Health Commission to Start New Conversation in Trump’s America
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., our new Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services has a herculean task: “Make America Healthy Again.” As Politico recently reported, Kennedy’s ambitious agenda could even dwarf the efforts of Elon Musk, the genius entrepreneur attempting to streamline federal bureaucracies and save taxpayers the hundreds of billions of dollars […]
Trump Officials Assure Hawley Dr. Oz’s Positions Have Changed
The Trump administration has assured a conservative senator who raised concerns about Dr. Mehmet Oz’s positions on transgenderism that the nominee to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have changed, The Daily Signal has learned. Hawley, R-Mo., wrote Oz a series of questions on March 18 about Oz’s past statements expressing support of […]
Trump to Freeze Millions of Funding to Planned Parenthood
The Trump administration will freeze approximately $20 million in funding for Planned Parenthood, the Wall Street Journal reported. According to the Journal, the administration will put on hold about $120 million in grant funding for “family planning” as it reviews whether recipients are in violation of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning diversity, equity, and […]
Gender Transition Procedures No Longer Covered by the VA
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will no longer provide “medical or surgical therapy for gender dysphoria,” the department announced Monday. “I mean no disrespect to anyone, but VA should not be focused on helping Veterans attempt to change their sex,” stated VA Secretary Doug Collins. “All eligible Veterans—including trans-identified Veterans—will always be welcome at VA and […]
Seattle Children’s Hospital Renamed DEI to Circumvent Trump
Seattle Children’s Hospital renamed its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs to circumvent President Donald Trump’s directives, a whistleblower tells The Daily Signal. On Day One of his presidency, Trump signed an executive order to terminate “diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) discrimination in the federal workforce and in federal contracting and spending.” For Seattle Children’s Hospital […]
How a Black Movement About Freedom Became a Movement About Welfare
The 36 million who watched President Donald Trump’s address to Congress also watched as Congressional Black Caucus member, Rep. Al Green, shook his cane and shouted at the president. When he refused to desist, Speaker Mike Johnson ordered him removed from the chamber. Two days later, in a bipartisan vote, the House censured Green. The […]
More Transparency Needed in Reporting Adverse Vaccine Effects
This is the final piece in an eight-article series on “Restoring Trust in Public Health: Lessons from COVID-19.” Four years of the Biden-Harris administration has left Americans rightly skeptical of public health institutions. This series highlights key findings from several congressional oversight reports, including the final report of the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus […]
Trump’s Pick to Head NIH Did Not Follow the COVID Herd
WASHINGTON–When Stanford epidemiologist Jay Bhattacharya challenged COVID-19 lockdown orthodoxy in 2020, critics glued posters of his face across the campus–which he saw as an incitement to violence–and colleagues tried to marginalize him for spreading misinformation. It didn’t matter that he was right. But it matters now. President Donald Trump chose Bhattacharya to head the National […]
Next Pandemic, Protect Both Lives and Livelihoods
This is the seventh in an eight-article series on “Restoring Trust in Public Health: Lessons from COVID-19.” Four years of the Biden-Harris administration has left Americans rightly skeptical of public health institutions. This series highlights key findings from several congressional oversight reports, including the final report of the U.S. House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, […]
Trump Voters, Republicans Oppose Medicaid Funding Cuts
Most Americans who voted for President Donald Trump oppose proposed cuts to Medicaid funding, according to a poll released Friday. As Congress considers changes to the Medicaid program during budget conversations, a poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that fewer than 1 in 5 adults (17%) want to see government decrease spending on Medicaid. […]