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The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced that it dismissed or lost to resignations 54 of its scientists amid the ongoing Trump administration probe to weed out suspected Chinese spies from universities and laboratories across the United States.

The Trump administration released its final rule Friday that reversed the Obama administration’s definition of sex discrimination by eliminating both “gender identity” and “termination of pregnancy,” or abortion.

President Donald Trump’s deputies have restored the biology-based definition of sexual discrimination in federal healthcare rules, ending the novel transgender definition which was inserted by President Barack Obama. 

World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that his organization “worked day and night to coordinate the global response” to the coronavirus pandemic, “providing technical advice, catalysing political solidarity, mobilising resources, coordinating resources and much more.”

CVS Health announced it is giving back the $43 million it received in coronavirus relief funds from the government.

A Democrat-led House panel allowed a witness, federal vaccine specialist Dr. Rick Bright who claims to be a whistleblower, to bring a lawyer to counsel him during his testimony Thursday against U.S. President Donald Trump’s response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Sen. Kelly Loeffler asked four health experts that took part in a Senate hearing on Tuesday about their relationship with President Trump.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has informed a company that used a taxpayer grant to provide U.S. tax dollars to the Wuhan lab in China–from which some authorities believe the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic emanated–that the Wuhan lab is formally being investigated by U.S. officials.

Dr. Rick Bright, the vaccine expert who claims he was ousted from his former position in the administration because of his opposition to the promotion of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for coronavirus, was already going to lose his job months before, according to information released on Twitter by Politico reporter Dan Diamond.

Dr. Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, protested Wednesday after being reassigned to the National Institutes of Health — in retaliation, he claims, for his reluctance to fast-track approval for hydroxycholorquine for treating coronavirus patients.

Republicans urged the White House to maintain regulations on use of aborted fetal tissue for vaccine research and on drug-induced abortions.

China’s Wuhan virus has spread to almost 40 migrant youths and children who are being sheltered by the Department of Health and Human Services, according to news services. 

Adm. Brett Giroir, the assistant secretary of health (ASH), told Breitbart News exclusively on Tuesday that the federal government is developing a broad-based effort consisting of wide-scale testing, surveillance, and contact tracing to be able to control the spread of coronavirus once the president makes the decision to reopen America.

As President Trump and the Task Force begin to consider reopening the United States upon the collapse of a variety of models that predicted wide-scale deaths due to the disease, the New York Times published a leaked document on Friday afternoon that suggested, should the mitigation measures relax, the outbreak would be worse than before.

The internal watchdog at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) conceded that there were “limitations,” including “some evidence of response bias,” in its recent survey that found shortages of novel coronavirus testing supplies and other medical gear at some U.S. hospitals.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar announced during a White House press conference on Friday that the Trump administration will end surprise billing for Americans without health insurance.

The Food And Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency authorization Sunday for hydroxychloroquine, a drug already used to treat malaria and other ailments, which has shown anecdotal efficacy against coronavirus.

HHS enforces HIPAA to protect patients’ medical privacy but will allow first responders access to a patient’s viral history.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar told Breitbart News exclusively that President Donald Trump in the coming days will work with his medical and scientific advisers to make a determination on how and when to reopen the country after wide-scale closure in the effort to stop the spread of the Chinese coronavirus.

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) urged the federal government on Friday to tap into the unused Presidential Election Campaign Fund to provide healthcare equipment to combat the coronavirus outbreak.

The VA stands “ready to surge” capabilities to supplement civilian health care systems if they are overwhelmed by coronavirus.

Trump administration officials warned the public on Monday that a foreign disinformation campaign is trying to incite panic over a non-existent national lockdown over coronavirus.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was the victim of a cyberattack Sunday aimed at slowing down the federal entity’s coronavirus response operations.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced legislation on Friday that would expand access to mobile coronavirus testing. 

The FDA is stressing the safety of donating blood in the wake of the coronavirus and calls on the public to step up to ensure stable supply.

The Health and Human Services Department (HHS) announced on Monday that it had finalized two rules that grant patients increased access to their healthcare data.

Democrat megadonor and healthcare executive Judy Faulkner has tried to block a Donald Trump healthcare rule that would cut healthcare costs, grant patients more control over their healthcare data, and preserve her company’s dominant status in the electronic healthcare record market.

The Trump administration is weighing use of a natural disaster program to reimburse hospitals for treating uninsured coronavirus patients.

Top federal health officials made an effort to assuage Americans’ concerns about the presence of the highly contagious Chinese coronavirus in the United States during a Senate panel hearing on Tuesday.

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, an architect of Obamacare and special advisor to the director-general of the World Health Organization, accused President Donald Trump of being “ignorant” and “incoherent” regarding his administration’s response to the deadly Chinese coronavirus.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II told Congress on Wednesday that he cannot guarantee any future Coronavirus vaccine will be “affordable for everyone.”

HHS Secretary Alex Azar corrected the record at a House hearing when a lawmaker mispresented what President Trump has said about the diease.

The United States now has 60 cases of the deadly coronavirus, a Trump administration official confirmed to lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday afternoon.  

A federal appeals court ruled the Trump administration’s Protect Life Rule, distinguishing abortion from family planning, is constitutional.

According to a report from the Anniston (AL) Star, some passengers from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined for coronavirus infections will be evacuated to the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, AL.

Former Vice President Joe Biden went to great lengths to boost his son-in-law’s health care company while in the White House, briefing investors on the firm’s merits and even arranging access to the Oval Office.