The Covid emergency in the U.S. ends May 11. HHS officials say here’s what to expect

People walk past a COVID-19 walk up testing site on July 28, 2022 in New York City. Liao Pan | China News Service | Getty Images The Health and Human Services Department on Thursday laid out what will...

What Hath Washington Wrought: Part 3

US President Joe Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / … [+] AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images This is the last in...

White House Declares Public Health Emergency For Monkeypox Amid Vaccination Struggles

Topline The White House declared monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday and announced a potential new strategy to increase vaccine dose availability as cases climb and the federal government ...

Texas Sues Biden Administration For Requiring Abortions To Be Performed During Medical Emergencies

Topline Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration Thursday after the White House issued new guidance requiring physicians to perform abortions when medically necessary under fede...

Hospitals Need To Offer Abortions In Emergencies—Even In States Where It’s Illegal, HHS Says

Topline The Biden Administration said Monday hospitals are required under federal law to provide abortions in lifesaving and other emergency situations, and staff will be protected from any state-leve...

HHS says physicians must provide abortions in medical emergencies, regardless of state law

Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the coronavirus disease (...

Biden says Supreme Court is ‘out of control,’ orders HHS to protect abortion access

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order to help safeguard women’s access to abortion and contraception after the Supreme Court last month overturned Roe v Wade decision...

HHS Secretary Predicts Roe V. Wade Reversal Won’t ‘Stand Long’

Topline Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra doesn’t believe the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and roll back five decades of abortion rights in the U.S. “is goi...

HHS Secretary Becerra promises abortion access in cases of rape, risk to woman’s life

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xaviar Becerra holds a news conference to unveil the Biden administration’s action plan following the overturning of Roe v Wade, at the Department of Hea...