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Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has filed paperwork to run for California Superintendent of Public Instruction. In 2030.
Xavier Becerra filed to run for California Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2030. But this m…
Hanna Kang
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The Biden administration is requiring insurance companies to cover costs for at-home COVID-19 tests starting on Saturday
Private insurers will have to cover up to eight at-home tests a month per insured person and can ei…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Senate confirms Xavier Becerra as secretary of Health and Human Services, making him the first Latino to hold the position
The successful confirmation of Becerra places the lawyer in a highly-consequential role overseeing …
John L. Dorman
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Ted Cruz engages in an online spat over Biden's HHS secretary nominee who sued the Trump administration more than 100 times
Cruz and Princeton historian Kevin M. Kruse had a back-and-forth over the qualifications of Xavier …
John L. Dorman
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Xavier Becerra, California attorney general, is said to be Biden's pick to lead health department
Becerra, who previously served as a congressman representing Los Angeles, has served as California'…
Charles Davis
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San Francisco's death row is now empty, but California still has the most inmates with death sentences of any state
Following Gov. Gavin Newsom's March 2019 moratorium on the death penalty, San Francisco reduced its…
Madison Hall
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The Biden administration is negotiating lower prices for 10 medications with drug manufacturers
Drug makers are negotiating with Medicare over lowering the prices of 10 commonly used medications …
Noah Sheidlower
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Top White House official says he's optimistic Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade will not stand long
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Sunday said he doesn't believe the Supreme Co…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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The Biden administration will make abortion pills more widely available following Roe's 'despicable' demise, top health official says
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra vowed that federal health agencies would "leave …
Kimberly Leonard
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The US is releasing doses of flu medicine from the national stockpile amid a surge in cases
Flu season continues to thrash the US. The government is now allowing states to access the national…
Sarah Braner
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42% of Americans think monkeypox is at least as large a public health threat as COVID-19 now: poll
Just under 40% of respondents in the YouGov poll said the United States is "very prepared" or "some…
Madison Hall
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Texas sues the Biden administration for requiring hospitals to perform abortions in medical emergencies
Texas' attorney general filed the lawsuit after the Biden administration said those who perform abo…
Katie Anthony
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Biden signs a second executive order protecting abortion access after Roe v. Wade's fall
The order seeks to protect patients traveling out of state to get an abortion where it's still lega…
Oma Seddiq
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US declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. Here's what that means.
The White House declared monkeypox a public health emergency Thursday to free up funds and fast-tra…
Hilary Brueck
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Biden to pardon thousands of people with federal marijuana convictions and encourage states to do the same
President Joe Biden, in a statement on Thursday, said "no one should be in jail just for using or p…
Charles R. Davis
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer fights for her daughters' right to abortion following the fall of Roe v. Wade: 'We must lead'
Whitmer's focus following the fall of Roe v. Wade has been on her 18- and 20-year-old daughters: "T…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Pelosi said 'you couldn't pay me a billion dollars' to run for speaker again, according to an upcoming book
Pelosi privately unloaded about having to "grovel" to her colleagues for another term as speaker in…
Grace Panetta
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The Justice Department sues Idaho over its abortion restrictions in first challenge since Roe v. Wade was overturned
"We will use every tool at our disposal to ensure that pregnant women get the emergency medical tre…
Rebecca Cohen,Oma Seddiq
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The Justice Department reportedly asked the Supreme Court to reinstate a federal vaccine mandate for some healthcare workers
The request from the Justice Department comes after lower courts have blocked the federal vaccine m…
Lauren Frias
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Pete Buttigieg becomes 11th person in Biden's Cabinet to test positive for COVID-19
Only five secretaries from the White House's 15-person executive departments haven't reported a pos…