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NPR’s Juana Summer’s speaks with Julie Rovner of KFF Health News about what it means to run the Department of Health and Human Services and what Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., could bring to the job.

This week President-elect Donald Trump announced Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services.

The nomination comes after Trump promised to let Kennedy “go wild on health” during the campaign.

Kennedy holds a number of controversial opinions on health, and promotes a number of scientifically debunked claims like vaccines cause autism, fluoride is poisoning the public water system and AIDS isn’t caused by the HIV virus.

Kennedy has long wanted to remake health and healthcare policy in the United States. Soon, he may get his chance.

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In a Morning Edition series finale, Michel Martin asks experts about President-elect Trump’s campaign promises to limit transgender health care access and ban trans athletes from school sports.

The former president’s pending return to the White House could alter the very nature of Medicare, the nearly 60-year-old federal health care program.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with U.S. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf about the agency’s process for regulating artificial intelligence in healthcare.

Undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as kids, who have legal status as DACA recipients, can buy subsidized health plans through Obamacare starting Nov. 1. But 18 states are suing to stop it.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Dr. Nicole Cheek, a dentist in Washington, D.C., about the risks of getting dental veneers by a non-dentist.

There’s something strange going on in hospitals. Cheap, common drugs that nurses use every day seem to be constantly hit by shortages. These are often generic drugs that don’t seem super complicated to make, things like dextrose and saline (aka sugar w…

Doctors and clinics in Minnesota are building up capacity to care for out-of-state trans patients who are traveling for care. Some clinics have added testifying at the state house to their job duties.

Medicaid can now pay for medical and mental health care delivered on the sidewalk. This will transform how care for unhoused people can be given in the states that take advantage of the policy change.