Health clinics face cuts, closures as Trump's funding fight ripples outside of Washington
In West Virginia, a nonprofit mental health program for teenage girls is turning to a private donor to help cover its ...
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How the federal funding freeze is impacting community health and Head Start programs
A broad federal funding freeze announced by the Trump administration last week, and blocked by a pair of judges, is destabilizing a wide range of programs despite the court interventions. Some ...
Maryland’s health secretary out as head of embattled agency
Herrera Scott, a former member of Medical Corps of the U.S. Army Reserve, was appointed to the job by Moore in early 2023 to ...
WA public health leaders frustrated over CDC data purges
Local public health teams, clinical providers and researchers say they're worried about short- and long-term impacts to ...
Trump signs executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports, directing DOJ to enforce
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday banning transgender athletes from participating in women's sports, ...
Services for disabled Americans, trans youth and refugees feel the squeeze from Trump’s early actions
President Donald Trump’s bid to remake the federal government is already affecting some vulnerable populations in the United ...
WA sees first whooping cough death in more than a decade
Washington saw a high number of whooping cough cases in 2024, with more than 2,000 reported, according to the state Department of Health.
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Flu cases surge in Washington, impacting local health clinics
Recent data from the Washington Department of Health reveals a significant rise in influenza cases across the state. More ...
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Trump’s Order on Gender-Affirming Care Escalates Reversal of Trans Rights
The Jan. 28 executive order directs federal regulators to cut insurance coverage for hormonal or surgical treatments that ...
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First whooping cough death in Washington state since 2011 confirmed by CDC
A child from Spokane County has died from whooping cough, marking the first pertussis-related death in Washington since 2011.
Trump calls executive order targeting trans athletes ‘common sense’
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that seeks to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s ...
Elon Musk's access to Treasury's payment system is raising alarms. Here's what to know.
Elon Musk's control of a federal payment system is raising concerns about funding for programs like Social Security and the ...