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Resistance Grows as Proposed Cuts Threaten Health Care for Over 79 Million in US
Planned cuts to Medicaid and CHIP will put more than 79 million people at medical risk. But resistance is mounting.
Baby Formula Factory That Caused Recall Continues Unsafe Practices, Workers Say
Supervisors urged workers to increase production and retaliated against those who highlighted problems, employees said.
Sanders: 67,000 Will Die Waiting for Social Security Benefits Under Musk Plan
This is an average of nearly 190 people dying per day while waiting for an initial determination on benefits.
Medicare-Privatization Backer Dr. Oz’s Confirmation Stokes Fears for Health Care
Critics say that in addition to having significant conflicts of interest, Oz is now poised to help enact Trump's agenda.
Poll Finds Over a Third in US Can’t Access Quality Health Care — a New High
A new Gallup survey finds 11 percent of US adults can’t access quality care and can’t pay for care or medicine.
Deadly Dengue Fever Rises as the US Cuts All Climate-Health Funding
“Dengue is already found in many places in the US that have never seen this disease before,” a physician warns.
Children May Face the Steepest Risks as Trump’s EPA Reverses Course on Pollution
Environmental advocates point out that children are uniquely susceptible to air pollution and toxic chemicals.
Kids Are Getting Sick From RFK Jr.’s False Measles Remedy, Doctors Say
Nearly 380 cases of measles have been identified in the US this year, the highest number since 2019.
Public Health Experts Say Texas Is Poised to Make Measles a Nationwide Epidemic
The outbreak has reached 11 counties in the state and has been linked to cases in New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Trump Admin Considers Ending Division Tasked With Funding HIV/AIDS Prevention
The move could send the US back to “the dark days of the ‘80s, when people died from HIV every day,” one advocate said.