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Congress is looking at preventing animal diseases as a way of reducing human infectious diseases. Under P.L. 119-21 (July 2025), Congress directed $233 million per fiscal year from FY2026–FY2030 across NAHLN, NADPRP, and NAVVCB. A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report published on August 19 examines how new mandatory spending and pending farm bill proposals reshape…

Programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address Alzheimer’s, drowning and rape prevention lack the staff needed to function. Democrats say what’s happening is illegal

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still has an Alzheimer’s disease program. Congress appropriated $41 million to it this year. There’s just no one staffing it

Transgender young people and their families rallied outside the Supreme Court in May 2023 after an event called the Trans Youth Prom in Washington, DC. Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post

Aug. 11 (UPI) — On Tuesday, the Trump administration finalized rule changes that ban the use of Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funds for gender identity healthcare for children

A drug user uses a test strip on Aug. 22, 2018, in New York, to see if fentanyl has been added to heroin, which could increase the risk of overdose. Bebeto Matthews/hide caption

The Tracy Family Foundation has named four recipients of its pilot “Challenge What’s Possible Innovation” grants that will be receiving funds from a pool of $360,000

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An ad from Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., highlights affordability challenges for healthcare. Andrew Harnik/hide caption

In 1998, Women’s Health Research at Yale launched its pilot project program, granting Yale researchers funding for studies that advance understanding of the health of women or the influence of sex differences on health. Since then, they’ve awarded more than $6 million