use in the United States in 2000, So why is back in the court system now?
Video: Harm reduction vending machines make Narcan more accessible without stigma
The opioid antidote Narcan is now available at six harm reduction vending machines in neighborhoods across Washington D.C.
Video: Harm reduction vending machines make Narcan more accessible without stigma
The opioid antidote Narcan is now available at six harm reduction vending machines in neighborhoods across Washington D.C.
As fentanyl overdoses surge, education on how to reduce their impact remains insufficient
Fentanyl is now the leading cause of death for Americans ages 18 to 49. But education to reduce the negative consequences of drug use is insufficient.
Maternal health crisis worsened during the pandemic
The chronic maternal health crisis worsened in the United States, particularly during the pandemic. Women of color suffer the most.
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