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California's largest children's hospital system ends gender-affirming care for youth - 2026-02-06T16:19:37-05:00
Two hospitals in California are discontinuing hormone treatments for transgender youth, citing Trump administration pressures. In the past year, many hospitals and clinics have scaled back that care.

Trump's harsh immigration tactics are taking a political hit - 2026-02-06T15:52:01-05:00
President Trump's popularity on one of his political strengths is in jeopardy.

A drop in CDC health alerts leaves doctors 'flying blind' - 2026-02-06T15:40:30-05:00
Doctors and public health officials are concerned about the drop in health alerts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since President Trump returned for a second term.

Photos: Highlights from the Winter Olympics opening ceremony - 2026-02-06T15:36:10-05:00
Athletes from around the world attended the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan.

Trump posts racist meme of the Obamas — then deletes it - 2026-02-06T12:46:10-05:00
Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. 

Hate them or not, Patriots fans want the glory back in Super Bowl LX - 2026-02-06T10:43:09-05:00
As Bostonians bemoan their long years of suffering without a Super Bowl win, rival fans gripe that Title Town has become Entitled Town.

It's about to get easier for Trump to fire federal workers - 2026-02-06T10:42:53-05:00
Since his first term, President Trump has wanted to be able to fire federal employees for any reason. A new rule vastly expands his authority to do that.

Behind the glitz in Milan, the Epstein scandal casts its shadow over the Olympic movement - 2026-02-06T10:40:19-05:00
The Epstein scandal has spread to the Olympic movement. The top organizer of the Los Angeles Summer Games faces calls to step down because of his past contacts with Epstein collaborator Ghislaine Maxwell.

Congress passes $50 billion foreign aid bill, despite Trump's cuts in 2025 - 2026-02-06T10:19:38-05:00
Congress allocated $50 billion for initiatives aimed at supporting democracy, scholarship programs, U.S. embassy operations and health and humanitarian programs around the world.

TB or not TB? That is the question - 2026-02-06T10:06:05-05:00
A new study in "Nature Medicine" estimates that 2 million people are incorrectly told they have tuberculosis each year — and clinicians miss diagnosing TB in 1 million people. Why so many misdiagnoses?