Newly released transcripts show how the Federal Reserve scrambled in 2020 to unleash programs meant to keep the financial system from crumbling from the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying global shutdown.
Why it matters: The transcripts of the Fed's monetary policy committee meetings, released after the customary five-year lag, add greater nuance to what was a seismic year for the American economy and its central bank.
Kids' flu shotsare lagging compared to last year, even amid what's shaping up to be a historically nasty influenza season tied to the so-called "super flu."
Why it matters: Childhood flu vaccination has been trending downward for the past several seasons.
President Trump on Thursday called on Congress to pass a package of measures aimed at lowering drug prices, insurance premiums and increasing health cost transparency.
Why it matters: The "Great Healthcare Plan" is a response to Democrats' attacks around expired Affordable Care Act subsidies and an acknowledgement the GOP could get blamed for health care affordability heading into the midterm elections.
Prosecutors in states with abortion bans are increasingly charging mostly low-income women with pregnancy-related crimes, in a test of whether fetuses and embryos have the same rights as children.
Why it matters: The cases further complicate the post-Roe landscape and bring particular scrutiny to pregnant women accused of drug or other substance use.
The Trump administration late Wednesday reversed course and reinstated as much as $2 billion of mental health and addiction grants that it had cut about 24 hours earlier, prompting an outcry from patient advocates.
The big picture: The cancellations had drawn fierce pushback from Congress and advocacy groups, who said the terminations would put vulnerable people's lives at risk and undercut behavioral health efforts.
