Shares of Universal Health Services and other large U.S. hospital chains fell sharply Monday. The moves appeared to be in response to a directive Friday by President Trump telling the government to scrutinize Medicaid payments more closely.

Internal memos and emails show that Medicaid officials unsuccessfully sought to block the data transfer, citing legal and ethical concerns.

A federal judge challenged the DOJ's claim that DEI initiatives fuel bias during a trial over Trump-era cuts to research funding.

Top advisers to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ordered the details of millions of Medicaid recipients, including names, addresses and health information, given to the Department of

The Trump administration withdrew a federal directive that required emergency rooms to provide abortion care in an urgent medical crisis. Now hospitals are scrambling to figure out what it means.

In the days since the Trump administration rescinded federal guidance tied to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, EMTALA, a wave of alarming headlines has swept across social media: “Trump just made it legal for hospitals to let pregnant people die.