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Public Health

Federal public health agency roles, disease response, and pandemic preparedness.

  1. 2026

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    Supreme Court allows mail-order of abortion pill mifepristone pending appeal
    The Supreme Court keeps abortion pill mifepristone available by telehealth
    Supreme Court Order in Danco Laboratories v. Louisiana
    May 14

    Supreme Court keeps abortion pill available by mail in 7-2 vote

    Full court blocks 5th Circuit ban on mailing the abortion pill

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    Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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  2. 2025

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    Affordable Care Act
    Court Role and Structure
    Premium Tax Credit
    Aug 22

    Judge pauses major parts of CMS marketplace integrity rule

    ACA marketplace case tests agency authority over enrollment and subsidy controls

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    Jul 7

    CDC reports 2,255 measles cases in 2025 as RFK Jr. weakens vaccine programs

    Worst measles outbreak in 33 years kills children as RFK blocks vaccines

  3. 2024

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    Fentanyl pills are getting weaker, and overdose deaths are dropping
    Fentanyl Producers in Mexico Are Adapting to a Challenging Market
    Fentanyl and the U.S. Opioid Epidemic
    Dec 11

    CDC reports U.S. overdose deaths fell nearly 27 percent in 2024

    Naloxone access, treatment expansion and drug-supply changes cited as likely factors

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  4. 2020

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  5. 2009

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  6. 1998

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  7. 1964

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  8. 1955

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  9. 1946

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Key figures in Public Health

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2025-present)
Donald Trump
President of the United States
ACA marketplace enrollees
Andrew Wakefield
Baltimore
Barack Obama
Bill Cassidy
U.S. Representative - LA
Brendan Hurson
CDC National Center for Health Statistics
CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Chicago
CMS
Dr. Susan Monarez
Former CDC Director
HHS
Justice Thomas
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court (appointed by George H.W. Bush, confirmed 52-48 in 1991)
Kyle Diamantas
Acting FDA Commissioner (appointed May 12, 2026); previously Senior Counselor and Acting Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods
Kyle Duncan
Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (appointed by Trump)
Liz Murrill
Attorney General of Louisiana (since January 2024)
Marty Makary
Former FDA Commissioner (resigned May 12, 2026)
public health agencies
Samuel Alito
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court (appointed by George W. Bush, confirmed 58-42 in 2006)
Tony Perkins
President, Family Research Council