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  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks after being sworn in as Health and Human Services Secretary in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)Health

    RFK Jr. says he will investigate childhood vaccine schedule after promising not to change it

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • A kid playing with Legos on the floor with his momHealth

    Republicans consider slashing Medicaid—a move that could siphon billions from the health care coverage offered to the poorest Americans

    By Amanda Seitz, Andrew DeMillo, and others
  • FILE – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump’s nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)Health

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during his Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearingHealth

    RFK Jr. hearing reveals Kennedy’s inconsistent stance on Medicare and Medicaid

    By The Associated Press and Amanda Seitz
  • President Joe Biden speaks as first lady Jill Biden looks on at a Friendsgiving event with service members and their families in the Staten Island borough of New York, Monday, Nov. 25 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Health

    Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic for millions of obese Americans

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 12: Dr. Marty Makary speaks during a screening of the HBO documentary film ‘Bleed Out’ on December 12, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for HBO)Politics

    Trump taps a Fox News personality, a surgeon and a former congressman to lead public health agencies

    By Matthew Perrone, Amanda Seitz, and others
  • Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event, Sept. 27, 2024 in Walker, Mich.Politics

    Trump picks RFK Jr. to lead Health and Human Services, despite his history of skepticism toward vaccines and medicine

    By Jill Colvin, Amanda Seitz, and others
  • Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala HarrisPolitics

    North Carolina’s young women focus on abortion bans as they consider Harris or Trump

    By Amanda Seitz, Darlene Superville, and others
  • Closeup of a COVID at-home testHealth

    More free COVID-19 tests soon available by mail, government announces

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • Kyleigh ThurmanHealth

    Pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are being dismissed from hospitals because doctors are scared to treat them, lawsuit claims

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • Vivek Murthy and his mom serve foodLeadership

    The surgeon general’s mom warned him in middle school to avoid politics. He didn’t listen to her

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 10: Dr. Vivek H. Murthy speaks onstage at The Archewell Foundation Parents’ Summit: Mental Wellness in the Digital Age during Project Healthy Minds’ World Mental Health Day Festival 2023 at Hudson Yards on October 10, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Project Healthy Minds)Health

    U.S. surgeon general declares gun violence a public health emergency

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • FILE – An insurance agent talks with clients inside the main location of Las Madrinas de los Seguros, Spanish for “The Godmothers of Insurance,” at a shopping center in Miami, on Dec. 5, 2023. Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance next year under a new directive the Biden administration released Friday, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)Health

    Biden administration says 100,000 Dreamers will enroll in Obamacare under new directive opening it to all DACA participants

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • Oscar-winning actor and women’s health activist Halle Berry joins female senators as they introduce new legislation to boost federal research on menopause, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2024. The bipartisan Senate bill, the Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act, would create public health efforts to improve women’s mid-life health. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Health

    Actor Halle Berry is pushing for legislation to fund menopause research and education: ‘The shame has to be taken out of menopause’

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press
  • Emergency roomHealth

    Roe v. Wade repeal horror revealed as red-state emergency rooms from Florida to Texas deny care to pregnant women

    By Amanda Seitz and The Associated Press