Gabrielle M. Etzel
Healthcare Reporter at Washington Examiner
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6 days ago |
washingtonexaminer.com | Gabrielle M. Etzel
Two GOP governors issued executive orders on Tuesday asking the federal government to allow them to cut soda and candy from food stamp benefits as part of the broader Republican Make America Healthy Again agenda. Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders submitted waivers to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to alter the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, in their states to block beneficiaries from purchasing unhealthy foods.
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1 week ago |
washingtonexaminer.com | Gabrielle M. Etzel
More abortions are taking place by telehealth, raising the stakes for anti-abortion advocates’ efforts to stop abortion pills from being prescribed across state lines. The share of elective abortions in states without bans performed by online-only clinics rose four percentage points to 14% in 2024, according to new data published Tuesday from the Guttmacher Institute, the pro-abortion research arm of Planned Parenthood.
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1 week ago |
washingtonexaminer.com | Gabrielle M. Etzel
Autism advocates said that the “massive testing and research efforts” announced by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this past week could be more harmful than beneficial for autistic people. Kennedy told President Donald Trump in a Cabinet meeting Thursday that the department “will know what has caused the autism epidemic” and be prepared to eliminate environmental exposures that Kennedy speculates cause the neurological condition.
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1 week ago |
washingtonexaminer.com | Gabrielle M. Etzel
One of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first campaign promises during his failed presidential bid was to curb plastic pollution, partly because of the dangers of microplastics to human health. Fast forward several months, and Kennedy is now Health and Human Services Secretary, charged with making America healthy again, but has not yet used his new power to address the microplastics problem.
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1 week ago |
washingtonexaminer.com | Gabrielle M. Etzel
The Trump administration on Friday launched an investigation into a Washington, D.C., medical organization accused of using race-based criteria for a research scholarship funded by the Department of Health and Human Services.
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RT @GOPDoctors: Yesterday, the GOP Doctors Caucus hosted White House officials Vince Haley, Director of the Domestic Policy Council of the…
EXCLUSIVE -- @HHSGov is investigating Academy Health, a DC based org, for offering a health research scholarship that excludes white applicants. This is the 6th investigation from HHS OCR since March following @realDonaldTrump's EO on eliminating DEI. https://t.co/ehbioWrPcm
New data from CDC: US life expectancy increased by one year in 2022, not enough to make up for pandemic-era losses. Female life expectancy only increased by 0.9, whereas for men it increased by 1.3 years. The US still drags far behind western Europe. https://t.co/CCW7bld5Ci