Thursday, August 21, 2025

HEALTH

Trump Administration Pushes to Remove Noncitizen Medicaid Enrollees

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The Trump administration is cracking down on noncitizens receiving Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program benefits, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The center launched an oversight program, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, to provide states with reports...

MAHA-Style Bill Would Close Food Additive Safety Loophole

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) With deregulation-focused Republicans in Congress reluctant to fulfill the industry-wary goals of the Make America Healthy Again initiative, some Democrats are taking up the torch. Health and environmental activists have sounded the alarm for decades over the considerable leeway the Food and Drug Administration gives...

Under Pressure, RFK Jr. Brings Back Childhood Vaccine Safety Committee

(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday the reinstatement of the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, the day before he had to respond to a lawsuit over his alleged failure to stand up the task force. Health and...

CDC Shooter Fired 180 Times before Killing Himself, Police Say

(Headline USA) The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the man who fired more than 180 shots at the headquarters of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after killing a police officer. Documents found in a search of the suspect’s home “expressed the shooter’s...

Anti-Vax Gunman Opens Fire at CDC Headquarters, Killing a Cop

(Headline USA) A Georgia man who had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal has been identified as the shooter who opened fire late Friday on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, killing a police officer. The 30-year-old suspect, who died during the incident, had...

Trump Signs Order to Bring Back Presidential Fitness Test

(Esther Wickham, The Center Square)  President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week to bring back the Presidential Fitness Test to American schools. The fitness test was introduced in 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, but was phased out in 2012 during the Obama administration. “I'm pleased to announce that...

Medical Examiner Reveals Cause of Hulk Hogan’s Death

(Headline USA) Professional wrestler Hulk Hogan's death last week was caused by a heart attack, according to a Florida medical examiner's report released Thursday. Hogan, 71, whose real name was Terry Bollea, previously had leukemia and atrial fibrillation, an irregular heart rhythm, the report from the District Six Medical Examiner said. To...

Report: 33% of American Adults Had Mental Illness or Substance Use Disorder in 2024

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square)  New data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shows that while some progress has been made in reducing mental illness and substance abuse, 86.6 million Americans aged 18 and older had either a mental illness or substance use disorder in 2024. SAMHSA’s 2024...

Horsefly Sends Congressman to the Hospital

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The office of Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., announced Tuesday that the congressman suffered a serious injury after being kicked by a horse that had been stung by a horsefly.  Burchett was working on his Tennessee farm over the weekend when one of his horses, spooked by a horsefly,...

Experts Call for Investigation into $86 Billion in Medicare Advantage ‘Ghost Benefits’

(Tom Joyce, The Center Square) As Congress debates how to rein in federal spending, some experts say aspects of Medicare Advantage should be on the chopping block, starting with $86 billion a year in taxpayer-funded supplemental benefits that often go unused or unverified. The federal government pays Medicare Advantage plans...

HHS Opens $100M Hepatitis Pilot Program Applications

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a $100 million pilot program on Monday to address Hepatitis C in homeless populations. The Hepatitis C elimination initiative, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, will primarily be used to treat individuals...

U.S. Fertility Rate Reached a New Low in 2024

(Headline USA) The fertility rate in the U.S. dropped to an all-time low in 2024 with less than 1.6 kids per woman, new federal data released Thursday shows. The U.S. was once among only a few developed countries with a rate that ensured each generation had enough children to replace itself...
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