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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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US pediatricians' new COVID-19 shot recommendations differ from CDC advice

For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendationsNEW YORK -- For the first time in 30 years, the American Ac...

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Leading pediatrician group recommends COVID vaccine for infants, toddlers in contrast with RFK Jr.

In May, RFK Jr. said the CDC would not recommend COVID shots for healthy kids.The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) said on Tuesday that children ages 6 months to 23 months should receive a COVI...

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Beshear bans drug in Kentucky that's being targeted by attorneys general across the nation

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took emergency action Monday to ban the sale of “designer Xanax,” responding to a request from his state's attorney general who is leading a broader eff...

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Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America’s Other Epidemic

BOGALUSA, La. — Less than a mile from a century-old mill that sustained generations in this small town north of New Orleans, 19-year-old Tajdryn Forbes was shot to death near his mother’s house. ...

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The National Suicide Hotline For LGBTQ+ Youth Went Dead. States Are Scrambling To Help.

On July 17, the option went dead for LGBTQ+ youth to access specialized mental health support from the national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. The Substance Abuse and ...

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Measles outbreak that sickened more than 700 declared over in Texas

The outbreak led to the deaths of two school-aged children.A measles outbreak in Texas that infected more than 700 people has officially been declared over, state health officials announced on Mond...

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Weekend Habits May Worsen Symptoms of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Obstructive sleep apnea symptoms may worsen on weekends, a trend researchers are calling “social apnea.” Getty Images A large study found that moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea sy...

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The national suicide hotline for LGBTQ+ youth went dead. States are scrambling to help

This is a KFF Health News story.On July 17, the option went dead for LGBTQ+ youth to access specialized mental health support from the national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.The Substance Abuse...

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What to Know About Staying Heart Healthy During Extreme Heat

Heat-induced dehydration can place stress on the heart and raise the risk for serious cardiac events. FG Trade Latin/Getty Images Higher temperatures can raise the risk of heat-related ill...

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Health Care Groups Aim To Counter Growing ‘National Scandal’ of Elder Homelessness

BRISTOL, R.I. — At age 82, Roberta Rabinovitz realized she had no place to go. A widow, she had lost both her daughters to cancer, after living with one and then the other, nursing them unt...

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