Kennedy's Contentious HHS Confirmation Hearings
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearings for HHS Secretary on Wednesday and Thursday featured intense questioning by Democrats regarding his anti-vaccine stance, while Republicans largely voiced support, despite his past controversial comments, suggesting a likely confirmation.
Kennedy's Contentious HHS Confirmation Hearings
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearings for HHS Secretary on Wednesday and Thursday featured intense questioning by Democrats regarding his anti-vaccine stance, while Republicans largely voiced support, despite his past controversial comments, suggesting a likely confirmation.
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60% Bias Score
Kennedy's HHS Nomination Faces Steep Senate Battle
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for HHS Secretary faces a tough Senate confirmation process due to his controversial anti-vaccine stance and views on abortion, despite President Trump's support; his confirmation hearings are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
Kennedy's HHS Nomination Faces Steep Senate Battle
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for HHS Secretary faces a tough Senate confirmation process due to his controversial anti-vaccine stance and views on abortion, despite President Trump's support; his confirmation hearings are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
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60% Bias Score
Trump Bans Federal Funding for Minor Gender Transition Treatments
President Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday banning federal funding for gender transition treatments for minors under 19, impacting programs like TRICARE and Medicaid and potentially prompting legal challenges.
Trump Bans Federal Funding for Minor Gender Transition Treatments
President Trump issued an executive order on Tuesday banning federal funding for gender transition treatments for minors under 19, impacting programs like TRICARE and Medicaid and potentially prompting legal challenges.
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64% Bias Score
Trump Offers Buyouts to Federal Employees, Ends Federal Funding for Transgender Minor Care
President Trump offered buyouts to roughly two million federal employees to cut costs, excluding certain agencies, and issued a decree ending federal funding for transgender care for minors, while allowing states to provide such care. This follows his previously stated policy to recognize only two g...
Trump Offers Buyouts to Federal Employees, Ends Federal Funding for Transgender Minor Care
President Trump offered buyouts to roughly two million federal employees to cut costs, excluding certain agencies, and issued a decree ending federal funding for transgender care for minors, while allowing states to provide such care. This follows his previously stated policy to recognize only two g...
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72% Bias Score
Kennedy's HHS Nomination Spurs Food-as-Medicine Industry
Robert F. Kennedy Jr."'s confirmation hearings for HHS secretary this week are closely watched by food-as-medicine startups, hoping his focus on nutrition will secure increased funding and prevent Medicaid cuts, despite controversy surrounding his stance on vaccines. Funding for food-as-medicine com...
Kennedy's HHS Nomination Spurs Food-as-Medicine Industry
Robert F. Kennedy Jr."'s confirmation hearings for HHS secretary this week are closely watched by food-as-medicine startups, hoping his focus on nutrition will secure increased funding and prevent Medicaid cuts, despite controversy surrounding his stance on vaccines. Funding for food-as-medicine com...
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40% Bias Score
VdK Demands Thuringian Care Allowance Amidst Growing Care Crisis
The VdK social association in Thuringia demands a state-funded care allowance to support family caregivers, as 80-90% of care recipients receive home-based care, often resulting in reduced work hours or job losses for family members; the state coalition will conduct a feasibility study.
VdK Demands Thuringian Care Allowance Amidst Growing Care Crisis
The VdK social association in Thuringia demands a state-funded care allowance to support family caregivers, as 80-90% of care recipients receive home-based care, often resulting in reduced work hours or job losses for family members; the state coalition will conduct a feasibility study.
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56% Bias Score
Trump Bans Federal Funding for Minor Gender Care
President Trump issued an executive order halting federal funding for gender-affirming care for minors under 19, impacting healthcare access and stoking legal battles amid scientific debates.
Trump Bans Federal Funding for Minor Gender Care
President Trump issued an executive order halting federal funding for gender-affirming care for minors under 19, impacting healthcare access and stoking legal battles amid scientific debates.
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68% Bias Score
Netherlands Faces Mental Health Crisis Amidst Soaring "Unintelligible Behavior" Reports
In 2024, nearly 150,000 reports of individuals with "unintelligible behavior" were filed with Dutch police, prompting renewed calls for systemic reform due to inadequate mental health support, budget cuts, and policy choices that have led to an overburdened system.
Netherlands Faces Mental Health Crisis Amidst Soaring "Unintelligible Behavior" Reports
In 2024, nearly 150,000 reports of individuals with "unintelligible behavior" were filed with Dutch police, prompting renewed calls for systemic reform due to inadequate mental health support, budget cuts, and policy choices that have led to an overburdened system.
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52% Bias Score
Trump Offers Buyouts to Federal Employees, Bans Transgender Care for Minors
President Trump offered buyouts to approximately two million federal employees, excluding national security and other key sectors, aiming for $100 billion in savings, and issued a decree ending federal support for transgender care for minors, effective immediately.
Trump Offers Buyouts to Federal Employees, Bans Transgender Care for Minors
President Trump offered buyouts to approximately two million federal employees, excluding national security and other key sectors, aiming for $100 billion in savings, and issued a decree ending federal support for transgender care for minors, effective immediately.
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68% Bias Score
Trump Offers Buyouts to Federal Employees, Halts Funding for Transgender Care
President Trump offered buyouts to approximately two million federal employees, potentially saving \$100 billion, and issued a decree ending federal funding for transgender care for minors, reflecting his socially conservative agenda.
Trump Offers Buyouts to Federal Employees, Halts Funding for Transgender Care
President Trump offered buyouts to approximately two million federal employees, potentially saving \$100 billion, and issued a decree ending federal funding for transgender care for minors, reflecting his socially conservative agenda.
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48% Bias Score
Millennial Caregiver Highlights Eldercare Crisis in US
Andrew Rahal, a 33-year-old millennial in California, provides 24/7 care for his 83-year-old grandmother, Elo, who has vascular dementia and Alzheimer's, highlighting the growing burden on millennial caregivers in the US and the lack of adequate support systems.
Millennial Caregiver Highlights Eldercare Crisis in US
Andrew Rahal, a 33-year-old millennial in California, provides 24/7 care for his 83-year-old grandmother, Elo, who has vascular dementia and Alzheimer's, highlighting the growing burden on millennial caregivers in the US and the lack of adequate support systems.
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20% Bias Score
CMS Drug Price Controls Under IRA Threaten Pharmaceutical Innovation
CMS announced price negotiations for 15 drugs under the IRA, imposing penalties up to 95% of U.S. sales for non-compliance; this discourages R&D, potentially resulting in fewer new drugs and harming patients, with studies projecting a loss of 135 new drugs and $663 billion in R&D spending by 2039.
CMS Drug Price Controls Under IRA Threaten Pharmaceutical Innovation
CMS announced price negotiations for 15 drugs under the IRA, imposing penalties up to 95% of U.S. sales for non-compliance; this discourages R&D, potentially resulting in fewer new drugs and harming patients, with studies projecting a loss of 135 new drugs and $663 billion in R&D spending by 2039.
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60% Bias Score