Health

The exercise paradox: why workouts aren’t great for weight loss but useful for maintaining a healthy body weight

Studies show exercise only has a modest effect on weight loss. Giuseppe Elio Cammarata/ ShutterstockThe basic principle of weight loss is straightforward: if you consume fewer calories than you bur...

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Private Medicare, Medicaid Plans Exaggerate In-Network Mental Health Options, Watchdogs Say

Companies running private Medicare and Medicaid insurance plans inaccurately list many mental health professionals as being available to treat the plans’ members, a new federal watchdog report says...

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Bible-based diet could unlock the secret to lasting wellness, experts say

Many people turn to the Bible for guidance in times of both triumph and hardship — but some say it can also serve as a guide for physical health. Dr. Josh Axe and Jordan Rubin, co-authors of the bo...

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The Cleaner Way to Get Ripped

To eat 10,000 calories a day, you might try putting away a family-size box of Oreos, a box of packaged cakes, a pint of Ben & Jerry’s, takeout from Five Guys and McDonald’s, and many, many Rees...

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‘Chemtrail’ Theories Warn of Health Dangers From Contrails. The Idea Takes Wing at Kennedy’s HHS.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to investigate climate and weather control, an idea gaining traction as an updated twist on a fringe theory linking airplane vapor tr...

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Chronic Constipation: What to Eat to Find Relief, According to New Guidelines

New recommendations for constipation identify specific foods, supplements, and drinks that can improve symptoms. Zoa Photo/Stocksy United The British Dietetic Association has released diet...

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FDA unveils drugs to receive expedited review in support of 'national priorities'

The Food and Drug Administration is announcing the first round of drugs that will receive drastically expedited reviews at the agencyWASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration...

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What to know about COVID, flu, RSV vaccines amid respiratory virus season

Respiratory virus season is upon the United States as the cold weather months set in, meaning cases of COVID-19, influenza and RSV are set to increase.In its annual outlook report, the Centers for ...

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States Jostle Over $50B Rural Health Fund as Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Trigger Scramble

WASHINGTON — Nationwide, states are racing to win their share of a new $50 billion rural health fund. But helping rural hospitals, as originally envisioned, is quickly becoming a quaint ide...

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After Chiding Democrats on Transgender Politics, Newsom Vetoes a Key Health Measure

California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed a suite of privacy protection bills for transgender patients amid continuing threats by the Trump administration. But there w...

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Schrödinger’s Government Shutdown

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

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D’Angelo’s Death From Pancreatic Cancer Puts Rare Disease in the Spotlight

D’Angelo’s untimely passing is a stark reminder of the devastating effects of pancreatic cancer. Frans Schellekens/Redferns/Getty Images Grammy-winning R&B artist D’Angelo has died at ...

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Ancient lead exposure may have helped humans evolve over Neanderthals, study finds

Lead exposure has been thought to be a uniquely modern phenomenon.Exposure to lead by ancient humans could have given modern humans a survival advantage over other species – more specifically, thei...

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Harvard’s Public-Health School Is on Life Support

As Andrea Baccarelli, the dean of Harvard’s School of Public Health, prepared to open a virtual town hall earlier this month, members of the university’s graduate-student union gathered for a watch...

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California officials confirm 1st US case of severe mpox strain with no travel history

All prior cases of the more severe strain in the U.S. involved travel to Africa.The first U.S. case of a more severe strain of mpox without any recent travel history has been identified in Californ...

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The race to make the perfect baby is creating an ethical mess

Consider, if you will, the translucent blob in the eye of a microscope: a human blastocyst, the biological specimen that emerges just five days or so after a fateful encounter between egg and sperm...

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Violence erupts during anti-pollution protest as anger boils in Tunisia’s phosphate belt

Demonstrators have clashed with police during a protest against worsening air pollutionfrom a phosphate-processing plant in the southern Tunisian city of GabesGABES, Tunisia -- GABES, Tunisia (AP) ...

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The tiny African nation of Lesotho had victories in its HIV fight. Then, the US aid cuts came

HA LEJONE, Lesotho -- HA LEJONE, Lesotho (AP) — In the snow-topped mountains of Lesotho, mothers carrying babies on their backs walk for hours to the nearest health clinic, only to find HIV testing...

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An Age-Old Fear Grows More Common: ‘I’m Going To Die Alone’

This summer, at dinner with her best friend, Jacki Barden raised an uncomfortable topic: the possibility that she might die alone. “I have no children, no husband, no sibl...

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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy’s HHS

While plowing a wheat field in rural Washington state in the 1990s, William Wallace spotted a gray plane overhead that he believed was releasing chemicals to make him sick. The rancher began to sus...

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ChatGPT erotica coming soon with age verification, CEO says

On Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that the company will allow verified adult users to have erotic conversations with ChatGPT starting in December. The change represents a shift in how Ope...

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