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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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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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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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California resident tests positive for plague

The disease can be cured with antibiotics.August 20, 2025, 11:54 AMA resident in South Lake Tahoe, California, has tested positive for plague, according to local health officials.The person is are ...

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750 HHS employees send signed letter to RFK Jr. asking him to stop spreading misinformation

It comes in the wake of a deadly shooting at CDC headquarters in Atlanta.More than 750 employees across the Department of Health and Human Services sent a signed letter to members of Congress and H...

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How to protect yourself from Vibrio vulnificus, the bacteria found in some coastal waters

NEW YORK -- States are warning beachgoers about a summertime surge in infections from a frightening, flesh-eating bacteria found in coastal waters.Vibrio vulnificus are becoming an annual threat al...

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MAHA Draft Report: Pesticides, Processed Foods Unmentioned, But Conspiracy Theories Abound

We’ve already demonstrated over the course of plenty of posts that RFK Jr. is wildly incapable of running Health and Human Services. The fact that he was even nominated for a role in managing Ameri...

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Kennedy’s Anti-Vaccine Strategy Risks Forcing Shots Off Market, Manufacturers Warn

Dining under palm trees on a patio at Mar-a-Lago in December, President-elect Donald Trump reassured chief executives at pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Pfizer that anti-vaccine activist Robert...

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Optum Rx Invokes Open Meetings Law To Fight Kentucky Counties on Opioid Suits

UnitedHealth Group’s multibillion-dollar pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, is suing five Kentucky counties in an attempt to force them out of national opioid litigation against the company. ...

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Planned Parenthood Bets on Redistricting To Push Back Against GOP Funding Cuts

Abortion rights groups are backing California Democrats in the escalating battle to redraw congressional maps, warning that Republicans are rigging seats on the heels of deeply unpopular cuts to sa...

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New malaria drug for babies offers hope to health workers in Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda -- Alice Nekesa did not know she was infected with malaria-causing parasites until it was too late. She was in the fourth month of pregnancy last year when she started bleeding, a m...

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Largest measles outbreak in US is officially over, health officials say

The measles outbreak in Texas has officially ended.In a Monday press release, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reported the end of the outbreak, which centered in West Texas.The...

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Psychiatrists Warn That Talking to AI Is Leading to Severe Mental Health Issues

In a jarring new analysis, psychiatric researchers found that a wide swath of mental health issues have already been associated with artificial intelligence usage — and virtually every top AI compa...

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Over-the-Counter Birth Control Led to Dramatic Rise in Contraceptive Access

A new study found that OTC birth control has significantly expanded access to a safe and reliable birth control method. Carol Yepes/Getty Images In 2023, the FDA approved Opill, the first ...

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