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Erica Schwartz attends her confirmation hearing to become director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Wednesday.

CDC nominee walks tightrope on vaccines, service under RFK Jr.

By Lia DeGroot
Posted July 15, 2026 at 7:23pm
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a physician, sponsors the legislation.

Bipartisan bill to eliminate hepatitis C unveiled in House

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted July 15, 2026 at 12:43pm
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., the ranking member on the House Appropriations Committee, raised the issue of cuts to medical research during the panel's June markup of the fiscal 2027 Defense spending bill. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Defense funding to research troops’ brain injuries shrank since 2025

By John M. Donnelly
Posted July 13, 2026 at 8:21am
Images of deceased children are displayed at the 'Lost Screen Memorial', an art installation of large-scale smartphones featuring 50 children who lost their lives due to online harm, in Los Angeles on Feb. 13, 2026. (Frederic J. Brown/ AFP via Getty Images)

Kids bill faces uncertainty after House passage

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted June 29, 2026 at 7:37pm
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, is seen in the Capitol after a meeting in the office of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., on March 26, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Kids online safety push clouded by House-Senate divide

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted June 29, 2026 at 7:00am
Roundup weed killer is seen in a Tractor Supply Company store in Denver, N.C. earlier this year. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Supreme Court sides with Monsanto over cancer warning

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 25, 2026 at 2:02pm
Members of PETA hold signs calling for animal testing to be shut down as cars pass by approximately 3,000 other protesters showing their displeasure for President Trump's policies outside of Macomb Community College in Warren, Mich., on April 29, 2025.

RFK Jr.’s moves on animal testing spur Capitol Hill action

By Ariel Cohen
Posted June 24, 2026 at 5:21pm
Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., at a hearing in 2024.

Prior authorization bill now eligible for House fast track

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted June 10, 2026 at 11:47am
A sign for the Social Security Administration is seen outside its headquarters in Woodlawn, Md., on March 20, 2025.

Trustees: Social Security, Medicare outlook slightly worse

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 9, 2026 at 5:47pm
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, center, appears at a news conference with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., in the Capitol on June 17, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Administration sticks with Congress on Medicaid work mandate exemptions

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted June 2, 2026 at 6:00am