Cuts eliminate many U.S. government health-tracking programs
NEW YORK — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s motto is “Make America Healthy Again,” but government cuts could make it harder to know if that’s…
Column: Another Big Lie: RFK Jr. wants to make America healthy again
What do you think would happen, I asked my daughter, a nurse practitioner who works in addiction medicine, if Narcan, the drug that reverses opiate…
Fat jabs can treat liver disease affecting one in five people, finds trial
Weight loss jabs are all the rage as studies and patient stories reveal they help people shed flab at almost unbelievable rates, as well as…
Place in the Sun Laura Hamilton’s emotional life from Womble dad to killer disease and tragedy
Laura Hamilton turned down her uni offer to enter the world of TV, and has since juggled being a pub landlady with A Place in…
Ten worrying symptoms every dog owner should look out for this spring as vet issues urgent disease warning
TEN worrying symptoms that every dog owner should look out for this spring.A leading vet has issued an urgent warning over a disease that can…
Kennedy says he wants to target chronic disease in U.S. tribes. A key program to do it was gutted
CHANDLER, Ariz. — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent time in tribal communities in Arizona and New Mexico this week highlighting ways they are trying to…
Trump administration rolls back forest protections in effort to rev up logging
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Trump administration acted to roll back environmental safeguards related to future logging projects in more than half of national forests under an emergency…
California sues over cuts to CDC infectious disease funding
California and a coalition of other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plans to cut billions of dollars in federal public health grants…
Layoffs begin at U.S. health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up…
Florida’s orange juice industry squeezed by disease, hurricanes as orange crop hits 95-year low
Florida's crop for the 2024-2025 season is predicted to be the smallest since before World War II, with orange juice consumption plummeting more than 50%…
California school vaccine rates fell; some students are vulnerable to measles
Despite having some of the nation’s strictest school vaccination laws, California reported a decline last year in the share of kindergarten students who were immunized…
Top U.S. health agency makes $25,000 buyout offer to most of its employees
WASHINGTON — Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and Medicaid under the auspices of the Health and Human…
ACTG Presents Study at CROI Demonstrating Increased Risk of Obesity and Cardiometabolic Disease After Switch to Integrase Inhibitor-Containing Regimen
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Wild life of UK's iconic female explorer Lady Dorothy Dolly Mills including cannibals, disease and devastating tragedy
Lady Dorothy Mills trailblazed her own path as a explorer becoming the first English women in Timbuktu as well as travelling deep into Venezuela and…
Teva and Sanofi Present New Positive Phase 2b Study Results at ECCO 2025 Reinforcing Best-in-Class Potential of Duvakitug (Anti-TL1A) in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease
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Health Secretary Kennedy: Panel to examine childhood vaccine schedule
WASHINGTON — To earn the vote he needed to become the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a special promise to a U.S. senator:…
Brian Setzer reveals autoimmune disease affecting his hands
For rockabilly musician Brian Setzer, his hands “cramping up” while on tour with Stray Cats last year was an early sign of a larger health…
Was Sen. Cassidy’s deal with RFK Jr. to protect vaccines a mistake?
In the days leading up to a pivotal vote on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to become America’s top heath official, all eyes were focused…
USAID has had big impact across the globe
The Trump administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn criticism and raised questions about the influence billionaire ally Elon Musk…
RFK Jr. asked to see science on vaccine safety. Then he dismissed it
WASHINGTON — The man who hopes to be President Trump’s health secretary repeatedly asked to see “data” or “science” showing vaccines are safe — but when an…