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Incidents affecting the right to health, including cuts to healthcare programs, denial of medical treatment, dismantlement of public health infrastructure, and policies creating barriers to medical access.

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Attacks on Iranian Healthcare Facilities: WHO Verifies 18 Strikes on Hospitals and Medical Infrastructure

A sustained pattern of strikes on Iranian hospitals, ambulances, and medical infrastructure has killed healthcare workers and forced the evacuation of six hospitals. The WHO has verified 18 attacks on …

  • WHO has verified 18 attacks on healthcare facilities in Iran since the war began on February 28, 2026, with at least 8 medical workers …
  • Six hospitals have been evacuated, 29 clinical facilities damaged, and 10 rendered inactive. Patients required evacuation from seven …

One Big Beautiful Bill: $1 Trillion in Medicaid Cuts and $295 Billion in SNAP Cuts

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act slashes $863 billion from Medicaid and $295 billion from SNAP to fund $1 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthiest, projected to strip healthcare from 10.9 million people …

  • The One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes $863 billion in Medicaid cuts and $295 billion in SNAP cuts over fiscal years 2025-2034, exceeding …
  • The CBO projects 10.9 million Americans will become uninsured due to Medicaid losses and ACA marketplace coverage reductions.

Intensified Cuba Sanctions Regime: Blackouts, Hospital Shutdowns, and Collective Punishment

The systematically intensified US sanctions regime against Cuba has caused 20-hour blackouts, hospital closures, medication shortages for 5 million chronically ill people, and collapse of essential …

  • US sanctions have cut Cuba's fuel imports by approximately 90 percent as of February 2026, causing electrical grid collapse with blackouts …
  • Cuba's Health Minister reports 5 million people with chronic illnesses face medication or treatment disruption, including 16,000 cancer …

Executive Orders Targeting Transgender Rights and Gender Identity Recognition

A sweeping executive order redefining sex across the federal government, with material consequences for transgender individuals in detention, healthcare, and civil documentation.

  • EO 14168 defines gender as an immutable male-female binary determined 'at conception,' rejecting gender identity as a legal category.
  • Transgender individuals in federal custody must be housed according to birth sex, increasing documented risk of sexual violence.