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US Politics · United StatesU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez has left the agency less than a month after being sworn in, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday, and four senior officials have resigned amid growing tensions over vaccine policies and public health directives.
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White House fires CDC director Monarez after she refuses to resign; 4 top health officials quit
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Medicaid · United StatesSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration is taking its immigration crackdown to the health care safety net, launching Medicaid spending probes in at least six Democratic-led states that provide comprehensive health coverage to poor and disabled immigrants living in the U.S. without permanent legal status. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is scouring payments covering health care for immigrants without legal status to ensu…See the Story
Trump administration investigates Medicaid spending on immigrants in Democratic states
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Medical · United StatesThe Trump administration has given notice that political appointees, rather than scientists, will ultimately decide who gets grant money from the world’s largest biomedical research funder — the federal government's National Institutes of Health.See the Story
Changes at NIH give political appointees greater power to fund or block research
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