Healthcare Reform

CDC lists first U.S. measles death of 2026 on website, while Pennsylvania reports four deaths

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its website to note a single death from the measles so far this year, but officials in Pennsylvania have announced four measles deaths.

Congressional appropriators warn Trump plan for veto authority over NIH grants would violate law

If President Trump moves forward with reported plans to create a committee with veto authority over National Institutes of Health grants, he would be violating the law, top congressional appropriators said.

All 50 states sign up for Trump’s program to reduce Medicaid drug prices paid

President Trump announced that all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have agreed to participate in his most-favored-nation drug pricing plan for Medicaid, the government insurance for the poor.

Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump’s White House

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address Thursday at a conference of an anti-vaccine activist group he once chaired, telling the hundreds in attendance that they had a friend in President Donald Trump’s White House.

Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump’s 3rd surgeon general pick, faces Senate questions over her vaccine stance

Dr. Nicole Saphier, President Trump’s third surgeon general nominee, was grilled at her confirmation hearing Wednesday about her stance on childhood vaccines, and she voiced her support for immunization even as the administration has moved to make sweeping changes to vaccine guidance.

Trump issuing $500 Obamacare rebates to 1 million people

President Trump said Thursday he will send $500 rebates to nearly 1 million Americans who faced higher premiums because of Obamacare “user fees” that fund the federal insurance exchange.

Congress’ fight over banning intoxicating hemp beverages goes into overtime

Producers of hemp-derived beverages and similar products got a little breathing room with a one-month delay of a law that threatens to shut down their industry.

Mamdani releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 health documents

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has ordered the public release of over 170,000 pages of documents concerning public health and contamination data compiled in the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Health and Human Services Department agency pushes states to ditch ‘orphan tax’

Alex J. Adams, head of the federal government’s Administration for Children and Families, has spent the last year on a mission to get states to stop imposing an “orphan tax” on kids who end up in foster families.

Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo spreads to 2 new health zones with a total of 60 areas now affected

The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history has spread to two new health zones in eastern Congo, with a total of 60 now affected, according to the latest government figures published on Friday.

Senate committee’s abortion drug probe reveals oversight concerns

A girl as young as 13 years old can buy abortion pills, according to an undercover investigation that made test purchases of the drug.

‘Scromiting’: Marijuana review warns users of ‘scream-vomiting’

A new medical study advises chronic marijuana users suffering from uncontrollable scream-vomiting, or “scromiting,” to quit the drug completely.

Supreme Court upholds Obama health care law

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The Supreme Court upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul.

Obama chats up health care

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President Obama speaks about the Patient's Bill of Rights and health care reform in the backyard of a private residence in Falls Church, Va.

Document: Supreme Court opinion (PDF)