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President Donald Trumpās budget office says heāll continue to fund the new 988 suicide prevention hotline, but documents sent to Congress offer clues ā amid some mixed messages ā about the administrationās approach to two pressing public health issues: mental health and addiction.
Fresh studies expose a gap in the FDAās assessments of foods: Widely used additives could damage the mix of bacteria in your gut, causing health problems.
One thing experts agree on: The damage from the funding cuts will be varied and immense.
Public health experts and advocates say that Health and Human Services regional offices, like the one in New York City, form the connective tissue between the federal government and locally based services.
GOP-controlled House committees approved parts of President Donald Trumpās āone big, beautiful billā this week, including more than $700 billion in cuts to health programs over the next decade ā mostly from Medicaid, which covers people with low incomes or disabilities. Meanwhile, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified before Congress for the first time since taking office and told lawmakers that Americans shouldnāt take medical advice from him. Julie Appleby of Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner, Stephanie Armour, and Darius Tahir and KFFās Jennifer Kates break down the biggest takeaways from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.ās first hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee as HHS secretary ā and answer your questions.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
The administration is facing a May 12 deadline to declare if it will defend Biden-era regulations that aim to enforce laws requiring parity in insurance coverage of mental and physical health care.
Republicans on Capitol Hill are struggling to reach consensus on cutting the Medicaid program as they search for nearly a trillion dollars in savings over the next decade ā as many observers predicted. Meanwhile, turmoil continues at the Department of Health and Human Services, with more controversial cuts and personnel moves, including the sudden nomination of Casey Means, an ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.ās, to become surgeon general. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Maya Goldman of Axios, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Lauren Sausser, who co-reported the latest āBill of the Monthā feature, about an unexpected bill for what seemed like preventive care.
āCitizen oversight is a cornerstone of a functioning democracy,ā Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden wrote to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., demanding answers to more than two dozen questions, including who was involved in decisions to fire staff who handled Freedom of Information Act requests.
The Trump administrationās āMake America Healthy Againā platform has boosted the agenda of a conservative think tank thatās been working for more than a decade to reshape the nationās public assistance programs.
On the surface, President Donald Trump embraced the MAHA movement with a pledge to end the nationās high rates of chronic disease. But the broader Trump agenda may prove to be the biggest barrier this effort confronts.
Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.ās HHS said an enormous, noncompetitive flu vaccine development grant to two favored NIH leaders would ensure ātransparency, effectiveness, and comprehensive preparedness.ā But their vaccine is in early stages, relies on old technology, and is just one of scores of similar efforts.
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
At least some workers who process public records in response to Freedom of Information Act requests have been reinstated, agency employees say.
Members of Congress are back in Washington, and Republicans are struggling to find ways to reduce Medicaid spending without cutting benefits. Meanwhile, confusion continues to reign at the Department of Health and Human Services. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times join Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health Newsā Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
The Biden administration shut off federal family planning grants to Tennessee and Oklahoma after the states directed clinics not to provide abortion counseling. The Trump administration restored the money, claiming two lawsuits were settled. They werenāt.
The Trump administration defunded the National Institutes of Healthās MOSAIC grant program, which launched the careers of scientists from diverse backgrounds.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this month that "autism destroys families,ā adding that āmost cases are now severeā and describing children who will never work, play baseball, write poetry, or go on a date. Medical experts and people on the autism spectrum say Kennedyās portrayal was skewed.
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