Health

Native Americans Hurt by Federal Health Cuts, Despite RFK Jr.’s Promises of Protection

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Navajo Nation leaders took turns talking with the U.S. government’s top health official as they hiked along a sandstone ridge overlooking their rural, high-desert town before t...

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Ballad Health’s Hospital Monopoly Underperformed. Then Tennessee Lowered the Bar.

Despite years of patient complaints and quality-of-care concerns, Ballad Health — the nation’s largest state-sanctioned hospital monopoly — will now be held to a lower standard by the Tennessee gov...

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Trump Administration Is Ending Multiple HIV Vaccine Studies, Scientists and Officials Say

The Trump administration has moved to end funding for a broad swath of HIV vaccine research, saying current approaches are enough to counter the virus, several scientists and federal health officia...

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Food Quality May Lower Heart Disease Risk More Than Cutting Carbs, Fat

Healthy low fat diets emphasizing high quality whole foods may help lower heart disease risk. Kseniya Ovchinnikova/Getty Images A new study suggests that food quality matters more than fat...

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Live From AHCJ: Shock and Awe in Federal Health Policy

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

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Artists Often Pay For Their Own Health Care — This Is Their Biggest Expense

When Chappell Roan called on the music industry to pay artists a living wage and give them health insurance during her Grammys acceptance speech in February, she ...

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Depression and Anxiety Might Be Spread Through Kissing

Colds, mono, herpes—fine, we get it. They’re the standard hazards of kissing. But now you may have even more reason to choose who you lock lips with carefully, as scientists say depression and anxi...

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Most US counties saw decline in childhood MMR vaccination rates: Report

Most counties in the United States have seen a decline in childhood measles, mumps and rubella vaccination rates over the last five years, according to a new report published Monday.Researchers fro...

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Disabled mum who ‘took own life’ when her benefits were cut ‘left note saying she was unable to pay bills or buy food’

A DISABLED mum took her own life when her benefits were slashed after she was unable to buy food or pay her bills, an inquest heard. Jodey Whiting, 42, was discovered dea...

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RFK Jr. says autism 'destroys' families. Here's what those families want you to know

WASHINGTON -- Emery Eversoll and her mother shared a good laugh when Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that some autistic children will never write poems.The 16-year-ol...

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The PTSD Treatment That Veterans Dream Of

The morning of April 28, 2004, started like the rest of Jeff Turner’s mornings in Iraq. Breakfast in the chow hall, a walk across the grounds to his station. The same sun, the same palm trees, the ...

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RFK Jr. Says Healthy Pregnant Women Don’t Need Covid Boosters. What the Science Says.

You’re pregnant, healthy, and hearing mixed messages: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is not a scientist or doctor, says you don’t need the covid vaccine, but experts...

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Role Reversal: Millions of Kids Are Caregivers for Elders. Why Their Numbers Might Grow.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — High school senior Joshua Yang understands sacrifice. When he was midway through 10th grade, his mom survived a terrible car crash. But her body developed tremors, and she lost mo...

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UK bans single-use vapes to stem use by children and reduce harmful litter

A ban on disposable vapes has come into force across the U.K. as the British government aims to stem their illegal use by children, reduce litter and prevent the leaking of harmful chemicals into t...

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What Is ‘Skinny Tok?’ Experts Debunk the Harmful TikTok Trend for Weight Loss

“Skinny Tok” is an extreme dieting trend on TikTok that equates thinness with health. Miodrag Ignjatovic/Getty Images “Skinny Tok,’ an extreme form of dieting that equates thinness with he...

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Illegal immigrant who overstayed in the UK for 25 years allowed to remain as she has been here too long, court rules

AN ILLEGAL immigrant who used fake documents and was jailed for fraud is allowed to stay in the UK because...

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Epidemiologist Recommends Doing These 5 Things To Extend Your Lifespan And Increase Your Health

Article created by: Karina Babenok From the mystic fountain of youth to sinister rituals, humans have been obsessed with immortality since the beginning of time. Whilst death is an inevitable par...

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Man Utd title winner didn’t want to leave house after being mocked for his looks and got apology from Gary Lineker

LUKE CHADWICK has revealed he was left battling depression and anxiety after being mocked for his appearance. The former Manchester United midfielder was on the books at...

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How huge health funding cuts in Washington 'put lives at risk' in communities

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. Gone are specialists who were confronting a measles outbreak in Ohio, workers who drov...

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HIV’s Most Promising Breakthrough Has Taken a Hit

Solving HIV vaccination—a puzzle that scientists have been tackling for decades without success—could be like cracking the code to a safe. The key, they now think, may be delivering a series of dif...

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Journalists Draw Link Between Internet Dead Zones, Threatened Medicaid Cuts, and Health

Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed covid-19 vaccines and prostate cancer on WAMU’s “1A” on May 27. Click here to hear Gounder on “1A.” ...

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