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New Medicaid federal work requirements mean less leeway for states
More than a dozen states are seeking their own versions of Medicaid work requirements. But the incoming new federal standards ...
RFK Jr. cuts $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, dealing major blow to promising area of research
Kennedy said Tuesday that the terminated contracts were worth nearly $500 million. Among them is an award to the University of Texas Medical Branch and the biotechnology company Moderna to develop an ...
Department of Veterans Affairs looks to end certain abortion services for veterans
The US Department of Veterans Affairs is proposing to end certain abortion services to veterans, rolling back a Biden-era ...
States sue Trump, saying he is intimidating hospitals over gender-affirming care for youth
The Democratic officials say Trump’s policies are an attempt to impose a nationwide ban on the treatment for people under 19.
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Stuart ready for confirmation hearing for new role with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
WASHINGTON D.C. — State Senator Mike Stuart will be stand before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee at 10 a.m. Thursday to be ...
Judge pauses termination of LGBTQ+ health research grants
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s cancelation of US National Institutes of Health grants that ...
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Dr. Matilde Castiel, Worcester's health and human services commissioner, to retire
WORCESTER ― After 10 years as the head of the city’s health and human services, Dr. Matilde “Mattie” Castiel will retire from ...
Deep staff cuts at a little-known federal agency pose trouble for droves of local health programs
The workforce of a federal agency that oversees billions in grants for primary health care, AIDS/HIV, maternal and child ...