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National Nurses United and Defend Public Health are joining together to condemn the nomination of Casey Means for U.S. surgeon general, saying her unscientific, anti-vaccine rhetoric poses a serious threat to public health.

The Trump administration is proposing a $6.8 billion budget request for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the 2026 fiscal year, Commissioner of Food and Drugs Martin Makary said on Thursday.

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Experts say it's no surprise that UnitedHealthcare often ends up in the crosshairs of public and political scrutiny, as it's the nation's largest insurer.

Last month, United States Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a massive testing and research effort to identify the “environmental toxins” that he said were behind the growing “epidemic” of autism in the U.S.

Shares of Humana and other health insurers fell Thursday after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it plans to take a more "aggressive" approach to auditing Medicare Advantage plans.

A coalition of unions, nonprofits and municipalities will urge a federal judge on Thursday to extend her temporary block on President Donald Trump's administration implementing mass layoffs at federal agencies, which was the broadest setback yet to his sweeping government overhaul.