Health and Human Services
The Flores agreement has protected migrant children for nearly 3 decades. Changes may be coming.
Politics
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration is expected to try to partially end a 27-year-old agreement that provides court oversight of ...
The revolutionary sickle cell therapies
Science
Editor’s Note: Elizabeth Yuko, Ph.D., is a bioethicist and writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Washington ...
Michigan’s child welfare system makes progress toward shaking off federal oversight
U.S.
Michigan is closer to shrugging off federal oversight of its child welfare program, after a U.S. district court judge eliminated or reduced ...
US government rejects complaint that woman was improperly denied an emergency abortion in Oklahoma
Politics
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says an Oklahoma hospital did not violate federal law when doctors told a woman ...
Ohio among the largest drops in children enrolled in Medicaid, feds say
U.S.
Dec. 28—Health and Human Services’ top executive is concerned with the number of children in Ohio that have been dropped from Medicaid ...
Biden’s plan would raise salaries for Head Start teachers but could leave fewer spots for kids
Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new plan from the Biden administration could significantly increase salaries for thousands of low-paid early childhood teachers caring ...
