Court: Detained Immigrant Teens Must Have Abortion Access

JESSICA GRESKO / The Associated Press Mar 31, 2018 While a lawsuit proceeds, a judge orders the Trump administration not to deny reproductive choice to pregnant minors held in federal custody. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Planned Parenthood, Youth Groups Sue U.S. Over Teen Pregnancy Prevention Cuts

Jane Kay / Reveal Feb 17, 2018 Last summer, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services cut off $213.6 million in federal funds for about 80 institutions developing scientifically valid programs. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Health Agency Details Conscience Protections for Clinicians

LAURIE KELLMAN and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR / The Associated Press Jan 19, 2018 Health and Human Services also pulls back an Obama-era policy that posed a legal roadblock to conservative states trying to cut Medicaid funds for Planned Parenthood. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump Administration Suddenly Pulls Plug on Teen Pregnancy Programs

By Jane Kay / Reveal News Jul 17, 2017 Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price (pictured) and other top Trump appointees are outspoken opponents of federal funding for birth control, advocating abstinence rather than contraception. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Is Said to Have Been Investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price

By Robert Faturechi / ProPublica Mar 19, 2017 Price (pictured, right), head of the Department of Health and Human Services, traded stocks of health-related companies while working on legislation affecting the firms. An unnamed source says Bharara was overseeing an investigation. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Issues Media Blackout at Multiple Federal Agencies

By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams Jan 25, 2017 The moves come amid growing concern that Trump and his appointees will suppress scientific innovation and research to advance their own ideological agenda. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Insurance Prices for Many Obamacare Customers Will Rise by Double Digits in 2017

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 27, 2016 In Arizona, unsubsidized premiums for a "second-lowest-cost silver plan" will rise 116 percent, from $196 to $422, the Department of Health and Human Services reports. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Negligent Federal Policy Puts Migrant Children in Danger

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 26, 2016 Some of the tens of thousands of children who have fled violence in Central America were sexually assaulted, starved or forced to work for little or no pay after U.S. officials weakened child protection policies as part of an effort to accommodate a surge in migration. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pentagon Wasting Millions Duplicating HHS Anti-Bioterror Program

BLANK Nov 24, 2013 The Los Angeles Times reports that the Pentagon is building a multimillion-dollar facility in northern Florida to, in effect, duplicate research already being done by the Department of Health and Human Services. That's one expensive turf battle. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Will Conservatives Reject Obamacare’s Rebates?

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Aug 9, 2012 Here's a chance for all who think Obamacare is a socialist Big Government scheme to put their money where their ideology is: If you truly hate the Affordable Care Act, you must send back any of those rebate checks you receive from your insurance companies thanks to the new law. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Not Everyone’s Doing It and That’s a Good Thing, Health Department Says

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2012 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lists the Heritage Keepers Abstinence Education, a pro-abstinence program aimed at middle and high schoolers, as one of almost three dozen "evidenced-based" sex education programs that qualify as effective in preventing teenage pregnancy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Employer-Provided Health Insurance Taking a Bigger Bite

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2011 Newly published numbers from the Department of Health and Human Services show that American workers in 2010 paid average premiums of $4,940 for employer-provided health insurance to cover just themselves. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )