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Oct 05 2021
News
Biden administration reverses rule banning federally funded clinics from making abortion referrals
The Biden administration has rescinded a Trump-era rule banning any provider who offers abortions or refers patients for abortions from receiving Title X funding.
The Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced it's finalizing the reversal of the rule, effective November 8. Title X funding covers health care services like STD screenings and contraception for low-income
CBS News (Online)
Feb 10 2022
News
White House disputes reports of federal funds for crack pipes
The Biden administration on Wednesday pushed back on what it called "misinformation," saying a federal grant program meant to reduce harm to drug users does not include taxpayer funding for pipes that can be used to smoke crack or meth.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) put out a statement clarifying "no federal funding will be used directly or through subsequent
The Hill
Jul 08 2022
News
Biden Signs Executive Order Aimed At Protecting Access To Abortion, Contraception
President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday aimed at “protecting access to reproductive health,” the White House announced.
The “Executive Order Protecting Access to Reproductive Health Care Services” is the Biden administration’s latest response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. That decision, decried by Biden as a “tragic error,” has reportedly
The Daily Caller
Apr 19 2022
News
Biden Administration Wants To Force Nurses To Murder Babies Even If It Terrorizes Their Souls
President Joe Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services plans to snub religious freedom this month by eliminating conscience-based objections for healthcare workers, Politico reported on Tuesday.
Former President Donald Trump first announced his intent to introduce conscience-based protections for “physicians, pharmacists, nurses, teachers, students, and faith-based charities” in
The Federalist
Mar 02 2022
News
Health agencies have lost public trust: Can that be fixed?
As the pandemic enters its most hopeful phase in months, its handling by public health officials is still scored poorly by Americans. Lessons for the government abound, from messaging to longer-term planning.
Falling COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are pushing America toward the most hopeful phase of this pandemic in months. But America’s public health agencies – responsible for
Christian Science Monitor
Feb 08 2022
News
Biden Admin to Fund Clean Crack Pipes, Other Drug Measures
The Biden administration will be funding a federal program which it says aims to reduce diseases and cut drug use overall.
The program includes the controversial distribution of "safe smoking kits" — or crack pipes. The Department of Health and Human Services grant program is set to begin in May, and applications closed on Monday. It will provide $30 million to nonprofits and local
Newsmax (News)
Apr 22 2021
News
US Pays Some Sponsors' Travel to Pick Up Migrant Kids
The U.S. government is paying costs of travel for some adult sponsors going to shelters to pick up unaccompanied migrant children seeking asylum at the border, a Department of Health and Human Services agency spokesperson confirmed to Axios.
Paying for the child’s travel is a "normal part of the unaccompanied children program's operations," the Administration for Children and Families’
Newsmax (News)
Jan 14 2022
News
Left-wing group secured $158 million taxpayer-funded contract to help illegal immigrants avoid deportation
A progressive group that views immigration enforcement agencies as a "threat" to civil liberties secured a $158 million taxpayer-funded contract to help unaccompanied minors avoid deportation, records show.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded the Vera Institute of Justice, a left-wing nonprofit that backs defunding the police, the contract in 2021 to "provide
Fox News (Online News)
Feb 10 2022
Analysis
Biden Admin To Fund Crack Pipe Distribution To Advance ‘Racial Equity’
The Biden administration is set to fund the distribution of crack pipes to drug addicts as part of its plan to advance "racial equity."
The $30 million grant program, which closed applications Monday and will begin in May, will provide funds to nonprofits and local governments to help make drug use safer for addicts. Included in the grant, which is overseen by the Department of Health
Washington Free Beacon
Dec 23 2021
News
First doses of Paxlovid, Pfizer's new COVID pill, are released to states
A federal agency has released the first allocations of Paxlovid, the new COVID-19 treatment from Pfizer, to states and territories. The federal government has a contract for 10 million courses of the treatment and is providing the medicine free to state and territorial health departments.
The government acknowledges that supplies will be tight to start.
"An initial 65,000 courses
NPR (Online News)