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Here's who Trump has picked as Cabinet members and key advisers

President Donald Trump has filled out his Cabinet and advisory roles with those considered to be fierce loyalists. Here's how his new administration is taking shape.

Graves with flags for Memorial Day are seen in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 27, 2024.

Army says Arlington National Cemetery worker was 'pushed aside' by Trump aides

The statement Thursday comes in response to NPR's reporting on former President Donald Trump's visit to Arlington and an altercation his staff had with a cemetery employee.

An election worker directs voters to a ballot drop-off location in 2020 in Portland, Ore. Oregon is among the states waiting for the Biden administration to greenlight plans to automatically register eligible voters when they apply to enroll in Medicaid.

Biden officials keep states waiting on expanding Medicaid voter registration

Officials in Oregon, Colorado and other states are waiting for Biden officials to approve plans to automatically register hundreds of thousands of eligible voters when they apply for Medicaid.

The federal government says it has taken steps toward developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu should it become a threat to humans.

Launching an effective bird flu vaccine quickly could be tough, scientists warn

Federal health officials say the U.S. has the building blocks to make a vaccine to protect humans from bird flu, if needed. But experts warn we're nowhere near prepared for another pandemic.

Kamala Harris y Donald Trump tienen plataformas muy diferentes sobre el aborto. También tienen ideas diferentes sobre cómo reducir los costos de la atención médica que podrían afectar directamente a los californianos. Ilustración de Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters; iStock

¿Qué está en juego para los residentes de California en la elección presidencial Trump-Harris en materia de atención médica?

Kamala Harris investigó el poder de mercado de las grandes empresas de atención médica de California. Donald Trump obligó a los hospitales a revelar sus precios. A continuación, un vistazo a sus prioridades para 2024 en materia de salud.

Mental health care is hard to find, especially for people with Medicare or Medicaid

A report from the Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general finds a dire shortage of mental health care providers in Medicaid and Medicare, which together serve some 40% of Americans.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection load migrants into vans to take them to processing centers after the migrants waited for hours to days in the desert near Jacumba Hot Springs, Oct. 6, 2023.

Immigrant advocates file complaint over family separations at San Diego border

Since mid-September, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has separated more than 1,000 migrant families processed at the San Diego-Tijuana border, according to a complaint filed by several immigrant advocacy groups.

President Joe Biden spoke about his administration's plans to protect Medicare and lower health care costs, Thursday, the same day his administration released draft guidance of Medicare's new plan to regulate drug prices.

Medicare announces plan to recoup billions from drug companies

Drugmakers will be required to pay Medicare back for price increases that outpace inflation. The industry is expected to put up a fight over implementation.

All the reports seen on this graphic were filed to the California Department of Public Health for incidents occurring at the Avocado Post Acute facility.

El Cajon nursing home keeps operating despite record of abuse, poor care

Federal regulators abruptly reversed a decision to decertify the troubled Avocado Post Acute nursing home in April.

Lucy Greco (left), a web-accessibility specialist at the University of California, Berkeley, is blind. She reads most of her documents online, but employs Liza Schlosser-Olroyd as an aide to sort through her paper mail every other month, to make sure Greco hasn't missed a bill or other important correspondence.

Medical bills remain inaccessible for many visually impaired Americans

When health bills aren't legible — via large-print, Braille or other adaptive technology — blind patients can't know what they owe, and are too often sent to debt collections, an investigation finds.

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