Pennsylvania recently amended its Safe Haven laws to allow parents to surrender their newborns at urgent care centers without criminal liability. Previously, under Pennsylvania law, parents could only surrender their infants at hospitals, emergency medical services providers, and police stations without liability. However, in a recent amendment, Pennsylvania’s legislators expanded this law to include urgent care […]

In August 2024, the Vermont Supreme Court decided that a family could not sue a school district, superintendent, or school nurse after their child was accidentally given a COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent. The unauthorized vaccination occurred in 2021 in the Windham Southeast School District of Brattleboro, Vermont, during a vaccine clinic hosted by […]

The arrival of 2025 saw the inauguration of Donald Trump for his second term and his Administration’s takeover of the federal government. The confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health Secretary means that the Trump Administration is positioned to impose its policy choices on all aspects of the federal government under […]

In an effort to handle what he has stated as a “rampant drug smuggling and overdose death” problem in the United States, Trump has confirmed that new 25 percent tariffs will go into effect on March 4th against Mexico and Canada, with an additional 10 percent tariff against China. Despite a nearly 24 […]

Medicaid, the largest health insurance program in the country, provides coverage to over 72 million low-income individuals, people with disabilities, and the elderly. It covers one in five Americans and funds almost half of all births in the United States. Medicaid is also administered by the states and jointly funded by the states and the federal government. […]