Sunday, February 1, 2026

HEALTH

‘Detransitioner’ Wins $2 Million Medical-Malpractice Lawsuit 

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A 16-year-old girl from New York was awarded $2 million after a psychologist and a surgeon were found liable for medical malpractice for approving her breast removal surgery when she identified as transgender.  The girl, Fox Varian, is known as a “detransitioner” — that is, someone who...

Trump Repeals Michelle Obama’s Meddling In Program Loved By Millions

CNN – Whole milk could be coming to your local school cafeteria for the first time in more than a decade. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed a bill that allows schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to serve whole and 2% milk alongside fat-free and low-fat versions. The...

Judge Orders HHS to Restore $12m in Funding to Lobbyist

The American Academy of Pediatrics is a lobbying organization that represents approximately 67,000 pediatricians. The mean annual wage of a pediatrician in 2023 was $205,860. If one half of this number chipped in 0.2 percent of their handsome annual salaries, the AAP could fund its pet projects without receiving...

Medical Group ‘Optimistic’ Supreme Court Will Affirm Biological Sex in Sports

(Tate Miller, The Center Square) Following oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday on whether males should participate in female sports, a medical group is “optimistic” that biological sex will be affirmed by the court in upcoming days. Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, chairman of Do No Harm, told The Center...

Ex-Sec. of State Reveals Details of Victor Davis Hanson’s ‘Major’ Illness

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Conservative scholar Victor Davis Hanson revealed details about a major illness in an update Saturday that followed several days of speculation and concern. Hanson’s statement came to many via former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice — currently the director of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, where Hanson...

First Negotiated Medicare Drug Prices Go Into Effect Jan. 1

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) Negotiated lower Medicare costs for 10 popular prescription drugs went into effect Thursday. How much those savings will be passed on to Medicare Part D and applicable Advantage plan enrollees is unclear, however, as drug pricing and reimbursement is notoriously complex and opaque, though lawmakers...

Federal Employees File Complaint Against Trump Administration’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care

(Headline USA) The Trump administration is facing a new legal complaint from a group of government employees who are affected by a new policy going into effect Thursday that eliminates coverage for gender-affirming care in federal health insurance programs. The complaint, filed Thursday on the employees’ behalf by the Human...

Idaho Company Recalls Nearly 3,000 Pounds of Ground Beef for E. Coli Risk

(Headline USA)  An Idaho-based company is recalling nearly 3,000 pounds of raw ground beef that may have been contaminated with E. coli bacteria. The recall involves 16-ounce vacuum-sealed packages labeled “Forward Farms Grass-Fed Ground Beef.” Affected packages were produced Dec. 16 and have a label telling customers to use or...

Florida Congresswoman Accused of Stealing COVID Funds Maintains Innocence

Cherfilus-McCormick was scheduled to be arraigned, but her attorney requested the proceeding be rescheduled to Jan. 20 so that she could finalize her legal team....

Officials Warn Against Limits On Loans for Nursing Students

(Madeline Shannon, The Center Square) Weeks after the federal government lowered the borrowing limit for student loans for graduate degrees in nursing, professionals and elected officials are sounding off on the impact. U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman, D-Burbank, said the proposed federal rules could affect the number of people who can...

Medicaid Paid More Than $207 Million for Dead People Under Biden

(Headline USA) Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from the independent watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services. But the department's Office of Inspector General said...

Trump Signs Order Reclassifying Marijuana as Schedule III Drug

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square)  President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III controlled substance, despite many Republican lawmakers urging him not to. "I want to emphasize that the order I am about to sign is not the legalization ...
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