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Reproductive rights groups urge Trump officials to save birth control stockpile in Belgium

More than 70 reproductive groups are asking the Trump administration to call off the planned destruction of roughly $10 million of usable birth...

13.09.2025 10

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New Jersey joins other states expanding access to latest COVID vaccines

New Jersey is the latest state to rebuff efforts from the federal government to limit access to updated COVID-19 vaccines. The New Jersey...

11.09.2025 3

Alejandra Oconnell-Domenech

Murphy urges Congress to extend Medicare coverage for telehealth

Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) Thursday called on federal lawmakers to reauthorize Medicare coverage for telehealth services, which is set to expire at the...

11.09.2025 30

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COVID-19 no longer a top 10 cause of death: CDC

The U.S. death rate has dropped to prepandemic levels as COVID-19 fell out of the top 10 leading causes of death, according to research published...

10.09.2025 10

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New York, Texas battle over abortion shield law

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story New York AG enters fight over abortion shield laws New York...

09.09.2025 3

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New York attorney general steps into fight over state abortion shield laws

New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is intervening in a Texas lawsuit filed against a New York county clerk that is expected to serve as the...

08.09.2025 10

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Texas to empower people to sue over abortion pills: What to know

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is expected to sign legislation soon that will allow private citizens to sue anyone who prescribes, distributes or provides...

07.09.2025 60

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New York governor allows pharmacies to give COVID shots

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed an executive order Friday authorizing pharmacists to prescribe and administer COVID-19 vaccines. The order...

05.09.2025 4

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Massachusetts governor orders insurers to cover state-recommended vaccines

Massachusetts has become the first state to impose its own vaccine coverage rules. The state now requires health insurance companies to continue...

05.09.2025 20

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GOP senators grill Kennedy: Watch 3 key moments

It wasn't only Democrats confronting President Trump's health secretary during a heated hearing in the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday. Three...

05.09.2025 30

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Hawaii joining West Coast vaccine alliance

Hawaii is joining a coalition of West Coast, Democratic-led states forming a new public health alliance in opposition to Health and Human Services...

05.09.2025 40

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11 of 12 Senate Finance Democrats demand RFK Jr resign

Almost every Democratic member of the Senate Finance Committee called on Robert F. Kennedy Jr to step down as secretary of the Department of Health...

04.09.2025 3

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Fired CDC chief accuses RFK Jr. of 'sabotage' with vaccine moves

Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Susan Monarez, who was fired last week by the Trump administration, wrote...

04.09.2025 8

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Texas state Senate passes bill allowing people to sue makers, providers of abortion pills

The Texas state Senate approved a bill to allow people to sue anyone who makes or distributes abortion medication in and outside of the state, and the...

04.09.2025 10

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Public health coalition: Don’t trust RFK Jr on autism

Related video: DC Bureau: Changes Atop the CDC A national coalition of health professionals and scientists is warning Americans not to believe any new...

03.09.2025 2

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Why Mississippi declared infant deaths a public health emergency

The Mississippi Department of Health recently declared a public health emergency in response to rising infant deaths in an unusual move to help speed...

01.09.2025 50

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Texas lawmakers advance abortion pill restrictions

The Texas House has advanced a bill that would allow private citizens to sue prescribers, makers and distributors of abortion pills inside and outside...

29.08.2025 10

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Costco provides rare win in fight against abortion pills

Anti-abortion groups celebrated warehouse club Costco’s decision to not dispense abortion medication at its pharmacies, but they face an uphill...

27.08.2025 3

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CDC finalizes roughly 600 layoffs

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CDC finalizes about 600 layoffs Following a revised order...

22.08.2025 5

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MAGA, MAHA split on pesticides

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Pesticides test MAHA, MAGA alliance The “Make America...

21.08.2025 3

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HHS will allow emergency use of animal drugs in New World screwworm fight

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) became authorized on Tuesday to allow the use of animal drugs to treat or prevent infestations caused by the...

19.08.2025 4

Alejandra Oconnell-Domenech

Inside the fight to stop US from destroying $10M of contraceptives

Lawmakers and activists in Europe and the United States are scrambling to stop the State Department from destroying nearly $10 million worth of...

16.08.2025 60

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FDA eyes warning label for antidepressants during pregnancy

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering placing a black-box warning on antidepressant use in pregnancy, alarming some doctors who worry...

14.08.2025 30

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NIH cancels mRNA vaccine contracts, citing lack of public trust

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya claims the federal government recently canceled millions of dollars' worth of mRNA...

14.08.2025 60

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Abortion shield laws face mounting pressure

Republicans are waging a multipronged campaign against abortion shield laws in blue states, hoping to force the federal government to ultimately...

09.08.2025 10

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Pharma industry loses on Medicare price negotiations

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Pharma industry loses on Medicare price negotiations The...

09.08.2025 3

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Experts alarmed over mRNA research cuts

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Cuts to mRNA research stir fears Health and Human Services...

08.08.2025 2

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Huge cuts to mRNA research spark fears about future pandemics

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision this week to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in mRNA vaccine funding...

07.08.2025 60

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HHS ends millions in federal funding for mRNA vaccines

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is winding down its mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and...

06.08.2025 80

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CDC bars expert groups from advising on vaccines

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CDC bars expert groups from advising on vaccines The Centers...

02.08.2025 30

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Fewer kindergarteners are being vaccinated, CDC data show

Vaccinations among kindergarteners declined during the 2024-25 school year compared to the year before, according to new data from the Centers for...

01.08.2025 3

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FDA chief says NIH 'brewed up a virus that killed 20 million people'

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary again promoted a conspiracy theory about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic on...

31.07.2025 4

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Warren questions HHS general counsel nominee about vaccines, abortion

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) on Thursday will press West Virginia state Senator Mike Stuart (R) about how his beliefs on topics like vaccines and...

31.07.2025 3

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Republican states press Congress to ban abortion shield laws

More than a dozen Republican-led states are urging Congress to ban abortion shield laws, pieces of legislation passed in states where abortion is...

30.07.2025 1

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States sue to stop Trump administration from defunding Planned Parenthood

More than 20 states filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of Health and Human Services, challenging a provision in President Trump’s...

30.07.2025 5

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FDA recommends concentrated Kratom be scheduled as illicit substance

The Trump administration is recommending that a compound called 7-OH be scheduled as an illicit drug, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty...

29.07.2025 3

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Texas Attorney General Paxton sues New York county clerk over abortion ruling

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action against a New York county clerk for refusing to file a judgment and court summons against a...

29.07.2025 70

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Medicaid changes will hurt family caregivers, experts warn

Medicaid cuts under President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending package will harm family caregivers, experts warn, by reducing access to health care...

27.07.2025 2