A new book on Chinese American history shows how discriminatory exclusion laws, episodes of racial violence and civil rights fights reshaped the U.S. despite it all being unknown to most Americans.
Why it matters: Asian Americans today are among the nation's least visible groups — even as they are the country's fastest growing — and New Yorker executive editor Michael Luo wants to set the record straight about one segment who have always been here.
A group of public health experts and scientists is mobilizing to counter vaccine misinformation from federal agencies, in an effort backed by Walmart heiress Christy Walton that could eventually produce independent product evaluations and clinical guidelines.
Why it matters: It's the latest bid to push back against vaccine skepticism the group's founders contend is threatening to compromise federal public health agencies and the information they disseminate.
Nursing homes across the country rely heavily on Medicaid, with the safety net program covering more than 6 in 10 residents in 18 states, according to an analysis of federal data by Assisted Living Magazine shared exclusively with Axios.
Why it matters: Congress is considering policies that would cut the federal Medicaid funding available to states or tighten program eligibility. Facility operators and some patient groups fear steep cuts could permanently transform aging services.
In 100 days, President Trump and his administration have not only upended the status quo for health care and challenged mainstream science, but slashed the workforce that's supposed to execute on their vision.
Why it matters: Trump may have downplayed health care as a key issue during his campaign, but it quickly became a flashpoint after he appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the nation's top health official.
The Trump administration is ramping up its fight against Harvard, launching investigations Monday into the university and the Harvard Law Review for alleged race-based discrimination.
Kenya's Faith Kipyegon is already one of the most accomplished athletes of all time, with multiple world records (in the mile and 1,500 meters) and Olympic gold medals. But she wants to take it a step further.
Why it matters: Kipyegon will try to make history this summer by becoming the first woman to run a sub-four-minute mile.
The Trump administration said it's reversing course on a plan to end funding for a decades-long study of women's health after outcry from the research community.
Why it matters: The Women's Health Initiative was threatened by funding cuts to clinical studies aimed at reducing cancer rates or studying hormone therapy in menopause. Despite the reprieve, researchers remain fearful about its future.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s push to collect troves of personal medical data to find the cause of autism has researchers and patient advocates questioning whether his plan to cast a wide net makes it easier to pick and choose information that supports certain theories — including the debunked idea that vaccines cause autism.
The big picture: The National Institutes of Health has long pushed to include moredata collected during health care delivery in its research. Kennedy would put a new twist on that, by combining federal health data, medical records, insurance claims and readouts from wearables into what Health and Human Services calls a "real-world data platform."
Authorities arrested over 100 suspected undocumented immigrants in a federal raid on a Colorado nightclub that saw guns and drugs including methamphetamine and pink cocaine seized early Sunday, officials said.
The big picture: President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi hailed the raid on the Colorado Springs club, some 70 miles south of Denver, as the administration faces criticism over the arrest of a judge in an immigration case and U.S. citizen children being sent to Honduras with their deported mothers.
