Healthcare

Measles vaccine.

US loses measles elimination status amid surge in cases: Report

Claire Carter · November 13, 2026 10:50 pm

Apartment complex in DC

Black mold’s link to fatal DC shooting: What to know

President Donald Trump speaks about TrumpRx in the Old Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

How Democratic healthcare ad blitz helped sink GOP Senate candidates

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at an election night event, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, in Detroit.

Abdul el Sayed teases ‘TrumpCare’ in support of universal healthcare

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Senators launch investigation into RFK Jr. over alleged lies in confirmation testimony

After the Trump administration's announcement on Tuesday that it will expand short-term health plans, the media pushed back with so-called objective experts in the field. (iStock)

Look at the conflicts of interest among healthcare ‘experts’ knocking Trump

Tom Rogan February 20, 2018 9:45 pm

The Health and Human Services Secretary told reporters that he wanted to encourage states to experiment with different healthcare systems. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Alex Azar: ‘I’m a big believer in state experimentation’

Kimberly Leonard February 20, 2018 9:26 pm

"I personally am not aware of other states who have been talking about that, and I certainly have not had any interactions with Idaho myself," Alex Azar, Health and Human Services secretary, said of the state's proposal to flout rules in Obamacare. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Idaho hasn’t asked HHS yet about its plans to change Obamacare rules

Kimberly Leonard February 20, 2018 8:47 pm

Daily on Healthcare: Trump administration details proposal to loosen insurance regulations…Azar talks state flexibility, Obamacare, and abortion

Kimberly Leonard, Robert King, Philip Klein February 20, 2018 7:22 pm

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the plans would shrink the Obamacare marketplace, drive up premiums, and leave unsuspecting consumers who buy the new plans without coverage they may be expecting to receive. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democratic leaders say Trump healthcare plans are ‘junk’

Susan Ferrechio February 20, 2018 7:15 pm

A lawsuit, filed by the LGBTQ legal group Lambda Legal, says that married couple Fatma Marouf (pictured left) and Bryn Esplin (pictured right) tried to become foster parents for refugee children. It was filed against the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (Screenshot / Lambda Legal via YouTube)

Lesbian couple sues HHS, Catholic Church over being blocked as foster parents

Robert King February 20, 2018 6:25 pm

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin's lawsuit focuses on Kentucky's plan to install work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients. Eligible beneficiaries must work, volunteer or get job training for 20 hours in order to get Medicaid benefits. (AP Photo/Adam Beam)

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin countersues over Medicaid work rules

Robert King February 20, 2018 3:30 pm

President Trump plans to overturn an Obama administration-era rule implemented in April 2016 that restricted the time people were allowed to be on short-term health insurance to three months. Prior to that, people were able to have them for nearly a year. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Trump prepares to loosen Obama-era rules on short-term health insurance

Kimberly Leonard February 20, 2018 2:12 pm

Now that the Obama administration has left, conservatives are turning to the Trump White House to allow them to tighten Medicaid in ways they've long wanted, mainly through the submission of waivers. (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Republican states get creative to tighten Medicaid rules

Kimberly Leonard February 20, 2018 5:01 am

In this 2017 photo, President Trump arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump is set to speak again at this year's CPAC, but some of his initiatives are unpopular among the movement conservatives who dominate CPAC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Is Trump conservative enough, and does CPAC care?

W. James Antle III February 20, 2018 5:01 am

The budget proposal Trump's White House released days later would raise deficits by as much as $7 trillion over 10 years if enacted.

Deficits drive a wedge between Trump and fiscal conservatives

Sarah Bedford February 20, 2018 5:01 am

Many Republicans have problems with provisions dealing with immigrant farm workers, while others don't like the immigration reduction numbers and mandatory E-Verify, which are also opposed by the business community.

Immigration reform faces high hurdle in the House

Susan Ferrechio February 20, 2018 5:01 am