News for April 1, 2025

The Navajo Nation is using mobile, on-the-ground testing and fast treatment to fight rising syphilis and help cut dangerous infections, including congenital syphilis.

Dallas County Health and Human Services has canceled more than 50 free vaccine clinics and cut staff after federal funding cuts tied to pandemic aid, as Texas faces a growing measles outbreak.

Health and Human Services, led by Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, began mass layoffs that will cut thousands of jobs and reshape the federal health agency.

NBC News is tracking a major measles surge in the United States, with the CDC confirming more than 2,000 cases already in 2026.

Rhode Island and 22 other states and Washington, D.C. sued Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Trump administration over $11 billion in public health funding cuts.

The Housing Department, Agriculture Department and Transportation Department are offering some workers a new deferred resignation program that lets them leave their jobs while staying on paid leave for months.

CBS News says President Donald Trump is promising a tougher fight against health care fraud, but his record includes pardons and commutations for fraud convicts, including major cases tied to Medicare and Medicaid.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with House Republicans as President Donald Trump prepares new tariffs and pushes his policy agenda.

UConn and Texas advanced to the women’s Final Four, with Paige Bueckers leading the Huskies and Texas reaching the round for the first time since 2003.

Temple gymnast Kyrstin Johnson is winning attention for a viral floor routine and for her story of turning setbacks into success at Temple University.

Colorado health officials confirmed the state’s first measles case of the year in Pueblo and warned people who may have been exposed to watch for symptoms.

Benton Lake Watershed Conservancy says a sudden surge of bald eagles at a lake near Cologne, Minnesota, likely came because the birds found an easy food source.