Health and Human Services Department

• RFK Jr. Overhauls Food Pyramid to Emphasize Red Meat and Dairy - The Trump administration released new dietary guidelines on Wednesday, pushing Americans to prioritize protein and cut back on added sugars and processed foods.
• Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States - The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York.
• Health Dept. Pauses Child Care Funding to Minnesota, Citing State’s Fraud Scandal - The pause affects a funding stream that provides $185 million in annual aid to the state’s day care centers, as federal investigations into fraud in Minnesota’s social services programs continue.
• How America Loses Vaccine Access - America could all but lose vaccine access. Here’s how.
• 19 States Sue to Block White House Plan to End Gender-Related Care for Minors - The coalition of states seeks to stop a Trump administration effort to cut off federal funding to hospitals that provide such care.
• Trump Signs Order to Ease Restrictions on Marijuana - Marijuana’s classification as one of the most dangerous and habit-forming substances has long drawn criticism.
• Trump Moves to Prevent Access to Gender-Related Care for Minors - Proposed new rules would pull all federal financing from hospitals that continue to provide gender treatments for adolescents.
• A Push for More Organ Transplants Is Putting Donors at Risk - People across the United States have endured rushed or premature attempts to remove their organs. Some were gasping, crying or showing other signs of life.
• Inside RFK Jr.’s Methodical Quest to Shake Up America’s Vaccine System - The health secretary has walled himself off from government scientists and empowered fellow activists to pursue his vaccine agenda.
• Former F.D.A. Commissioners Sound Alarm on Plan to Change Vaccine Policy - Twelve former commissioners, in a New England Journal of Medicine article, said they were “deeply concerned” by a leaked memo from the agency’s vaccine regulator.