A live conversation with national experts about the unexpected impacts of the consumer protection law, what could be done to change things, and what lessons can be learned about crafting complicated health policy.
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Trump’s Pick to Quiet the Chaos at HHS
The administration is looking to former health care executive Chris Klomp to help RFK Jr. get Trump’s health agenda back on track.
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Breaking Down Trump’s $50 Billion Rural Health Fund
Rural health experts dig into the Trump administration’s effort to transform rural health care.
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What It’s Like to Be Transgender in Trump’s America
How the federal government has restricted health care access for transgender Americans, and how those shifts in policy and rhetoric are changing life for one Alabama family.
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‘I Feel Unsafe Almost Everywhere’: How Trump Has Changed Life for One Transgender Teen
A conversation with an 18-year-old and her dad about how anti-trans policies have impacted their lives in 2025.
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Watch Tradeoffs and Penn Experts Discuss New Rules for Vaccine Approvals
Penn experts warn that a new HHS vaccine policy mandating placebo trials is unethical, misleading, and could undermine public health and vaccine confidence.
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Fighting Measles and Anti-Vax Views in West Texas
Katherine Wells, the public health director in Lubbock, Texas, describes her fight to stop the largest measles outbreak since 2000 despite a chaotic reorganization of federal health agencies.
Decoding the Moment: New Rules for Vaccine Approvals
Decoding the Moment kicks off with a virtual seminar on Friday, May 16 focused on the changes to the vaccine approval processes that were announced this week by the Trump […]
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What Republican Health Cuts Could Mean for People with Disabilities
We talk with Harvard researcher Ari Ne’eman about why the sharp policy shifts underway in Washington pose a unique threat to people with disabilities.
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How RFK Jr. is Upending Public Health
Two months on the job, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has plowed forward with mass firings, funding cuts and policy shifts. The most immediate effect is across state and local health agencies, where officials say they see new cracks in safeguards against diseases.