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Biden wanted Medicaid to pay for weight-loss drugs. Trump just said it doesn’t have to

April 30, 2025, 8:22am Health

The Trump administration this month scrapped a Biden-era proposal that would have required state Medicaid programs and allowed federal Medicare to pay for some GLP-1s for obesity treatment. Instead, state Medicaid programs will retain the choice of whether to cover the high-priced medications for their residents. Read story

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.

RFK Jr. wrong about share of autistic population with severe limitations

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s choice to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.

April 29, 2025, 9:23am Health

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted notice — and in some quarters, outrage — for remarks about autism, a topic he’s clashed with scientists about for years. Read story

An oak tree with new leaf growth also shows pollen hanging from the branches at a park in Richardson, Texas, on March 21, 2024.

How to find relief during allergy season

An oak tree with new leaf growth also shows pollen hanging from the branches at a park in Richardson, Texas, on March 21, 2024.

April 29, 2025, 5:02am Health

Allergy season can be miserable for tens of millions of Americans when trees, grass, and other pollens cause runny noses, itchy eyes, coughing and sneezing. Read story

A vial of the Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine prepared for use in a trial at St. George’s University hospital in London, Oct. 7, 2020.

FDA scrutiny of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine sparks uncertainty about other shots

A vial of the Phase 3 Novavax coronavirus vaccine prepared for use in a trial at St. George’s University hospital in London, Oct. 7, 2020.

April 28, 2025, 5:00pm Health

The Trump administration’s effort to impose new requirements on Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine — the nation’s only traditional protein-based option for the coronavirus — is sowing uncertainty about updates to other vaccines, too. Read story

Bottles containing a variety of colored liquids sit on a shelf in a lab at Sensient Technologies Corp., a color additive manufacturing company, in St. Louis., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.

How bugs and beet juice could play roles in the race to replace artificial dyes in food

Bottles containing a variety of colored liquids sit on a shelf in a lab at Sensient Technologies Corp., a color additive manufacturing company, in St. Louis., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.

April 28, 2025, 8:33am Health

As pressure grows to get artificial colors out of the U.S. food supply, the shift may well start at Abby Tampow’s laboratory desk. Read story

This photo provided by Emily’s Entourage in April 2025 shows Emily Kramer-Golinkoff, who has cystic fibrosis caused by a rare genetic mutation, during a trip to Maine.

Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there’s new hope

This photo provided by Emily’s Entourage in April 2025 shows Emily Kramer-Golinkoff, who has cystic fibrosis caused by a rare genetic mutation, during a trip to Maine.

April 28, 2025, 8:26am Health

Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering arduous and exhausting. Read story

Concerned families keeping eyes on elder care facilities: Growing number of states allow cameras in assisted living

April 27, 2025, 2:07pm Health

The assisted-living facility in Edina, Minn., where Jean Peters and her siblings moved their mother in 2011, looked lovely. “But then you start uncovering things,” Peters said. Read story

The ranks of Obamacare ‘fixers’ axed in Trump’s reduction of health agency workforce

April 27, 2025, 6:00am Health

They’re the fixers, the ones who step in when Affordable Care Act enrollees have a problem with their coverage, like a newborn incorrectly left off a policy or discovering that a rogue broker had signed them up or switched their plan without consent. Read story