Migrants Are Skipping Medical Care, Fearing ICE, Doctors Say
Since President Trump announced plans for mass deportations and rescinded protections for hospitals and clinics, health care facilities have seen a jump in no-shows.
Medicine and Health
Trump Has Called for More Babies but Dismissed Fertility Experts
The research team studying how to improve I.V.F. was a casualty of cutbacks at federal health agencies.
States Sue Over Trump Administration Cutbacks at H.H.S.
The lawsuit, led by New York, argues that the slashing of grants and staff at the Department of Health and Human Services amounts to the “illegal dismantling” of the agency.
UnitedHealth’s Move to End Cyberattack Loan Lifeline Upsets Medical Providers
The company lent roughly $9 billion to practices affected by a vast cyberattack on its payment systems last year. Medical practices are now suing the health care colossus, saying it is pressuring them to repay funds.
Trump Budget Cuts Funding for Chronic Disease Prevention
Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on prevention.
Trump’s Budget Calls for Deep Cuts to NIH and CDC
A budget blueprint released on Friday advances, in hard numbers and biting words, President Trump’s assault on the nation’s universities and scientific research enterprise.
Citing N.I.H. Cuts, a Top Science Journal Stops Accepting Submissions
With federal support, Environmental Health Perspectives has long published peer-reviewed studies without fees to readers or scientists.
Trump Budget Draft Ends Narcan Program and Other Addiction Measures
A $56 million grant to train emergency responders and supply them with the overdose reversal spray, plus other programs that address addiction, could be eliminated.
U.S. Officials to Cut Funding for Landmark Study of Women’s Health
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced thousands of research papers, altering medical care for patients around the world.
Tariffs on China Aren’t Likely to Rescue U.S. Medical Gear Industry
The few domestic companies that still make protective gear for health care workers have clamored for federal intervention. But they worry President Trump’s trade war with China won’t help.