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Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health

September 17, 2025 at 3:28 p.m.

The U.S. public health system is headed to a “very dangerous place” with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his team of anti-vaccine advisers in charge, fired Centers for...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at left by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters about issues regarding the Affordable Care Act at the Capitol on Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs unless Congress extends subsidies

September 13, 2025 at 1:48 p.m.

There’s bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable, but lawmakers are clashing over how to do it.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s latest ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report calls for more scrutiny of vaccines and autism

September 9, 2025 at 7:32 p.m.

The Trump administration is imploring the nation’s public health agencies to prioritize investigations of vaccine injuries, prescription drug use, and the cause of autism in a new “Make America Healthy...

FILE – The campus of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seen in Atlanta, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

CDC gets new acting director as leadership turmoil leaves agency reeling

August 28, 2025 at 4:37 p.m.

Jim O'Neill, a deputy to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., will serve as acting director of the CDC.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as President Donald Trump listens at an event to promote his proposal to improve Americans’ access to their medical records in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development

August 5, 2025 at 7:22 p.m.

The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.

FILE – A doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman at a hospital in Chicago, Aug. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, File)

What we know about a new health data tracking system being announced by White House

July 30, 2025 at 3:13 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s planned announcement Wednesday of a new private health tracking system that would make it easier for patients to access their health records and monitor their wellness is...

Juanita poses for a portrait in prayer inside the chapel of Holy Family Services, a birth center and women’s clinic in the Rio Grande Valley, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Weslaco, Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

As Trump’s raids ramp up, a Texas region’s residents stay inside — even when they need medical care

July 21, 2025 at 8:49 a.m.

As the Trump administration intensifies deportation activity around the country, some immigrants — including many who have lived in Texas’s southern tip for decades — are unwilling to leave their...

Special needs teacher Deja Nebula sets up an art installation displaying names and faces of people who have been detained, deported, or sent to offshore camps during ICE raids in Southern California, at Olvera Street Plaza in Los Angeles, on Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE

July 17, 2025 at 12:16 p.m.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation’s 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to track down immigrants who...

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Illinois joins 20 states suing after Trump administration releases private Medicaid data to deportation officials

July 2, 2025 at 6:22 a.m.

The Trump administration has sought to arm deportation officials with more data on immigrants.

President Donald Trump speaks alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during an event in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump administration gives personal data of immigrant Medicaid enrollees, including people in Illinois, to deportation officials

June 13, 2025 at 10:55 a.m.

Trump’s administration provided deportation officials with personal data — including the immigration status — on millions of Medicaid enrollees.

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