John E. Davidson/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images Adriana Smith died more than three months ago. The 30-year-old mother and nurse learned, too late, that her brain was full of blood clots. Surgery to address the issue was unsuccessful, and she was declared braindead. But while brain death is the legal and medical definition of being dead,...
Bloomberg/Bloomberg/Getty Images During a meeting of the Senate Hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) fiscal year 2026 budget, Secretary Robert Kennedy stated his intention to oversee a “complete review” of the so-called abortion pill mifepristone after expressing concerns regarding its safety. The secretary’s apprehension regarding mifepristone is based, in part, he...
ArtMarie/E+/Getty Images On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration — under the auspices of Robert Kennedy’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — issued a statement that the agency was initiating steps to remove ingestible fluoride supplements, though not fluoridated products like toothpaste or mouthwash, from the market. The move runs counter to recommendations...
Floresco Productions/Connect Images/Getty Images As the Trump Administration makes deep cuts into the Education Department (ED), with the stated goal of eliminating the agency all together, House Republicans have proposed establishing a $5 billion voucher program for families to send their children to private schools. While the move props up Trump’s goal of “universal school...