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HHS recommended that the DEA make kratom a Schedule I drug, like LSD or heroin

By Ike Swetlitz, STAT

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After scandal over private flights, who will replace Tom Price?

The search is on for a new secretary of Health and Human Services after former Georgia Congressman Tom Price resigned on Friday following a scandal over using expensive private charter flights for official travel. President Donald Trump has named Deputy…

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Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price testifies on Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Blueprint before the Committee on Appropriations at the U.S. Capitol in D.C. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Read Health Secretary Price’s full resignation letter

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned Friday. Read Price's full letter.

By Daniel Bush

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy speaks during a press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo

WATCH: Donald Trump chastises Tom Price for private plane travel on official business

Asked whether he's planning on firing Price, Trump responded: "We'll see."…

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Watch full video of Tom Price’s confirmation hearing

Trump's selection, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., 62, is a veteran conservative congressman and orthopedic surgeon from Atlanta's suburbs who has long favored voiding Obama's 2010 law and wrote his own proposed substitute for it.

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Alan Fram, Associated Press

Trump announces administration health officials

By PBS NewsHour

President-elect Donald Trump chose orthopedist and six-term Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and health policy expert Seema Verma to head Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Meanwhile, Mr. Trump’s pick for…

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New report reveals persistent health disparities by race in the U.S.

By Laura Santhanam, Megan Crigger

Despite recent improvements, health disparities persist among racial and ethnic groups, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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President Donald Trump speaks at a signing ceremony for an executive order linking "free speech" efforts at public universities to federal grants in the East Room at the White House on March 21, 2019. Photo by REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

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5 key takeaways from the Mueller report

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Sarah Sanders’ ‘slip of the tongue’ moment in the Mueller report

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Nation Apr 18

Judge scales back Weinstein suit, allows sex-traffic claim

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By Elaine Ganley, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

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5 new details in Mueller’s report about Russian election interference

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Media films a few pages of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election which was printed out by staff in the House Judiciary Committee's hearing room. Photo by Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call

Politics Apr 18

Trump wouldn’t sit down with Mueller’s team. Read his written responses instead

By Joshua Barajas

Attorney General William Barr departs after speaking at a news conference to discuss Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, in Washington, April 18, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Politics Apr 18

AP fact check: What Barr said about releasing the Mueller report

By Hope Yen, Associated Press

Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) speaks during a mark up hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 26, 2019. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Politics Apr 18

WATCH: House Judiciary Committee chair says he will subpoena for full Mueller report

By Associated Press

The Mueller Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election is pictured in New York. Photo by Carlo Allegri/Reuters

Politics Apr 18

What Trump and lawmakers are saying now that the Mueller report is public

By Joshua Barajas, Gretchen Frazee

Media films a few pages of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election which was printed out by staff in the House Judiciary Committee's hearing room. Photo by Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call

Politics Apr 18

Read the redacted Mueller report

By Joshua Barajas

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies at a 2011 Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters

Politics Apr 18

Redacted Mueller report released to Congress, public

By Chad Day, Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

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Science Apr 18

Scientists restore some vitality in dead pig brains — but without consciousness?

By Sharon Begley, STAT

U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks during a news conference to discuss the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election at the Justice Department in Washington, April 18, 2019. Photo Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Politics Apr 18

WATCH: Barr says nothing in Mueller report redacted based on executive privilege

By Associated Press

U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks at a news conference to discuss Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, in Washington on April 18, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Politics Apr 18

WATCH: Barr says he disagrees with Mueller’s legal theories on obstruction

By Associated Press

Attorney General William Barr, flanked by Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, speaks at a news conference to discuss Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, in Washington, U.S., April 18, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Politics Apr 18

WATCH: Barr says Mueller found no ‘collusion’ between Trump campaign and Russia

By Molly Finnegan

Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said that he still wants Mueller’s report delivered to Congress by April 2. Photo by REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Politics Apr 18

House asks Robert Mueller to testify by May 23

By Associated Press

U.S. Attorney General William Barr prepares to speak at a news conference to discuss Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, in Washington, U.S., April 18, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Politics Apr 18

Read Attorney General William Barr’s full remarks on the Mueller report

By Gretchen Frazee

Politics Apr 18

WATCH: ‘No collusion, no obstruction,’ Trump declares at Wounded Warrior event

By Jonathan Lemire, Jill Colvin, Associated Press