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Europe’s Pharma Industry Braces for Pain as Trump Tariff Threat Looms
Medicines and chemicals are huge exports for European Union countries. That makes the sector a weak spot as trade tensions drag on.


RFK Jr. Announces Ban on Food Dyes and Says ‘Sugar Is Poison’
The health secretary is ratcheting up his campaign against the food industry.


Supreme Court Wrestles With Challenge to Affordable Care Act Over Free Preventive Care
The justices heard arguments in a constitutional challenge to a task force that decides what treatments are covered at no cost.


Trump Aides Solicit Ideas to Raise Birthrate, From Baby Bonuses to Fertility Planning
Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate.


The Many Ways Kennedy Is Already Undermining Vaccines
The health secretary has chipped away at the idea that immunizing children against measles and other diseases is a public health good.


Republicans Clash Over Medicaid in Hunt to Pay for Trump’s Agenda
Conservatives in the House say they won’t back any package without deep cuts that would all but certainly affect the health program. Some Senate Republicans say they won’t accept such cuts.


As RFK Jr. Champions Chronic Disease Prevention, Key Research Is Cut
Two significant programs that invested in research on diabetes, dementia, obesity and kidney disease have ended since the start of the Trump administration.


The Three States That Are Especially Stuck if Congress Cuts Medicaid
States that were once reluctant to expand Medicaid now have their state budgets tied to the fate of the program by constitutional amendments.


Supreme Court Weighs South Carolina’s Bid to Defund Planned Parenthood
The court will decide whether Medicaid beneficiaries may sue to receive services under a law that lets them choose any qualified provider.


Cutting Medicaid?
How Republicans could change the program.


Slashing Medicaid to Pay for Trump’s Tax Cuts Could Lead to Vast State Shortfalls
Republicans have proposed lowering the federal share of costs for Medicaid expansions, which could reshape the program by gutting one of the Affordable Care Act’s major provisions.


Medicaid Cuts Pose Budget Conundrum for Valadao and Republicans Nationwide
For Representative David Valadao of California and other Republicans whose constituents depend on Medicaid, a vote for their party’s budget could be politically fatal. President Trump’s agenda hangs in the balance.


Trump Rebuffs Senate G.O.P. and Backs House Budget Plan
Mr. Trump’s call for “one big beautiful bill” came just hours after he gave conflicting directions to congressional Republicans on cuts to social safety net programs.


C.D.C. Site Restores Some Purged Files After ‘Gender Ideology’ Ban Outcry
Intense backlash prompted the reinstatement of some online resources. But guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care remain missing.


Pause on U.S. Funding Spreads Fear of H.I.V. Spike Across Africa
Patients and health care advocates said the abrupt decision to halt U.S. funding for a lifesaving H.I.V. program led to widespread confusion. The backtracking didn’t help.


Trump Withdraws U.S. from World Health Organization
Public health experts say U.S. withdrawal from the W.H.O. would undermine the nation’s standing as a global health leader and make it harder to fight the next pandemic.


Obamacare Enrollment Hits Record Ahead of Trump’s Return
Almost 24 million Americans have signed up for plans offered under the Affordable Care Act, driven by subsidies that are expiring and that Congress may not renew.


In Trump World, RFK Jr. and Elon Musk Highlight Debate Over Obesity Treatment
Statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk tap into a dispute over whether lifestyle changes or drugs are a better way to treat obesity.


Most Americans Say They Have Good Health Insurance, Polls Show
Many have encountered problems with their coverage, but the recent rage on social media is only part of the picture of Americans’ views on health care.


Brian Thompson, C.E.O. of UnitedHealthcare, Is Killed in Midtown Manhattan