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HHS moves to strip thousands of federal health workers of union rights

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has moved to strip thousands of federal health agency employees of their collective bargaining rightsNEW YORK -- The U.S. Department of Health and H...

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Proposal could lead to sanctions against Alaska medical professionals for gender-affirming care

The Alaska State Medical Board will be considering language that says medical professionals provide gender-affirming care for children could risk having their work considered unprofessional conduct...

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FDA OKs First-Ever Glucose Monitoring System for Weight Loss: What to Know

The Signos system can be used alone, in combination with, or after GLP-1 drugs or bariatric surgery. Photography courtesy of Signos The FDA cleared the first glucose monitoring system spec...

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Kennedy Takes Aim at Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been implementing an anti-vaccine strategy that includes targeting a federal program that pays money to patients injured by immunizatio...

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“Recently Learned In Therapy That It Wasn’t Normal”: 26 Behaviors People Don’t Realize Are Toxic

Article created by: Gabija PalšytėWhy is it that the people we love the most are also the people who seem to cause us the most pain? In healthy relationships, our romantic partners, best friends an...

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Georgia man may have tried to enter CDC campus two days before he attacked agency

An internal CDC email reveals that the Georgia man who shot at CDC buildings on Aug. 8 likely tried to enter the campus two days earlierNEW YORK -- The Georgia man who shot at Centers for Disease C...

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A Berlin garden of flavorsome herbs revives a monastic health tradition from the Middle Ages

In a secluded lot next to a former gasworks in suburban Berlin, Martin Rötzel is breathing new life into a tradition of centuries past: the monastery gardenBERLIN -- In a secluded lot next to a for...

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Katie Price says her ‘PTSD and anxiety’ has been triggered after Peter Andre and Alex Reid lash out

KATIE Price has said that her ‘PTSD and anxiety’ has been triggered after Peter Andre and Alex Reid publicly lashed out. The former glamour model, 47, has been making hea...

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India’s Supreme Court orders stray dogs released to New Delhi streets in modified ruling

India’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of all stray dogs that were removed from New Delhi streets after sterilization and immunizationNEW DELHI -- India’s Supreme Court ordered the release o...

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Doctor accused of secretly recording 4,500 videos in restrooms released on bail

A trainee surgeon in Australia has been released on bail after being charged with secretly recording hundreds of medical colleagues in hospital restroomsMELBOURNE, Australia -- A trainee surgeon wa...

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The Price Increases That Should Cause Americans More Alarm

Wary of inflation, Americans have been watching the prices of everyday items such as eggs and gasoline. A less-noticed expense should cause greater alarm: rising premiums for health insurance. They...

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Native Americans Want To Avoid Past Medicaid Enrollment Snafus as Work Requirements Loom

Jonnell Wieder earned too much money at her job to keep her Medicaid coverage when the covid-19 public health emergency ended in 2023 and states resumed checking whether people were eligible for th...

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Famine determined in parts of Gaza, 500,000 experiencing 'catastrophic' hunger: Report

Famine is projected to expand to central and southern Gaza by end of September.Famine has been determined in Gaza Governorate, where Gaza City is located, according to a warning issued Friday by th...

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Happy 60th, Medicare and Medicaid!

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. ...

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Federal officials to take over inspections when troubled Boar's Head plant reopens

Federal inspectors will assume direct oversight of a Boar's Head deli meat plant when it reopens after an deadly listeria outbreakFederal inspectors will assume direct oversight of a troubled Boar'...

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Employees perform better when life outside work is fulfilling. Here’s why

Many employers are demanding more from workers these days, pushing them to log as many hours as possible. Google, for example, told all its employees that they should expect to spend 60 or m...

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New Hypertension Guidelines Emphasize Earlier Treatment, Avoiding Alcohol

New blood pressure guidelines from the AHA recommend starting treatment earlier and abstaining from alcohol. Maskot/Getty Images New blood pressure guidelines from the American Heart Assoc...

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How Older People Are Reaping Brain Benefits From New Tech

It started with a high school typing course. Wanda Woods enrolled because her father advised that typing proficiency would lead to jobs. Sure enough, the federal E...

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Try This When Your Doctor Says ‘Yes’ to a Preventive Test but Insurance Says ‘No’

“My son was diagnosed with congenital CMV, a virus that can cause hearing loss. As part of this diagnosis, he will be required to have routine hearing tests every few months until...

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Dozens of OB-GYNs fled Idaho after its abortion ban. Medicaid cuts could make access to care even worse.

More than six months after Idaho's near-total abortion ban went into effect, a small town nestled in the state's northern mountain ranges lost its labor and delivery service -- and access to such c...

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Americans spend less time reading for fun and more time on screens: Study

Reading for pleasure in the U.S. fell 40% over two decades, the study found.Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the United States down 40% over the pas...

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