Wednesday, April 15, 2026

HEALTH

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 ...

HHS Takes Sweeping Action to Reverse Biden-era Policies on Gender Affirming Care

(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square)   The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a multi-pronged regulatory effort Thursday to curtail gender-affirming care for minors, including gender transition procedures at hospitals. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has drafted a rule that would prohibit pharmaceutical or surgical gender reassignment...

U.S. House Passes GOP Health Care Bill, Sends to Senate

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square)  The U.S. House passed the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act in a party line, 216-211, vote Wednesday, sending the bill to its likely demise in the Senate. The bill, which will almost certainly fail to reach the Senate’s 60-vote threshold, is Republicans’...

Yet Another Democrat Indicted for COVID Relief Fraud

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A federal grand jury on Monday indicted a Georgia Democratic lawmaker over allegations she committed COVID-19 relief fraud, marking the second left-wing politician charged with similar crimes.  As alleged in the indictment, Sharon Henderson, who represents Georgia’s 113th district in the state House of Representatives, stole government funds intended to...

HHS Switches Former Trans Secretary’s Name from ‘Rachel’ to ‘Richard’ on Official Portrait

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Trump administration is done with preferred pronouns and gender ideology.  Official portraits of Rachel Levine, the Biden administration’s assistant secretary for health, will now use his birth name, “Richard L. Levine, M.D.”  HHS spokesperson Gregory Angelo confirmed the change on X, sharing a photo of Levine’s portrait...
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