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Ripple effects of ICE raids create health challenges for New York City

HEALTHBEAT

A 2008 raid at an Iowa factory resulted in the detention of 400 people, spreading news throughout the state. Try to celebrate and honor cultural traditions and foods. Do not collect (or ask for) Social Security numbers. Stop asking for Social Security numbers. visits, calls, or video chats). judicial warrant or subpoena).

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Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

To create the conditions for healthy vibrant communities, we need full employment and a livable wage; safe, affordable housing; access to healthy food; well-functioning public transportation; safe, appropriate K–12 education; and access to routine and preventive health services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Why cuts to global AIDS relief threaten U.S. health, economic growth, and physical security

HEALTHBEAT

Journalists and foreign policy experts have written extensively about the suffering caused by the Trump administrations decision to halt food, health care, and other forms of assistance to some of the poorest people in the world. physical security PEPFAR is a critical tool of health diplomacy, strengthening U.S. President George W.

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Trump rounds out health team with CDC, FDA picks

The Hill

The FDA oversees the security and safety of medical devices, cosmetics, food and medications. Following his tenure on Capitol Hill that ended in 2008, he pivoted back to practicing medicine. In 2007, he introduced a bill to shift the oversight of vaccine safety to an independent agency within HHS and away from the CDC.