Jessie Hellmann

The Trump administration is canceling dozens of National Institutes of Health grants funding health equity research, including work studying Black maternal and fetal health and HIV. Grantees were told in termination notices delivered over the last several days that their […]

During his 2019 State of the Union address, President Donald Trump laid out an ambitious goal: end HIV in the United States by 2030. But six years later, his actions are actively undermining that effort, say people who have supported

Mehmet Oz, once a staunch proponent of Medicare Advantage plans, vowed Friday to go after those plans if they unfairly raise costs for the government if he is confirmed as President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare

Four months ago, Tara McKay, an associate professor at Vanderbilt University, received an award from the National Institutes of Health recognizing her contributions to the field of LGBTQ+ health research.  After President Donald Trump was inaugurated, the office that gave

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health sought to reassure senators Wednesday that he would bring stability to an agency that has faced mass terminations and frozen funding of health research since Trump took office.  Jay

When President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, he will face a long-term care crisis marked by understaffed nursing homes, workforce shortages and care that is unaffordable and inaccessible for millions of people.  But he and the Republican-controlled Congress are

Republicans regained control of the Senate late Tuesday, meaning come January, a whole new set of GOP lawmakers will be poised to help shape the federal government’s health care priorities for the next six years. Some tight races were not

Republicans took control of the Senate with Tuesday’s elections, but a handful of new Democrats will also be going to the Senate in January. The tight races between Republican Kari Lake and Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego in Arizona and between

The Biden administration wants more health care providers to talk to parents about keeping their kids safe around firearms, as data shows kids are increasingly dying by suicide, accidents and homicides involving guns.  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Consensus is growing around the idea that for some patients higher doses of a gold-standard opioid addiction treatment drug may be better than lower doses at keeping patients healthy and in treatment, especially for those who use fentanyl. But whether someone