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US rejects WHO pandemic changes to global health rules

The United States has rejected amendments adopted in 2024 by members of the World Health Organization to its legally binding health rules aimed at improving preparedness for future pandemics following the disjointed global response to COVID-19.

The Straits Times · 3h

Trump pulls US from World Health pandemic reforms

Mr Trump on returning to office on Jan 20 immediately began his nation’s withdrawal from the UN body. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Financial Times · 17h

US rejects World Health Organization pandemic response measures

In a statement on Friday, US health secretary Robert Kennedy Jr said the US had opted out of changes that the WHO approved last year to better respond to severe disease outbreaks. Kennedy’s decision comes one day before the deadline to decline the amendments.

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US health department shares immigrants’ personal data with ICE to track and deport illegal migrants

The US Department of Health and Human Services is sharing Medicaid enrollee data with ICE to identify undocumented immigrants ...

With hundreds of millions of dollars at risk in Bay Area, lawsuit against Trump grows over grant funds

According to the amended lawsuit, the Trump administration’s “unlawful attempts to repurpose federal grant programs ...

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Supreme Court lets Trump fire hundreds of Education Department workers and dismantle the agency

WASHINGTON − An ideologically divided Supreme Court on July 14 allowed the Trump administration to fire hundreds of workers ...

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US health department widens immigrant benefit restrictions

The Trump administration is widening its interpretation of a law banning most immigrants living in the United States from ...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fires two top deputies at Department of Health and Human Services

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired two top deputies at the Department of Health and Human Services, ABC News has learned. Heather Flick Melanson, Kennedy's chief of staff, and Hannah ...

Democratic attorneys general sue to block HHS changes to ACA health insurance marketplaces

A group of Democratic attorneys general said Thursday they have sued to block the implementation of portions of a U.S.

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State Officials Celebrate Anniversary Of Crisis Support Program

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services this week celebrates three years of the 988 Suicide and Crisis ...

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The United States of MAHA

When my uncle was president, I was a 10-year-old boy—we had the healthiest children in the world,” he said, flanked by ...

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