Documents obtained by the Associated Press and The Guardian through a Reporters Committee lawsuit include a Jan. 20, 2019 letter from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., then chair of Children's Health Defense, to Samoa's prime...
Five current and former administration officials told Reuters on Aug. 24 that Trump's frustration over what he considers a likely contributor to autism drove the Aug. 10 executive order cutting the federal childhood...
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington ruled on Aug. 19 that the Department of Health and Human Services may not implement sweeping new conditions on grants under the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program while...
Defense and Health and Human Services officials told The New York Times this week that the administration was recruiting Pentagon lawyers who had recently retired or planned to retire soon to serve as attorneys for...
HHS proposed a $150 million contract to Burke Law Group, a Houston firm with two immigration specialists among 24 attorneys, to represent roughly 1,800 unaccompanied migrant children in federal shelters. The firm's...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a final rule Aug. 11 barring federal Medicaid dollars for what it calls "sex-rejecting procedures" — including puberty suppression, cross-sex hormone therapy and...
President Trump signed an executive order on August 10, 2026 establishing what the White House calls “Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations.” Per the White House fact sheet issued the same day, the order...
HHS announced on Aug. 10 that the FDA has issued a proposed rule requiring manufacturers to notify the agency whenever they conclude that a substance added to human or animal food is Generally Recognized as Safe. Since...
The Department of Health and Human Services is awarding a $150 million contract for legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children to Burke Law Group, a Houston firm, according to a Federal Register notice reported...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on July 24, 2026 that 2,318 measles cases have been confirmed in the United States this year, surpassing 2025's record of 2,289 and marking the highest total since...