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Sandhya Raman

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Senior Healthcare Reporter for @bloomberglaw.com covering HHS and public health. Signal: sandhyawrites.30 // Email: sraman@bloombergindustry.com www.pronouncenames.com/Sandhya

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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A closer look at the physician reimbursement provision of the vaccine injury effort unveiled at NIH last week and what concerns physicians' groups have if it's finalized. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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RFK Jr. Vaccine Injury Plan Rebuked for Skewed Doctor Incentives
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s proposal to pay doctors to collect information about vaccine injuries drew criticism from medical groups over concerns it would create perverse incentives a...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The GAO says HHS impounded funds at AHRQ, in a new report. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Trump Wrongfully Withheld Health Research Funds, Watchdog Finds
The Trump administration violated spending law in withholding grant funds for the health quality research agency at the Department of Health and Human Services, a federal government watchdog agency fo...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The federal government said the court lacks jurisdiction to consider a lawsuit challenging its alleged lack of agency response on Havana Syndrome. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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HHS Seeks to Throw Out Havana Syndrome Lawsuit in Case Brief
Lawyers for the federal government said the court lacks jurisdiction to consider a lawsuit challenging its alleged lack of agency response on Havana Syndrome, a cluster of symptoms first documented at...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
What to keep an eye out for today re: vaccines from @rachelcohrs.bsky.social and me
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RFK Jr. to Announce New Vaccine Injury Research at NIH
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will announce a new research initiative at the National Institutes of Health to study vaccine injuries on Monday, according to people familiar...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A second lawsuit challenges the CMS rule restricting health services for trans youth under Medicaid and CHIP news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Trump’s Transgender Youth Medicaid Ban Challenged by Families
Four families sued the Trump Administration seeking to stop the implementation of a regulation that would block Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care to minors.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Another of the FTC cases moves to settle: this time with the Endocrine Society news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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FTC, Clinician Group Agree to Settle Transgender Health Case (1)
The Federal Trade Commission and the Endocrine Society agreed to dismiss without prejudice the medical group’s lawsuit challenging a government investigation into its activities and communications pro...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Researchers filed a class-action lawsuit today against the NIH over changes to grant funding news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Trump’s NIH Grant Cuts Challenged in Proposed Class Action
Researchers filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the National Institutes of Health, challenging the agency’s cuts to thousands of medical research grants based on the Trump administration’s political ...
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Julie Rovner @julierovner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New #WTHealth up, we're back from break with all your health news! Join me, @joannekenen.bsky.social, @sandhyawrites.bsky.social and Amanda Seitz for the latest! kffhealthnews.org/podcast/what...
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Anger Over Health Costs Clouds Midterms - KFF Health News
Amid a campaign already focusing on affordability, anxious voters are unlikely to be assuaged by headlines about healthcare costs rising even more next year. And a lawsuit that could cut off access na...
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Bloomberg Government @bgov.com · 10/09/2026
Agencies are moving to give political appointees a bigger say in how grant money goes out the door, even as Congress has stalled the White House’s efforts to expand such authorities across the federal government.
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Political Oversight of Grants Spreads as Congress Halts OMB Rule
Agencies are moving to give political appointees a bigger say in how grant money goes out the door, even as Congress has stalled the White House’s efforts to expand such authorities across the federal government.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This morning the 5th Circuit heard arguments in Louisiana's challenge to the FDA's regulations allowing ordering the abortion drug mifepristone by mail. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The NIH is seeking input as it plans to reorganize the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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NIH Seeks Input on Remaking Infectious Disease Agency Post-Fauci
The National Institutes of Health is seeking public input in a move toward reorganizing infectious disease research — at the agency thrust into the spotlight during the pandemic.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
icymi yesterday news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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Autism Panel Moves Ahead With New Framework Despite Pushback
A federal advisory panel voted on Thursday in favor of a new blueprint for autism policy despite objections from patient advocacy groups over the abbreviated timeline and drafting process.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ahead of tomorrow's Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee meeting, here's a look at what the panel will be voting on and clues from the public comments about what to expect. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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HHS Autism Panel Considers Shift from Genetics, Sparking Alarm
A recently overhauled federal advisory panel is set to consider a shift of resources for autism policy on Thursday, on the heels of the Trump administration’s renewed focus on an unproven link between...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The AAP and FTC agree to settle their transgender healthcare case: news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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FTC, Pediatricians Group Agree to Settle Transgender Health Case
The Federal Trade Commission and the American Academy of Pediatrics agreed to settle without prejudice the AAP’s lawsuit against the agency’s investigation into the group’s communications and promotio...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
HHS is seeking input on how to classify different types of vaccine recommendations, and which should be recommended universally. More on what that means and how it ties back to the earlier WH executive order here: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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RFK Jr. Moves Further Toward Loosening Federal Vaccine Advice
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took another step toward his promise to further loosen federal vaccine advice, seeking feedback on which vaccines should be recommended univer...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Judge Christopher Cooper temporary paused the Trump administration's changes to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program today. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Trump’s Teen Pregnancy Grant Funding Limits Paused by Judge
A federal judge temporarily paused the Trump administration’s limits to a grant program designed to limit teen pregnancy, but stopped short of reinstating terminated grants.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 14/08/2026
The Trump administration referred over 200 hospitals and clinics for investigations into what it says are possible violations of federal statutes related to pediatric gender-affirming care
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Trump Asks DOJ to Probe Hospitals Over Trans Health Coding
The Trump administration is seeking federal investigations into pediatric gender-affirming care at more than 200 hospitals and clinics.
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Julie Rovner @julierovner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
on this week's #WTHealth podcast: @annaedney.bsky.social, @sandhyawrites.bsky.social, and Maya Goldman on Trump's vaccine announcement, food additive rules, and still more on Medicaid. Plus the latest #BilloftheMonth. kffhealthnews.org/podcast/what...
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Trump’s Vaccine Agenda - KFF Health News
President Trump is trying to unilaterally change the number and schedule of childhood vaccines in the U.S., though it remains unclear how much of an impact his orders will have. Anna Edney of Bloomber...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The Trump Administration asked DOJ & HHS OIG to investigate over 200 health facilities and pharmacies over "potentially anomalous billing patterns” saying it could run afoul of laws/regs related to pediatric gender-affirming care news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Trump Asks DOJ to Probe Hospitals Over Trans Health Coding
The Trump administration referred over 200 hospitals and clinics to the Justice Department and Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services, seeking investigations into what it say...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
In other grant news: HHS defends changes to Title X family planning funding in a new brief in a separate lawsuit. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Federal Judge Considers Challenge to Teen Pregnancy Grant Change
A federal judge questioned whether a challenge to the Department of Health and Human Services’ cancellation of and changes to teen pregnancy funding grants should be considered by his court or the fed...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
ICYMI: My recap of arguments yesterday in the challenges to federal teen pregnancy grant funding: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Federal Judge Considers Challenge to Teen Pregnancy Grant Change
A federal judge questioned whether a challenge to the Department of Health and Human Services’ cancellation of and changes to teen pregnancy funding grants should be considered by his court or the fed...
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Jessica Nix @jessicanix.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The CDC finally has a permanent director a year after RFK Jr. fired the last one... Senate votes 51-44 with Tim Kaine (D-VA) voting yes. @bloomberg.com gift link!! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US Senate Confirms CDC Head a Year After RFK Jr. Fired Prior One
The US Senate confirmed the Trump administration’s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday, making her the first permanent director for the public health agency in ...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Story on Bloomberg Law: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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NIH Renews Push to Limit Top Researchers’ Dominance of Grants
The National Institutes for Health is taking feedback on a revised proposal to cap the number of grant projects led or co-led by an individual researcher, after a backlash from scientists squashed an ...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This time, the agency is trying a different approach, but some scientists have concerns about how the policy would treat weigh all grants equally. Others hope the changes would benefit early-career researchers.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It's not the first time the NIH has tried to find a way to limit any one individual from holding a certain amount or certain number of research grants. A 2017 effort was scrapped after negative feedback from some researchers.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Yesterday marked the end of NIH's public comment period on proposals that would cap the number of research grants led by one or more principals. 🧵 news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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NIH Renews Push to Limit Top Researchers’ Dominance of Grants
The National Institutes for Health is taking feedback on a revised proposal to cap the number of grant projects led or co-led by an individual researcher, after a backlash from scientists squashed an ...
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Senate Press Gallery @senatepress.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Leader Thune filed cloture on the nomination of Erica Schwartz to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Another lawsuit is now challenging the administration's changes to the Title X family planning program. More here: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Planned Parenthood Sues HHS Over Family Planning Grant Changes
The nation’s largest family planning provider challenged the Trump Administration’s changes to a federal grant program, the most recent lawsuit since the changes were announced earlier this year.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 28/07/2026
The National Institutes of Health outlined a strategy Tuesday to end a research process Republicans point to as starting the Covid-19 pandemic, the day before former public health official Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate to defend his work during that period.
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Trump’s NIH Ends Funding, Support for Gain-of-Function Research
The National Institutes of Health outlined a strategy Tuesday to end a research process Republicans point to as starting the Covid-19 pandemic, the day before former public health official Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate to defend his work during that period.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
2,318 confirmed* measles cases were reported in the United States in 2026 so far, surpassing 2,289 for all of 2025 www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
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Measles Cases and Outbreaks
Find the latest numbers of confirmed U.S. measles cases. CDC updates this page weekly.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
From the 10th Circuit: Drugmaker AstraZeneca wins appeal in Covid-19 Vaccine Injury Liability Case More on the ruling here: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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AstraZeneca Wins Appeal in Covid Vaccine Injury Liability Case
AstraZeneca won a reversal of a district court’s ruling that it did not have immunity from contract claims in vaccine injury lawsuits under a federal shield law, though the appeals court punted a deci...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
HIV/AIDS groups are seeking to stop the Trump administration's pivot on program funding news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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HIV/AIDS Groups Seek to Stop Trump’s Pivot on Program Funding
HIV/AIDS groups are seeking to halt impending changes to a $40 million HIV prevention program, after the Trump administration pivoted its funding strategy toward state-based umbrella grants.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A new HHS final rule issued today would narrow the scope of what it considers discrimination in programs that receive federal funding. Story here: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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HHS Narrows Scope of Discrimination Rules for Funded Programs
The Trump administration finalized a rule that amends civil rights regulations to narrow the scope of what is considered discrimination.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
More on what is happening in this morning's story: news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Health Research Grants Feared Delayed as Fiscal Year’s End Nears
Health researchers are increasingly concerned by data that show the National Institutes of Health is off pace in allocating billions in grant money this year, even as the biomedical research agency’s ...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
NIH officials have repeatedly maintained that they are on track to finish awarding funds and that the schedule is not off pace.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
But it's also far outpacing previous years on using multi-year grants. The catch? How much the agency can use multi-year grants for is capped by law this year.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🧪NIH data shows it is $2.3B behind its median Q3 pace of the past 5 years and it will have $15B in unspent $$ by the end of the fiscal year if it continues at this rate.
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KFF Health News @kffhealthnews.org · 16/07/2026
In anticipation of getting less money from Washington come January, many states are already cutting their Medicaid programs, making the issue more relevant for voters in November. New podcast episode with host @jrovner: kffhealthnews.org/podcast/what...
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States Start Their Medicaid Cuts - KFF Health News
Most of the federal Medicaid cuts don’t take effect until 2027, but many states are already cutting budgets in anticipation of getting fewer health dollars from Washington. Meanwhile, Congress is back...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Here's today's dispatch from the hearing for blaw: news.bloomberglaw.com/pharma-and-l...
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Trump’s Pick to Lead CDC Dodges Senators on Office, Program Cuts
President Donald Trump‘s nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sidestepped questions on the agency’s past actions during a Senate hearing Wednesday that focused on the adminis...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Good morning from the Senate HELP Committee where our nominees for CDC director and ASPR assistant secretary are testifying today
ASPR nominee Sean Kaufman and 
CDC nominee Erica Schwartz appear for their nomination hearings
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
ICYMI Friday news: Transgender Group Fails to Halt FTC’s Gender-Affirming Care Case news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Transgender Group Fails to Halt FTC’s Gender-Affirming Care Case
A D.C. federal judge Friday declined to block the Federal Trade Commission from proceeding in a Texas dispute against a transgender health group’s medical guidance over pediatric gender-affirming care...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Another one to keep an eye on: a new complaint to HHS OIG is seeking an investigation into the former general counsel news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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HHS’ Ex-General Counsel Accused of Ethics Violations in Office
A new complaint filed to the Health and Human Services Department’s Office of Inspector General seeks an investigation into former HHS General Counsel Michael Stuart over alleged federal ethics violat...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
icymi we're still waiting on a decision expected today following arguments held yesterday afternoon news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Judge Vows Swift Ruling on Parallel FTC Transgender Health Suits
A federal judge promised to rule Friday on whether he would temporarily block the Federal Trade Commission from proceeding with its dispute against a transgender health group’s medical guidance over g...
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Unsure. I'll be covering it but not posting real-time updates. Our story would be available after it wraps.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
And in California -- a federal judge temporarily paused a DOJ investigation into a hospital's treatment of pediatric gender dysphoria. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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California Judge Blocks DOJ Subpoena for Records on Gender Care
A federal judge Thursday temporarily paused a Justice Department investigation seeking medical records related to pediatric gender dysphoria from a California hospital.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The case in DC before Boasberg is still on for arguments this week for WPATH and the FTC. Both cases relate to trans health care
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
A Texas judge (O'Connor) put the FTC v WPATH case on hold and canceled a hearing set for this week as he consults with a DC judge (Boasberg) news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...
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Judge Puts FTC Lawsuit Against Transgender Health Group on Hold
A federal judge put developments in the Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against a transgender health group on hold after consultation with another federal judge hearing a parallel suit.
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Catching up on some legal news related to the administration's enforcement actions on transgender healthcare --> ICYMI
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Sandhya Raman @sandhyawrites.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Icymi a closer look at the new ACIP charter news.bloomberglaw.com/pharma-and-l...
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RFK Jr. Seeks Path Forward on Vaccines With New Advisory Charter
The Centers for Disease Control’s new language governing its vaccine advisory committee raised concerns the agency is opening the door to greater political influence as Health Secretary Robert F. Kenn...
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 24/06/2026
The Department of Health and Human Services is canceling millions of dollars in teen pregnancy prevention grants as it restructures priorities for the reproductive health program.
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RFK Jr.'s HHS to Divert Funds From Teen Pregnancy Grant Program
The Department of Health and Human Services is canceling millions of dollars in teen pregnancy prevention grants as it restructures priorities for the reproductive health program.
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