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The Trump administration alleges that some hospitals are incorrectly billing for gender-affirming care.
Jay Bhattacharya's interview ended up similar in tone to the one with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week on CNN.
Several conservative states will require proof from people who say they're too sick to work.
The parasite, which spreads via fresh produce and can cause explosive diarrhea, has sickened thousands of Americans in this summer’s record outbreak.
The Kentucky senator and nemesis of America’s Covid czar says he’s taking his case straight to the attorney general.
A DC court will hear a challenge to the cuts on Thursday.
The former Covid czar refused to testify at a hearing last week, exercising his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Steven Quay is in final vetting to run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.
In a heated interview with Dana Bash, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attacked Anthony Fauci and the media.
Lawmakers agree that the bill is flawed. But hostilities between insurers and doctors could stymie their efforts to fix it.
The case challenging Mehmet Oz's "faithfulness to Congressional intent” will continue.
The Health secretary said the group Congress had directed the money, to vaccinate children in poor countries, was using dangerous shots. The administration says it has secured reforms.
Lawmakers’ anger boiled as they questioned the former Covid czar.
The health secretary had blocked the funding, accusing the group to which Congress had directed it of using outdated and dangerous vaccines.
Medicaid eligibility will soon hinge on how the government defines “medical frailty.”
Bipartisan lawmakers are advancing bills that would require hospitals and insurers to disclose their prices.
Anti-abortion activists are hoping to get the attention of an administration that has embraced theories shunned by mainstream science about Tylenol, peptides and vaccines.
A panel of FDA advisers voted this week to broaden access to peptides.
The deferrals are part of a nationwide crackdown on health fraud in government programs.
With drug deaths plummeting, state officials are wary of halting harm reduction initiatives.
The Trump administration said Monday Americans in Congo, where Ebola is spreading, must spend three weeks in a third country before coming home.
John Cornyn, Bill Cassidy and Thom Tillis are leaving the Senate after warring with Trump, but they still can block the president’s appointees.
The Trump administration’s crackdown on Medicaid fraud in Minnesota has upended finances and disrupted access to care.
U.S. citizens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will have to spend 21 days in a third country before returning to the U.S., even if they show no signs of disease.
But the health secretary has allies among some patient advocates and makers of tests that detect disease.
Survival will be tracked for 28 days after starting treatment
Despite the restoration of Medicaid funding for health care services — but not abortions — dozens of closed clinics are not likely to reopen.
Insurers are embracing the health secretary’s Make America Healthy Again movement as the GOP looks to cut health care costs.
The POLITICO Poll shows that the Make America Healthy Again umbrella includes people with opposing ideologies and different politics.
