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Former head of the CDC Demetre Daskalakis

What public health experts want you to know about the severe mpox strain appearing in the U.S.

Unlike the version of the virus that spread around the world in 2022, this one has had more severe outcomes.

Robert F Kennedy Jr and his wife Cheryl Hines

Is Cheryl Hines being publicly forced to curb her enthusiasm for RFK Jr.?

Opinion: She needs to ditch her brain-wormed husband, take the money, her integrity, and a one-way flight to a country with functioning health care, writes John Casey.

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Tammy Baldwin and Lisa Murkowski file bill to establish LGBTQ+ youth crisis line in law

Their legislation would revive the crisis line the Trump administration shut down.

HHS officials celebrate CDC’s Demetre Daskalakis for standing up for science in blistering resignation

Health officials and experts praise CDC’s Demetre Daskalakis for standing up in blistering resignation

One HHS official called him a "public health martial artist."

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RFK Jr. mulls firing ‘critical’ panel that determines no-cost preventive care services insurers must cover

It comes weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force, which requires coverage for diabetes, cancer, and mental health screenings as well as access to HIV prevention, or PrEP, was properly appointed.

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Court blocks Trump admin's anti-LGBTQ+ restrictions on grants for domestic violence and homeless shelters

The order comes in a lawsuit brought by a nationwide coalition of groups serving survivors of domestic and sexual violence, LGBTQ+ youth, and people experiencing homelessness.

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Coke caves to Donald the Dextrose Dictator. Is McDonald’s next?

Opinion: His latest demand, cane sugar in Coke, may seem petty, but it’s a symptom of something much worse, writes John Casey.

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Health experts warn Trump’s new policies for HHS teen pregnancy program could reverse decades of progress

“What young people want is to talk about decision-making and relationships. They want to know how to take care of themselves,” one expert said. “We can trust young people with information. But only if we treat them with respect.”

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Chuck Schumer demands reinstatement of federal HIV funding after RFK Jr.’s ‘indiscriminate cuts’

With HIV vaccine research canceled and prevention programs dismantled, the Democratic Senate minority leader expects answers from the Department of Health and Human Services before July.

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Karoline Leavitt: Trump wants 'less LGBTQ graduate majors' from Harvard

The White House Press Secretary justified cutting funds to Harvard by saying Trump would rather give them to trade schools, not "LGBTQ graduate majors."

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Mehmet Oz, and Casey Means

Trump’s three stooges of U.S. health care: a skeptic, a quack, and a huckster

Opinion: These three aren’t a joke. They’re a warning, and if they exert their power, the consequences of their actions could be fatal, writes John Casey.

Rachel Levine former Assistant Secretary Department of Health and Human Services confirmation hearing 2021

Rachel Levine led fights against HIV & STIs at HHS. Now Trump’s undoing that progress, and she’s speaking out

The former assistant secretary for health is breaking her silence on the damage Trump's HHS is doing.

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Donald Trump just spent a week showing us how much he despises children

Opinion: He's ruining Christmas, deporting American kids (one with cancer), endorsing conversion therapy and more discipline in schools, threatening Sesame Street, and eliminating a youth suicide hotline, writes John Casey.