Health Care
RFK Jr. says Trump promised him ‘control’ of public health agencies
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday that former President Trump has promised him “control” of public health agencies, including the...
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Tuberculosis infections highest on record: WHO
Global tuberculosis cases reached an all-time high in 2023, with nearly 11 million people estimated to have become sick with...
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Speaker Johnson disputes accusation he’ll try to repeal Obamacare
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is disputing Democrats’ assertion that he wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act after Vice President...
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H5N1 bird flu identified in pig for first time in United States
H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a pig in the United States for the first time, the US Department...
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What alarms health experts most about RFK Jr. is what he’s leaving out of his health policy proposals
“I’m going to let him go wild on health,” former President Donald Trump promised Sunday at his rally at Madison...
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You may not need to throw out those ‘expired’ Covid-19 home tests
Four free home Covid-19 antigen tests are available to order at COVIDTests.gov, part of the seventh round of the federal...
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IV fluid maker says expiration date extensions approved
North Carolina hospitals reeling from Hurricane Helene may soon get some relief from a critical IV fluid shortage. The...
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Death from Lassa fever reported in Iowa
An Iowa resident who returned to the United States from travel to West Africa died Monday of a rare hemorrhagic...
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Some ER patients are half as likely to receive IV fluids since disruptions from Hurricane Helene
Patients visiting emergency departments for dehydration or nausea are half as likely to receive IV fluids now than they were...
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A man was wheeled into surgery to harvest his organs. Weeks later, he left the hospital alive
Three years ago, Anthony Hoover woke up in a Kentucky hospital to find people shaving his chest, bathing his body...
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