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The Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves Lives

A year after the Trump administration began the dismantlement of USAID, it is initiating a new round of significant cuts to foreign assistance. This time, programs that survived the initial purge p...

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Some People Are Just Too Selfish And Stupid To Work With Others As These 49 Photos Show (New Pics)

Most of us have had at least that one coworker who’s made our lives a little harder.You know the type — the one who talks too loudly, takes up too much space on the desk, borrows your charger and r...

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Actor Taye Diggs on How Losing His Parents to Cancer Changed His Life

Actor Taye Diggs lost both his parents to cancer and shares how this experience has shaped his life since. Photo by James Willis Actor Taye Diggs has opened up about losing both his parent...

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Schrödinger’s Snack

Eating candy for breakfast is not a good decision. But most mornings, I start my day with something that looks and tastes a lot like just that. The Built Puff protein bar is covered in chocolate an...

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The mystery Malaysia Airlines of flight MH370

At 12.41am local time on 8 March, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 set out from Kuala Lumpur, bound for Beijing. About 40 minutes after its departure, however,...

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Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC on Sobriety: 'I'm Not Afraid to Face Myself'

Twenty years sober, Run-DMC’s Darryl McDaniels opens up about his recovery journey. Courtesy of Stand Together Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, of the legendary hip-ho...

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Journalists Explain Colorectal Cancer Risk and Federal Pullback on Georgia Disability Oversight

Céline Gounder, KFF Health News’ editor-at-large for public health, discussed on CBS News 24/7’s The Daily Report on Feb. 16 how the recent deaths of two actors sparked searches for colorectal canc...

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Trump’s Transparent Hospital Pricing Pays Off for Industry — But Not So Much for Patients

“We’re going to post that, all the prices for everything,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared at a recent event held by the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washi...

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State Lawmakers Seek Restraints on Wage Garnishment for Medical Debt

Lawmakers in at least eight states this year are aiming to reel in wage garnishment for unpaid medical bills. The legislation introduced in Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Maine, Michiga...

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Mounjaro, Zepbound May Lower Risk of Eye Disease in People With Diabetes

Tirzepatide may help lower the risk of diabetic retinopathy, a diabetes complication that can lead to vision loss. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images Weight loss medications Mounjaro and Zepbound,...

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When It Comes to Health Insurance, Federal Dollars Support More Than ACA Plans

Subsidies. Love ’em or hate them, they dominated the news during the Affordable Care Act’s sign-up season, and their reduction is now hitting many enrollees in the pocketbook. ...

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Should Drug Companies Be Advertising to Consumers?

Tamar Abrams had a lousy couple of years in 2022 and ’23. Both her parents died; a relationship ended; she retired from communications consulting. She moved from Arlington, Virginia, to Warren, Rho...

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Physical Inactivity Linked to Diabetes Complications Like Stroke, Eye Disease

Research shows that increased physical activity may help prevent many diabetes complications. Image Credit: Alessandro Biascioli/Getty Images A recent study has found that many of the comp...

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Let’s Talk About RFK Jr.’s Workout Pants

A post on X claimed to be a simple message from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Stay active; eat well. But the 90-second video it shared, called “Secretary Kennedy and Kid Rock’s ...

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: Turnarounds and Shake-Ups

The Host Mary Agnes Carey KFF Health News @maryagnescarey Read Mary Agnes' stories. ...

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Why have Americans turned against this lifesaving medication?

Cholesterol-lowering statins are crediting with savings thousands of lives every year. So, why are Americans so worried about side effects? | Daria Dudnik/Getty Images Statins are one...

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4 out of 5 Rural Texans Face a “Life-Threatening” Chronic Disease Crisis, PCCI Data Shows

Source: What You Should Know The Finding: An analysis using the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation’s (PCCI) Community Vulnerability Compass (CVC) reveals that four out of five r...

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19 Times Men Were So Hilariously Out Of Touch, They Earned The Title Of “Male Karen”

Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s never worth it to waste energy being angry about things that don’t matter, and nobody wants to spend time around someone who’s constantly upset. While most of us d...

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Sugar-Sweetened Drinks May Trigger Anxiety in Young People, Study Finds

A new study has linked sugar-sweetened beverages to anxiety symptoms in young people. Stockah/Getty Images Consumption of beverages high in sugar is associated with symptoms of anxiety in ...

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The Longevity Scam

The quest to live forever has fascinated humans for millennia. The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed about 4,000 years ago, follows a king who searches the world for a plant that can restore youth, only ...

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Nevada Debuts Public Option Amid Tumultuous Federal Changes to Health Care

More than 10,000 people have enrolled in Nevada’s new public option health plans, which debuted last fall with the expectation that they would bring lower prices to the health insurance market. ...

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