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DHS Confirms First Pediatric Respiratory Illness-Associated Deaths

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on farm subsidies in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., prepares to speak to reporters following a strategy session with House Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson unveils health care plan as divided Republicans scramble for alternative

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks during a news conference on health care costs on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Higher cost, worse coverage: Affordable Care Act enrollees say expiring subsidies will hit them hard

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DHS Continues to Recommend Hepatitis B Vaccine Dose within 24 Hours of Birth

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Rep. Moses announcement on Chippewa Falls mental health facility

FILE - Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-Va., center, accompanied by Rep. Zachary Nunn, R-Iowa, left, and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., right, speaks at a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Swing district Republicans brace for political fallout if health care subsidies expire

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Evers vetoes bill to block Medicaid funds from undocumented residents

FILE - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the Western Governors' Association meeting Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rebecca Noble, File)

What to know about the hepatitis B shot — and why Trump officials are targeting it

FILE - Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference, May 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The Latest: Federal vaccine advisors say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

DHS Tracking Respiratory Illness Activity Ahead of the Holiday Season

Interior design student Madelyn Pretzer cuts a two-by-four pine board on a band saw.

UW-Stout students collaborate across degrees in community project for The Neighbors senior living home

FILE - This April 1, 2025 photo shows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention building in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, file)

CDC website changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism

FILE - National Institute of Health researchers test patient samples in Bethesda, Md., on Nov. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Federica Narancio, File)

NIH funding cuts have affected over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments, a new report says

How to navigate the health care marketplace as premiums rise and options shrink

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A baby formula recall linked to an infant botulism outbreak is expanding. Here's what to know

Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. Patrick Sison/AP Photo, File

As ACA enrollment opens, Wisconsinites experience sticker shock

FILE - Boxes for the medications Wegovy and Zepbound are arranged for a photograph in California, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/JoNel Aleccia, File)

Trump unveils deal to expand coverage and lower costs on obesity drugs

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Wisconsin confirms reduced SNAP benefits could take weeks to arrive

ADRC asks for community resources to support families in the funding gap

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