From allowing states to ban gender-transition care and sales of flavored vapes to minors to rolling back the landmark Clean Air Act, the U.S. Supreme Court had a consequential term.

The Washington Post cites these as among the high court’s most consequential decisions of 2025:

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The United States will stop sending money to Gavi, a global group that helps vaccinate children in low-income countries, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday.

The decision was made public in a video shared at a Gavi summit in Brussels. In it, Kennedy said Gavi has not done enough to address vaccine ... Full Page

A U.S. vaccine advisory panel voted Thursday to stop recommending flu shots that contain thimerosal, a move that experts say may reduce access to vaccines without making them any safer.

The vote came from a newly appointed group of people that now make up the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), led by U.S. Health and Human... Full Page

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added new warnings to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines about a rare heart condition that mostly affects young men.

The update expands earlier warnings about myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation, The Associated Press reported. 

The condition is still very rare ... Full Page

Opening a bottle or unwrapping a piece of deli meat could be adding tiny plastic particles to your food, new research reveals.

Microplastics and nanoplastics can enter food during packaging, processing and even normal use, like twisting a bottle cap or tearing off a plastic wrapper, according to a study published June 25 in NPJ Science... Full Page