Scott Bessent’s “3-3-3” agenda “requires brutal cuts to health and nutrition and higher costs for families at the grocery store,” said analysts at the Center for American Progress. At his confirmation hearing on Thursday, hedge fund manager and U.S. treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent told the Senate Finance Committee that at the helm of the […]
ANCHORAGE — The Department of Health announces the release of the Governor’s Task Force on Child Care’s (The Task Force) final report, highlighting critical steps to address the pressing need for accessible, affordable, and high-quality child care across Alaska. This report culminates nearly two years of dedicated efforts and collaboration between state agencies, local organizations, […]
“Believing the health insurance industry is at least partly responsible for the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO is not some fringe position,” wrote one journalist. In the wake of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in early December, some political observers were taken aback by the public response to the event, which included morbid humor and expressions of […]
“RFK Jr. is an anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist,” said one scientist. “A Trump win will be an absolute catastrophe for public health.” Public health experts reacted with alarm Wednesday to reports that former President Donald Trump promised anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. control over federal agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services and Department […]