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ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. The clear-cutting across the federal government under President Donald Trump has been dramatic with mass terminations, the suspension of decades-old...

Without urgent action, climate change could be linked to one in every ten cases of intimate partner violence by the end of the century.

Even as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. puts a spotlight on the issue, the Administration is cutting funding for several autism programs.

Changes to the Department of Education and potential Medicaid cuts would have a direct impact on disabled children in California.

When police opened fire on Victor Perez, the autistic, nonverbal 17-year-old with cerebral palsy was experiencing a mental health crisis.

A coalition of 75 civil rights groups on Monday responded to U.S. President Donald Trump's "escalating threats and actions" targeting nonprofit organizations by launching "The Pact: A Civil Rights Coalition Unity Commitment."Led by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the groups repr...

HHS Sec. Robert F. Kennedy's comments on autism have sparked outrage. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Colin Killick, director of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, for his reaction.

Measles can erase the immune system's "memory" and cause a rare but fatal health condition. The MMR vaccine prevents these repercussions, evidence shows.

IDLIB, Syria, Apr 17 (IPS) - The Syrian war has left countless Syrians with devastating injuries, ranging from limb amputations and burns to the loss of sensory functions. These injuries have profoundly impacted their lives, compounded by the limited attention and support they receive from civil society organizations.

RFK Jr. and autism experts are at odds over the root cause of autism, as the Department of Health and Human Services launches massive autism research initiative.

The legislation must still pass the Senate before it can become law.

CHICAGO — Former President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that President Donald Trump has "taken a hatchet" to Social Security, weighing in on a critical issue for millions of Americans as the 82-year-old Democrat briefly returned to the national stage. Biden, who has largely avoided speaking publicly since leaving the

The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights investigates discrimination in schools. It recently lost more than 40% of its staff.

There's a lot in the news about the looming cuts to Medicaid and fears about potential cuts to Medicare. A lot of people don't know the difference between the two…

A U.S. senator said a GLP-1 drug changed his life — and now he's calling for widespread access to anti-obesity medications.

The president and CEO of the Florida Senior Living Association praises a bill by Sen. Rick Scott to treat combating loneliness in seniors as a matter of disease prevention. Research backs up that l…

They are debilitating afflictions that people don't know about, don't understand and struggle to pronounce. Now health workers fear they will surge in Africa as USAID-funded drug distribution programmes are cut

Abrupt changes in staffing and some procedures at the Social Security Administration, coupled with false and misleading claims about widespread fraud, have prompted heated criticism from Democrats, with some statements leaving the wrong impression that benefits are being cut. Experts share a concern that disorderly actions by the Trump administration could cause administrative errors and disruptions, but there has…

Dwinelle Annex was rehabbed to create a long-awaited "one-stop shop" for DSP, which serves about 5,500 students on campus.

Here are four situations that count toward a tax break and other gray areas to consider before claiming your pet costs on your return.