Agriculture Department confirms a second Texas screwworm case, the flesh-eating pest’s first U.S. cattle return since 1982.
American Diabetes Association has state troopers remove five doctors from its conference for handing out an editorial from its own journal criticizing Trump’s research cuts.
FDA launches a six-month safety study of the abortion pill mifepristone, a step toward restricting mail and telehealth access that antiabortion groups demanded.
ICE will stop reporting detainee deaths that occur within 30 days of release, ending a rule that captured fatalities tied to detention conditions.
Tyco agrees to a $10 million settlement with Wisconsin over decades of PFAS contamination in Marinette, far less than residents sought.
New Jersey sues GEO Group in state court after inspectors were allowed into only the food service areas of the Newark migrant jail where detainees report tuberculosis and untreated illness.
Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, the first state to do so, alleging ChatGPT aided in planning multiple murders and endangers children.
Trump administration releases Medicaid work-requirement rules exempting pregnant women and veterans, with an estimated 5 million still set to lose coverage by 2034.
National Science Foundation tells disabled employees to retest existing accommodations in a new building before honoring them, the union says.
Kenyan court blocks Trump’s plan to quarantine Ebola-exposed Americans in Kenya rather than bring them home for treatment, citing a threat to life.
Trump signs executive order directing the CDC to cut recommended childhood vaccines nearly in half, dropping shots for six diseases.
Trump administration plans to send Americans exposed to Ebola to Kenya for treatment rather than bringing them home to specialized U.S. facilities.
Supreme Court rejects Meta appeal, lets Vermont sue Instagram for designing platform to addict teens, potentially opening floodgates for hundreds of similar cases.
Ten ICE detainees have died by suicide since Trump returned to office, AP investigation finds, as detention population spiked 50% to 60,000.
NIAID scientists at NIH barred from speaking with WHO during active U.S. hantavirus and Congo Ebola outbreaks, four months after Trump’s WHO withdrawal.
CDC adds Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson as second U.S. entry point for Ebola screening, days after Dulles was named the only authorized airport.
Newsom declares state of emergency as 50,000 evacuated around Garden Grove aerospace plant where overheating tank of flammable acrylic chemical could still explode.
HUD strips emotional support animals from disability protections in housing, reversing first Trump administration guidance and threatening thousands of tenants with eviction.
US-bound Americans from Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan must enter through Dulles only after Trump’s administration cut $11.5 billion in virus monitoring.
Trump administration sends Ebola-positive American surgeon to Berlin and second exposed doctor to Prague after resisting their return to U.S. for care.
Nine doctors warn 23-year-old Guatemalan woman in El Paso ICE detention urgently needs ovarian surgery she was scheduled for days before Operation Metro Surge arrest.
Reynolds American donated $5 million to Trump-aligned MAGA Inc. one week before FDA guidance opened $6 billion flavored vape market to tobacco giants.
Federal prosecutors seek 50-year sentence for Feeding Our Future founder Bock for orchestrating $242 million pandemic child-meal fraud.
Kennedy fires chair and vice chair of preventive services task force that determines which screenings insurers must cover at no cost under ACA.
Unidentified substance at New Mexico home kills three and hospitalizes 18 first responders called to suspected overdose.
ICE tightens access to overcrowded Arizona holding facility on second surprise oversight visit, requiring 24-hour notice for congressional staff and barring Mesa councilmember.
Iowa Gov. Reynolds signs laws requiring in-person abortion pill prescriptions, parental consent for HPV vaccines, and shielding providers who deny care for religious or moral reasons.
25 states and DC sue Education Department over OBBBA graduate loan caps taking effect July 1, citing rural healthcare workforce strain.
Colorado Supreme Court orders Children’s Hospital to resume gender-affirming care for 800 minors after hospital cut access citing federal funding threats.
EEOC orders Interior Department to pay damages to three Bureau of Indian Education employees denied religious exemptions to Biden’s 2021 COVID vaccine mandate.
JAMA study finds miscarriage patients in 14 abortion-ban states get less effective treatment as doctors avoid mifepristone over criminal liability fears.
Trump adds 600 generic drugs to TrumpRx site that links to discount programs already offered by Cost Plus Drugs, Amazon Pharmacy, and GoodRx.
WHO declares Ebola public health emergency over Congo outbreak as CDC says U.S. risk remains low and moves to relocate exposed Americans.
FDA drug center head Tracy Beth Hoeg fired days after Commissioner Makary’s exit as White House faction purges his appointees from agency.
Texas AG Paxton forces Texas Children’s Hospital to open nation’s first ‘detransition clinic,’ pay $10 million, and fire five doctors over gender-affirming care.
Federal judge in Rhode Island quashes DOJ subpoena demanding identities and complete medical records of every minor treated for gender dysphoria at Rhode Island Hospital since 2020.
Supreme Court extends stay allowing mifepristone mail and telehealth orders to continue nationwide while Louisiana challenge proceeds, drawing dissents from Thomas and Alito.
Utah measles cases hit 663 as state remains national hotspot, its largest outbreak in over 40 years, with 51 hospitalized and 567 unvaccinated.
HHS chief spokesperson Rich Danker resigns over senior officials seeking FDA approval for child-appealing vape flavors, week after administration approved first fruit-flavored pod.
CMS imposes immediate six-month freeze on new Medicare enrollment for home health and hospice providers, citing fraud, with existing providers continuing to operate.
Vance withholds $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments from California in administration’s largest-ever deferral and threatens similar action against all 50 states.
FDA Commissioner Makary forced out after anti-abortion pressure as Supreme Court weighs ending mifepristone telemedicine.
Justice Alito extends temporary stay keeping mifepristone available by mail through Thursday, after Louisiana won 5th Circuit ruling restricting access.
HHS launches Moms.gov on Mother’s Day directing pregnant women to anti-abortion centers posing as medical clinics.
California launches first-in-the-nation program giving 400 free diapers to every newborn at participating hospitals starting this summer.
CDC tracks cruise passengers in five US states after hantavirus outbreak kills three on Atlantic birdwatching voyage.
Giuliani’s spokesman ties former NYC mayor’s pneumonia to 9/11 exposure as he exits ICU after ventilator.
Kennedy launches federal push to taper patients off antidepressants, repeating debunked claim that quitting is harder than heroin.
FDA withdraws publication of COVID and shingles vaccine safety studies, citing conclusions HHS says exceeded the data.
FDA approves four flavored vapes from Glas Inc. days after Trump reprimanded Commissioner Makary for moving too slowly.
