NORFOLK, Va. — Gender-affirming care will resume for patients at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, according to a recent announcement from the hospital. CHKD paused hormone therapy and puberty blocker treatments for transgender patients Feb. 3 after an executive order was signed by President Donald Trump. The order aimed to halt the use of federal money to support ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been 33 million to 56 million cases of the flu between Oct. 1, 2024, and Feb. 15, 2025, rates that we have not seen since 2009. This coincides with historically low vaccination rates, with only 45% of people in the U.S. receiving the flu vaccine so far this year, down 6% from pre-pandemic levels, along with a growing ...

Like many Americans who voted for Donald Trump, Jason Rouse hopes the president’s return will mean lower prices for gas, groceries and other essentials. But Rouse is looking to the federal government for relief from one particular pain point: high health care costs. “The prices are just ridiculous,” said Rouse, 53, a retired Michigan firefighter and paramedic who has voted for Trump three times. ...

Republicans are taking a huge political gamble as they try to find money for tax cuts by threatening to slash Medicaid. As Congress has learned repeatedly, most recently in 2018, when the party in power messes with Americans’ health care, things don’t go well for them in midterm elections. Medicaid covers more than 72 million people across the country — about one in four Americans overall, and ...