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Tracking Applications for Rural Health Transformation Funds

Updated January 16, 2026 Originally Published December 4, 2025 KFF Health News Original

KFF Health News is working to collect and post complete application materials, by state, here and will update this repository as new materials, released in response to public records requests, arrive.

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At Wednesday Hearing, Senators Leave Door Open To Extending ACA Subsidies

December 4, 2025 Morning Briefing

No major overhaul seems possible before the end of the year, but optimism remained for an extension. Other news from Capitol Hill is on fraudulent Obamacare signups, President Donald Trump’s role in any potential health care deal, health insurance affordability, and more.

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Texas Bathroom Law Limits How Trans People Can Use Public Facilities

December 4, 2025 Morning Briefing

Senate Bill 8 restricts the kind of bathrooms in public spaces that are available to transgender people and holds institutions liable for violations of the law. Meanwhile, the University of Texas San Antonio is forcing students to change dorms to comply with the new law. Also in the news: California, North Carolina, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, and Ohio.

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Mangione Back In Court Exactly 1 Year After United Healthcare CEO’s Death

December 4, 2025 Morning Briefing

CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down Dec. 4, 2024, on a sidewalk outside a Manhattan hotel where UnitedHealth Group was holding its annual investors’ meeting. In the year since, the case against shooting suspect Luigi Mangione, 27, has played out in pop culture in a way unlike anything in the modern media age, Baltimore Magazine writes.

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Court Ruling In India Shakes Up Global Market On Weight Loss Drugs

December 4, 2025 Morning Briefing

Indian drugmaker Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories will be allowed to make a generic version of Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide and export it even before some of Novo’s global patents expire in 2026.

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Viewpoints: Removing Designations Will Worsen Nursing Shortage; Overdiagnosis Debate Gets It Wrong

December 4, 2025 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers delve into these public health topics.

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Vaccine Committee Could Vote Today To End Newborn Hepatitis B Shots

December 4, 2025 Morning Briefing

The birth-dose recommendation has been in place since 1991. The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices will meet again Friday to debate broader changes to the timing of vaccines given to children, as well as whether aluminum salts should be removed from vaccines, The New York Times reported. Plus, CIDRAP takes a deeper dive into the success of the newborn hep B shot.

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FDA Is Reshuffling Leadership Roles As Angst Deepens With Pazdur Exit

December 4, 2025 Morning Briefing

Theresa Michele, the director of the Office of Nonprescription Drugs, has been reassigned. Tracy Beth Høeg will take the reins at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Also, Richard Pazdur’s abrupt retirement from CDER has reignited fears that the agency is imploding, Axios reports.

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Morning Briefing for Thursday, December 4, 2025

December 4, 2025 Morning Briefing

No matter which app you’re into, KFF Health News has you covered: Follow along on Instagram, TikTok, Bluesky, X, Facebook, and LinkedIn as we break down health care headlines and policy.

First Edition: Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025

December 4, 2025 Morning Briefing

Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

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Under Kennedy, America’s Health Department Is in the Business of Promoting Kennedy

By Darius Tahir December 4, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Department of Health and Human Services increasingly uses its social media channels to promote Kennedy himself and his agenda. Interviews with over 20 former and current employees provide a look inside an agency where personality and politics steer communications with the public.

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Republicans Left Tribes Out of Their $50B Rural Fund. Now It’s Up to States To Share.

By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez December 4, 2025 KFF Health News Original

The Trump administration has championed its Rural Health Transformation Program as an investment in American families who have been left behind. But Native American tribes, whose communities have a significant presence in rural America and have some of the greatest health needs, are ineligible to apply directly for funding.

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Aunque se reanuda SNAP, nuevas reglas laborales amenazan el acceso al programa de alimentos por años

By Renuka Rayasam and Katheryn Houghton and Samantha Liss December 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Ahora, los estados deben cumplir con las nuevas reglas o enfrentar sanciones que podrían obligarlos a cubrir una parte mayor del costo del programa.

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Trump quiere que los estadounidenses tengan más hijos, pero críticos afirman que sus políticas no ayudan a criarlos

By Stephanie Armour and Amanda Seitz December 3, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Un paquete de programas federales que por años han apoyado a mujeres y niños también está en la mira de Trump y de miembros de su gabinete, que dicen impulsar políticas pro natalidad.

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Broken Rehab

December 3, 2025 Page

Featured Story More From the Project Credits Reporting Jordan RauIrena Hwang, The New York Times Graphics Lydia Zuraw Photography Dustin FranzAdria MalcolmSophie ParkLauren PetraccaAlyssa SchukarJim Vondruska Editing John Hillkirk Photo Editing Lynne Shallcross Copy Editing Gabe Brison-TreziseTerry ByrneJ.J. Evans

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Pazdur Retiring From FDA Just 1 Month After Taking Job As Top Drug Regulator

December 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

Richard Pazdur was named director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, or CDER, in November. He was the fourth person in the position this year and had been expected to help stabilize the agency. More administration news is on SNAP, Veterans Affairs, ICE activity, and more.

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HHS Officially Repeals Biden-Era Nursing Home Staffing Mandate

December 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

Consumer groups expressed concern over the pullback. Other health care industry news is on physician burnout, AI scribes, pharmacy benefit managers, and more.

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Hospital-At-Home Funding Extended Five Years Under House-Passed Bill

December 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

The measure has bipartisan support in the Senate and is expected to pass. Meanwhile, with the clock ticking down on Affordable Care Act subsidies, it doesn’t appear Congress will find common ground and extend those tax credits to Americans insured through Obamacare.

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Judge Lifts Ban On Planned Parenthood Medicaid Funding, With Caveat

December 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

The federal judge’s new injunction would remove the onus on states to figure out which of their health care providers are covered by the ban and to stop funding the non-abortion services the clinics provide to Medicaid patients, Politico reports. The injunction is paused for seven days to allow the Justice Department to appeal to a higher court.

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San Francisco Alleges 10 Big Companies Knew Harms Of Ultraprocessed Food

December 3, 2025 Morning Briefing

The city’s lawsuit names Kraft Heinz, Mondelez, Post, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, General Mills, Nestle USA, Kellogg, Mars, and ConAgra Brands. Other news is on dementia, cancer, norovirus, and more.

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