WHO withdrawal process advanced with halted pandemic-preparedness funding and paused CDC global health partnerships - isolating U.S. public health from international coordination.

CMS approved additional state Medicaid waivers imposing work requirements and premiums - conditioning health coverage on employment in low-wage labor markets.

NIH terminated additional climate, health-equity, and infectious-disease research grants mid-cycle - disrupting longitudinal studies and university partnerships nationwide.

CMS approved additional state Medicaid waivers imposing work requirements and premiums - conditioning health coverage on employment in high-unemployment counties.