Vice President JD Vance has asked the Department of Justice to investigate allegations in a Health and Human Services report that some hospitals and healthcare providers fraudulently subjected children to gender-related medical treatment. The call could increase legal and political pressure on providers of youth gender-affirming care, an issue central to the Trump administration’s health policy agenda.

Fox News described the HHS report as a “bombshell”, but the supplied article text does not include its specific findings, the institutions accused or evidence of fraud. The report is presented alongside the administration’s wider move to restrict federal funding for youth gender-transition treatments, with officials citing concerns about potentially irreversible risks.