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California OKs $2.8B to Close Medicaid Funding Gap After Expanding Immigrant Coverage

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday to close a $2.8 billion budget gap in the state’s Medicaid...
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer, File)

California OKs $2.8B to Close Medicaid Funding Gap After Expanding Immigrant Coverage

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday to close a $2.8 billion budget gap in the state’s Medicaid...

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Pfizer signage is displayed at the Pfizer NYC Headquarters, Thursday, April 10, 2025, in New York. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)

Pfizer Ends Development of Potential Pill Obesity Treatment

Pfizer is ending the development of its potential once-daily pill treatment for obesity before venturing into the biggest and most expensive...

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Trump HHS Eliminates Office That Sets Poverty Levels Tied to Benefits for at Least 80 Million People

President Donald Trump’s firings at the Department of Health and Human Services included the entire office that sets federal poverty g...

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Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) participates in a confirmation hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 21, 2025. Moran has warned about the effect sweeping cuts to Medicaid — a key component of the House Republican budget — could have on his state and rural health care across the country. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Republicans Clash Over Medicaid in Hunt to Pay for Trump’s Agenda

WASHINGTON — When Republican leaders weigh which of their members might defy the party and defect on major legislation, Sen. Jerry Moran’s n...

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He Spent Decades Researching Dementia. Trump’s DEI Purge Killed His Grant, and Dozens More

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New Kaweah Health Clinic Is Coming to Woodlake

Visalia-based Kaweah Health cut the ribbon April 3 on a new health clinic in Woodlake. The hospital networks plans to have the facility open...

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Measles Spreads to Central Texas; 5 States Have Active Outbreaks

Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico reported new measles cases this week, with the outbreak expanding for the first time into central Texas. Alre...

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Startup Offers Controversial Microplastic Blood Cleansing Treatment

A London-based startup, Clarify Clinics, is offering a service designed to cleanse blood of microplastics and other toxins, according to an ...

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Supreme Court Sides With the FDA in Its Dispute Over Sweet-Flavored Vaping Products

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled for the Food and Drug Administration in its crackdown on sweet-flavored vaping products fo...

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A photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows a capsized boat off Florida's Atlantic Coast. Five migrants are feared dead after their boat capsized en route from the Bahamas to Florida in “a suspected failed smuggling venture,” officials said on Monday, April 14, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard via The New York Times)
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A special police member monitors a protest, while inside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) building, the day after members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) moved into the CFPB, in Washington, U.S. February 8, 2025. (REUTERS/Nathan Howard)
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This image taken from a video provided by Christopher Helali shows Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University, being detained at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester, Vt., on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Christopher Helali via AP)
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Jamie Dimon, Chairman and Chief Executive officer (CEO) of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) speaks to the Economic Club of New York in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2024. (REUTERS File)
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