Critics say the new focus could reshape LGBTQ+ healthcare, abortion access and vaccine policy The Trump administration is moving religious freedom to the forefront of its health policies, a move that will likely affect reproductive health, LGBTQ+ healthcare, and vaccine policy. “They are very much putting religious freedom front and center,” said Dorit Reiss, a professor at UC Law San Francisco. But “it tends to privilege a conservative form of Christianity and, for example, protect discrimination against LGBTQ people.” Continue reading...

First of major coverage losses expected as a result of the ‘One Big Beautiful’ bill signed into law one year ago Nearly 500,000 moderate-income New Yorkers will be dumped from their health insurance plans on 1 July – the first of major coverage losses expected as a result of HR 1, the Republican-led law signed almost exactly one year ago. The law, sometimes…

Experts say move signals greater political interference into public health and will exacerbate opioid overdose crisis Health programs receiving federal funding must agree within days to new priorities from the Trump administration , including a focus on “parental authority” in education and a move away from proven overdose-prevention methods like harm reduc…

Aid workers fear disease outbreaks in temporary shelters amid overcrowding, lack of access to clean water, sanitation.