Harvard Chan School's Benjamin Sommers and Adrianna McIntyre share their reactions to the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act” and discuss potential consequences for Medicaid recipients and the U.S. health ca...

Doctors at Trinity Health Ann Arbor warn cuts could reduce well-child visits, overwhelm emergency departments, and cause people to fall through the cracks.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has issued a statement on the impacts of funding cuts for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) under the new federal b

Urge Congress to reject budget cuts to programs that support babies and families.

Trends in use of pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, medication suggest more effort is needed to boost consistent use

If you have a parent short on savings, a disabled adult child or a minor with special needs, Medicaid may be your backstop. Plenty of people are unaware.

Substantial cuts to SNAP would mean households with low incomes in every state would lose support they need to put food on the table, worsening food insecurity and hardship.

The pages that are set to be revived include information for patients about HIV testing and HIV prevention medication, guidance on contraceptives and data on adolescent and youth mental health.

In Lieu of Services, or ILOS, programs allow Medicaid to pay for food and nutrition services that improve health. Threatened cuts are shortsighted given the potential of these programs to reduce healt...

The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...

Most Americans, including doctors, have no memory of the devastating diseases that routinely threatened children until the 1960s.

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