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Over 20M Americans set to lose healthcare coverage Jan. 1 after Congress goes on...

Health insurance premiums are expected to more than double or even triple for some 20 million people, pricing many out of healthcare coverage entirely.
The Harry S. Truman Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, in spring 2024. Photo: U.S. Department of State (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Senators Criticize Trump Administration’s Demands to Access Health Data as a Condition for Lifesaving...

Citing ProPublica’s reporting, eight senators wrote a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio questioning the administration’s approach to foreign health data. They said it could set an “alarming precedent.”

Decades of research link pesticide use around homes, farms to childhood cancer

A new comprehensive meta-analysis published last month in the International Journal of Cancer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln analyzed findings from 88 epidemiological studies spanning more than 40 years.

FDA classifies tara flour as adulterated, no longer permitted in food items sold in...

Therefore, the ingredient is considered illegal and will no longer be permitted in food items sold in the U.S.

Native American tribes came together to secure their rights to Colorado River water. Four...

If passed into law, the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would resolve the largest outstanding claim on the Colorado River while providing about $5 billion in federal funding to build infrastructure to transport the water across the reservations.
The Montana State Capitol in Helena. Photo: George R. Mann, public domain

A Cancer Survivor Hoped To Work — Then She Lost Her Medicaid Disability Coverage

As state governments grapple with how to determine who’s sick enough to be excused from new Medicaid work requirements, some families are already struggling with what illnesses guarantee health coverage because of a disability.

‘Product of USA’ becomes a real standard enforced by USDA

The new standard, finalized in March 2024 and fully enforceable since the start of 2026, closes this gap and practice that often misled consumers who believed they were supporting American ranchers.

House GOP blocks ACA tax credit vote as subsidy expiration threatens major premium hikes

House leadership’s refusal to act before year’s end leaves millions of ACA enrollees facing steep premium increases as internal Republican divisions stall legislation.

Women suing Pfizer say birth control left them with brain tumors

More than 1,000 women say Pfizer ignored evidence linking Depo-Provera to brain tumors—and used the FDA’s decision to protect itself.

Children more at risk of cancers with exposure to multiple pesticides, new study finds

The first-of-its-kind research studied the link between multiple widely used pesticides and common childhood cancers compared to previous research, which looked at exposure to one pesticide.