State Dept. quietly plans to end AIDS program that saved 26 million lives despite Congress restoring funding during negotiations this month.
RFK Jr. approves removing thimerosal from flu vaccines despite no scientific evidence of harm after CDC committee heard in June from anti-vaccine group he founded.
Days after Trump claimed credit for the idea, Coca-Cola announced it will launch a new soda for the U.S. market that uses cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup.
The Trump Labor Department has proposed more than 60 rule changes that would weaken workplace safety oversight and eliminate minimum wage and overtime protections for millions of workers.
The EPA, led by Administrator Lee Zeldin and Jeffrey Clark, seeks to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding, eliminating the legal basis for all climate regulations.
A federal judge has partially blocked a Trump administration law to defund Planned Parenthood, shielding some clinics while the legal fight continues.
21 Democratic AGs are suing to block a Trump rule cutting immigrant access to health, housing, and Head Start that the White House claims saves $40B.
CBO says Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” adds $3.3T to debt and leaves 11.8M uninsured, while the GOP uses an alternate baseline to claim savings.
VA abandons plan for 80,000 layoffs, but launches new mission review after forcing reorganization planners to sign non-disclosure agreements.
The FDA appointed former pharmaceutical executive George Tidmarsh, a recent critic of the agency’s leadership and industry ties, to direct its main drug review office.
The Trump administration is using a $1.5 million grant to pivot the 55-year-old Title X birth control program toward controversial, non-IVF infertility treatments favored by religious conservatives.
ICE gains direct access to Medicaid data on 80 million Americans to locate immigrants for deportation.
Trump grants coal plants and chemical manufacturers two-year exemption from Biden-era pollution standards.
RFK Jr. fires HHS chief of staff Heather Flick and deputy Hannah Anderson in chaotic shakeup after improper termination process bypassed White House protocols.
CDC cuts to Texas emergency preparedness funding force cancellation of Rio Grande Valley’s 26-year-old free health clinic serving over 6,600 people annually.
The NIH fired its chief operating officer as officials investigate a $3.3 million sole-source contract that could have benefited his spouse.
HHS fired thousands of employees at the FDA, CDC, and NIH just days after a Supreme Court ruling allowed the workforce reduction plan to proceed.
The Veterans Affairs Dept is requiring senior executives to approve telework for disabled employees, a policy the AFGE union claims is designed to push those workers out.
Citing the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed West Virginia’s authority to restrict the abortion pill mifepristone beyond federal FDA regulations.
RFK Jr. falsely claims no Medicaid cuts in big beautiful bill despite law slashing $1 trillion through work requirements and state funding restrictions.
Bondi drops charges against Utah doctor accused of destroying Covid vaccines amid mounting MAGA pressure and calls for her resignation over Epstein files.
DOJ sues California claiming voter-approved animal welfare laws drive up egg prices nationwide despite avian flu being primary cause of increases.
AG Bondi issues subpoenas to 20 clinics providing trans care to minors while calling doctors who perform procedures part of “warped ideology.”
Trump’s sudden suspension of $4 billion HIV funding prompts UN warning of 4 million deaths by 2029 after program cuts.
Former White House doctor Kevin O’Connor pleads Fifth Amendment and declines to testify in House Oversight Committee probe of Biden’s mental fitness while president.
Ongoing protests as largest US public transgender youth clinic at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles closes July 22 after Trump threatens federal funding cuts.
Kennedy abruptly cancels preventive services task force meeting without explanation after Supreme Court ruling affirmed he can remove members and veto recommendations
US measles cases hit 1,288 in worst outbreak in 30 years with three deaths as state and federal leaders keep vaccination program funding stagnant despite falling immunization rates.
Trump announces 50% tariff on copper imports starting in August and plans 200% pharmaceutical tariff for later implementation as part of expanding trade pressure campaign.
Health Secretary RFK Jr. barred registered Democrats from serving as vaccine advisors and required Republican or independent registration for CDC committee, lawsuit alleges.
GSA directs agencies to eliminate 332 federal websites including CDC vaccine tracking site and State Dept’s Palestinian Affairs office following Trump administration streamlining order.
Trump administration abandons plan to rewrite Biden asbestos ban after public outcry including Hillary Clinton’s “Make Asbestos Great Again” criticism.
RFK Jr. promotes Medicaid/Medicare meal company as health solution despite offerings being ultraprocessed foods he routinely criticizes.
Judge temporarily blocks Planned Parenthood defunding in Trump megabill hours after lawsuit filed, marking first successful challenge to legislation.
Medical groups sue Health Dept and RFK Jr. for unlawful vaccine changes after cutting COVID recommendations and firing entire CDC advisory panel.
KY Governor Beshear calls Trump’s megabill “attack on rural America” as 35 state hospitals risk closure and 200,000 Kentuckians lose Medicaid coverage.
National Economic Council Director Hassett dismisses concerns over 12 million Americans losing Medicaid coverage, saying “best way to get insurance is to get a job.”
ICE releases 6-year-old Honduran boy with leukemia and family after month-long detention sparked public outcry and federal lawsuit.
Trump officially signs bill extending tax cuts for wealthy and cutting $1.2 trillion in Medicaid and food stamps at White House July 4 event.
Planned Parenthood vows to sue Trump administration over provision in megabill that blocks Medicaid funding for one year.
Missouri judge lifts state abortion ban with preliminary injunction allowing Planned Parenthood to resume services Monday.
House Republicans pass Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax bill and here’s exactly how it changes your taxes, healthcare and benefits.
Federal judge issues 103-page ruling blasting “newly-minted war” against health research as systematic discrimination after finding officials illegally canceled grants based on race, gender and ideology.
Veterans Crisis Line workers forced to juggle multiple suicide prevention conversations simultaneously as understaffing overwhelms system designed to help more than a dozen veterans who die by suicide daily.
Wisconsin’s liberal-controlled Supreme Court strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban in 4-3 ruling as conservative justices accuse majority of “raw exercise of political power.”
Kennedy’s FDA vaccine chief overrules government scientists to restrict COVID shots despite staff conclusions that benefits outweigh rare side effects.
Twenty states sue Trump administration for allegedly sharing millions of Medicaid beneficiaries’ health data with ICE in violation of HIPAA and federal privacy laws.
RFK Jr.’s HHS cancels federal scientists’ access to Nature and other major journals while calling them “junk science” and “pharmaceutical propaganda.”