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The Trump administration had pulled back on the amount of funds sent to the country. Because South Africa did not change policies that the U.S. considers discriminatory toward the white Afrikaner minority, no funds will now flow, an unidentified State Department official says. Plus, despite marching orders from Congress to continue foreign aid, the Trump administration has largely refused to comply, ProPublica reports.
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The FDA has not approved the antiparasitic drug to treat cancer, ABC reports. Experts warn that patients taking the drug without a prescription and the supervision of a physician risk overdosing. Plus: the effects of data centers on Americans' health; and more.
Members of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health include psychiatrists, surgeons, pediatricians, endocrinologists, and primary care doctors who work with transgender patients. Politico reports that for months, the Federal Trade Commission has been pursuing legal avenues to clamp down on providers and hospitals offering gender-affirming care.
Legal experts suggest other health systems should take notice after the Department of Justice accused OhioHealth of driving up prices, Stat reports. Additional news from across the nation comes from California, Kansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Colorado, and Virginia.
Johnson & Johnson Chief Executive Officer Joaquin Duato spoke in an interview about his company's continuing focus on cancer treatments — eschewing the obesity medication race — with a goal of eliminating the disease in 10 years.
If the administration's plan does goes into effect in October, it would effectively sideline the CDC with regard to many global health programs and move control over much of the funding and decision making to the State Department, The New York Times reports.
Only about half of U.S. adults could afford their healthcare and had access to quality care last year, according to a West Health-Gallup Affordability Index survey. Only 1 in 5 people surveyed said healthcare costs contributed "no stress" to their lives. Plus, two analyses find hundreds of thousands of children are no longer receiving food assistance, ProPublica reports.
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With lagging contact tracing, the head of Africa's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention worries that the latest outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could become the worst on record.
The Trump administration plans to move the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services — which currently manages billions of dollars in grants and oversees state compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act — to the Department of Health and Human Services, the AP reports.
A court order is forcing Children’s Hospital Colorado to resume gender-affirming care for trans youth, the Colorado Sun reports, but doctors at the hospital have refused to provide the care over fear of losing their licenses or facing criminal charges.
Modern Healthcare reports that health systems are increasingly paying to train and educate workers to fill chronically short-staffed positions, as well as seeking higher-education partnerships. Other industry news is on mental health via telehealth, AI, and more.
MedPage Today reports on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claim that the CDC's vaccine panel is unable to meet ahead of the fall flu season while a lawsuit is pending. The American Academy of Pediatrics pushed back, stating that the federal government has the power to install lawful panelists with the specialized knowledge to make evidence-based vaccine recommendations.
This month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services laid out regulations and federal standards for work requirements, which will go live Jan. 1, 2027, Modern Healthcare reports. States claim the newly released CMS guidance differs significantly from the previous general guidance and "will create significant administrative and resource burdens."
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