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.
October 30, 2025
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Trump administration cracks down on Minnesota sports for allowing trans athletes to compete
The Education and Health and Human Services departments say the state government and high school sports authority are violating cis athletes' Title IX protections.
October 6, 2025
Trump's new strategy to restrict abortion nationwide — don't say ‘ban’
Trump's team has developed a way to make abortion difficult to obtain without the same costs as an unpopular ban.
July 22, 2025
Trump guts $258 million in funding for HIV vaccine research
“For HIV vaccine design and development, we've begun to see light at the end of the tunnel after many years of research,” Dennis Burton, an immunology professor at Scripps Research, said.
June 3, 2025
HHS deletes mental health report on Utah's transgender children
The Department of Health and Human Services has deleted crucial reports on the mental health of Utah's transgender youth, ignoring their struggles and erasing their existence. One expert says that might be Trump's goal.
May 11, 2025
Federal government to remove gender dysphoria from protected disabilities list
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will remove gender dysphoria from disabilities protected under federal law.
April 16, 2025
Trump’s health department launches ‘vile’ anti-trans website featuring right-wing influencer (exclusive)
Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “are starting their tenure at HHS by attacking trans people, harming their access to health, and promoting unscientific rhetoric about sex as a so-called immutable characteristic,” former HHS official Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.
February 19, 2025
Anti-trans headers placed on websites judge ordered Trump to restore
The headers were placed on major websites at the CDC, FDA, and HHS.
February 18, 2025
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis backtracks apparent support for RFK Jr. leading HHS (exclusive)
A spokesperson for Polis told The Advocate that “Governor Polis has not changed his view as a whole on RFK Jr. or on the Governor’s previously stated concerns regarding some of RFK Jr’s positions."
November 15, 2024
Rachel Levine and Isabel Guzman highlight LGBTQ-owned businesses during Pride Month
HHS’s Rachel Levine and SBA’s Isabel Guzman toured LGBTQ-owned and focused businesses around Washington, D.C., earlier this week.
June 12, 2024
Republican Sen. Roger Marshall seeks to block Biden ban on anti-trans discrimination in health care
The GOP senator doesn't think a ban on sex discrimination in health care should include gender identity, and he's making some baseless assertions to argue his case.
May 25, 2024
Rachel Levine receives honorary degree from Rutgers
The trailblazing trans doctor and advocate recieved an honorary science doctorate from Rutgers.
May 7, 2024
Biden administration rescinds, replaces Trump-era 'license to discriminate in health care' rule
The new rule strikes a balance between protecting health care workers' consciences and assuring that patients receive the care they need, LGBTQ+ activists say.
January 10, 2024
GOP Senator Introduces Bill That Throws LGBTQ+ Foster Children Under the Bus
The new bill takes aim at recent changes to HHS policy on adoption, ensuring LGBTQ+ foster children are placed in supportive homes.
December 10, 2023
Vanderbilt Medical Center Under Federal Scrutiny After Trans Patient Records Release
A civil rights investigation is probing why the medical center released unredacted and sensitive medical records to the Republican attorney general.
August 16, 2023