Health Care
Democratic senators call on RFK Jr. to keep rule allowing Medicare coverage of anti-obesity drugs
A group of Democratic senators are calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to keep a...
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Trump executive order backs change to Medicare negotiation pushed by drug industry
A new executive order signed Tuesday by President Trump directs Congress to change a key provision of the law allowing...
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CDC report says autism rates are rising due to better screening, contradicting RFK Jr.
About 1 in every 31 children were diagnosed with autism in 2022, according to a new report from the Centers...
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More Americans are using online-only clinics to have abortions, data shows
The number of abortions in the U.S. keeps rising with more Americans turning to online-only clinics for medication abortions, according...
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Three GOP states pushing to ban candy and soda from SNAP
Three GOP-led states are moving to strip unhealthy items from their food stamp programs that help low-income Americans afford groceries. ...
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High levels of toxic chemicals found in paper receipts
New research has found that paper receipts from major retailers in the United States have a high level of bisphenol...
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US measles cases are undercounted, experts say, but real numbers are proving hard to pin down
During a Cabinet meeting last week, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. downplayed what is now...
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CDC denies Milwaukee’s request for help with unsafe lead levels in public schools
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has denied a request from Milwaukee’s public health department for assistance in...
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New antibiotic is effective against gonorrhea, could be first new treatment since 1990s, study says
A new type of antibiotic for treatment of urinary tract infections in women could also work against gonorrhea infections, a...
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Kennedy’s deep HHS cuts threaten HIV/AIDS response
In drastically cutting down its public health workforce, the Trump administration is potentially undoing decades of work combatting the HIV...
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