On Thursday, November 14th, 2024, President-elect Donald J. Trump announced that he was nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to oversee the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This nomination came as no surprise since Trump has continuously voiced that Kennedy would play a role in his upcoming administration by helping him […]

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) guarantees eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave each year to care for a newborn, newly adopted child, and/or a seriously ill immediate family member, or to recover from their serious health condition. FMLA also provides up to 26 weeks of leave to care for […]

Health insurance is a legal entitlement to payment or reimbursement for health care costs. At its core, health insurance is supposed to provide important financial protection for health care costs in case of accident or sickness in exchange for a monthly premium. It can also help people when they are not sick […]

Health is the way a person interacts with their environment. A person’s environment includes where they live, the quality of the home, the air, and access to nutritious food. These all influence a person’s opportunities to achieve health and affect the rates of life expectancy, infant mortality, and rates of […]

In 2022, JUUL, an e-cigarette company originally founded to help cigarette smokers quit, settled a lawsuit that alleged that Plaintiffs paid more for JUUL products than they would have if accurate information regarding the product’s addictiveness and safety had been provided. The lawsuit further alleged that JUUL products were unlawfully marketed to minors. The complaint, […]