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McCaughey: The scheme behind spate of anti-Trump lawsuits
A left-wing legal group with the misleading name Democracy Forward is proving to be the biggest obstacle to translating ...
RFK Jr. and Republicans Are Dismantling a Health Achievement: Fluoride in Water
Robert F. Kennedy, Trump’s health care chief, and conservative governors like Ron DeSantis are moving to ban fluoride in ...
Judge Extends Block on Public Health Cuts for More Than 20 States
The Department announced the cutoffs on March 24. A coalition of 23 states and the District of Columbia then sued to stop the ...
Federal judge extends block on public health cuts
Presented by AARP{beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Federal judge extends block on public health cuts A federal ...
Tribal leaders say Kennedy's budget cuts threaten critical health care services
Tribal officials and some congressional leaders say cuts to federal health programs have not included input from Native ...
"It's A Core Function Of His Job!": Americans Are Not Holding Back After RFK Jr. Said People Should Not Take His Medical Advice
This week, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr., attended hearings in both the House and the Senate to testify ...
NC anti-tobacco funding slashed as CDC shuts down Office on Smoking and Health
Employees will be furloughed starting Saturday, and work to improve health and reduce deaths will be stalled, state health ...
Health Secretary Kennedy spars with House, Senate panels over proposed 2026 budget
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. defended proposed 2026 budget reductions during separate House and ...
Protesters, vaccines and budget cuts: 5 takeaways from RFK's testimony before Congress
In back-to-back Capitol Hill hearings, Kennedy touched on abortion access, vaccines, measles, research, mental health and ...
Lawmakers question Kennedy on staffing cuts, funding freezes and policy changes at health department
Kennedy will speak about the agency’s budget request for the year, which includes a $500 million boost for his “Make America ...
US health department to reverse federal layoffs of coal safety workers, senator says
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Over 100 federal employees who screen coal miners for black lung disease and ...
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California and other states sue to block Trump administration cuts to health department
The lawsuit argues the cuts are ‘arbitrary and capricious’ and unconstitutional. Health and Human Services characterized the changes as a ‘dramatic restructuring’ of the agency in line ...