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Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District across from Wigwam Stadium on Feb. 27 in Seminole, Texas.

Amid measles outbreak, Trump pulls funding for vaccines

People protesting personnel cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hold signs outside the organization's main headquarters on Wednesday in Atlanta. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

Weldon nomination yanked amid vaccine concerns

Supporters of transgender youth demonstrate outside Children’s Hospital Los Angeles on Feb. 6 in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order threatening to pull federal funding from health care providers that offer gender-affirming care to children.

After Trump’s inauguration, a dramatic halt to LGBTQ+ research

Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., arrives to a meeting in the Capitol Visitor Center on Dec. 5.

Medicaid work rules have increased coverage loss, not employment

A researcher demonstrates pipetting viscous genomic DNA at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center in Rockville, Md., in 2023.

Judge temporarily blocks NIH research cuts after 22 states sue

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., waits to vote in the Senate Finance Committee on the nomination of Robert Kennedy Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Senate panel approves RFK Jr. nomination

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be secretary of Health and Human Services, meets with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Jan. 9.

How RFK Jr. drove mistrust of a cancer prevention vaccine

Robert Kennedy, Jr., nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, arrives for his meeting with Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., in the Hart Senate Office Building on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024.

Kennedy faces questions about food, vaccines in GOP meetings

Sarah McBride, Democrat representative-elect for Delaware, is seen on the second night of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 20.

How key results could influence health policy