Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Webpages at the CDC and other health agencies went down on Friday. Will Stone/NPR hide caption toggle caption Will Stone/NPR At the direction of the Trump administration, the federal Department of Health and Human Services and its agencies are purging its websites of information and data on a broad array of topics — from adolescent…
Trump administration puts senior USAID officials on leave
The United States Agency for International Development is the federal agency that administers foreign aid and development assistance. Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Just after 6 p.m. EST on Monday, the Trump administration placed a number of senior career officials at the U.S. Agency…
Trump administration tells federal health agencies to pause external communications
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Washington Post reporter Dan Diamond about the Trump Administration's directive to Department of Health and Human Services agencies to pause all external communications.
Biden Administration bars medical debt from credit scores
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Rohit Chopra. The CFPB has issued a new rule barring medical debt from credit reports. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kent Nishimura/Getty Images The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday issued new regulations barring medical debts from American credit reports, enacting a major new consumer protection just…
What Does a Trump Administration Mean for Your Child Tax Credit...
Plans to expand the child tax credit have become a key talking point among both Democrats and Republicans in Washington, DC, in recent years, and now these proposals are getting a major new spotlight following the 2024 presidential election and with the credit's reduction set for after 2025.Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, made the expansion…
How will the Trump administration affect efforts to fight global pandemics?
Global pandemic treaty negotiators are hashing out cooperation plans this week and considering rushing the process out of fear that the Trump administration would pull the U.S. out of negotiations.
Biden administration proposes a rule to make over-the-counter birth control free
In this photo illustration, a package of Opill is displayed on March 22. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The Biden administration is proposing a rule that would expand access to contraceptive products, including making over-the-counter birth control and condoms free for the first time for women of reproductive age who…
Biden administration gives cities 10 years to replace lead pipes nationwide
The EPA issued a final rule requiring water systems to replace all lead pipes within 10 years. Water advocates lauded the rule as a public health victory, but say there's much work to be done.
Biden Administration Moves to Make Canceling Subscriptions Easier
The White House on Monday released a set of proposals it says will help consumers reclaim their time, and money, from companies that make it difficult to cancel subscriptions, file health claims online or issue airline refunds. The initiative, which the Biden Administration has dubbed Time Is Money, also calls on companies to stop sending customers…
The Biden administration is wrapping up negotiations to lower prescription drug...
The first price negotiations between Medicare and drug companies has been underway since February. What do we know about how it's going?
