Health

‘A Fear Pandemic’: Immigration Raids Push Patients Into Telehealth

Jacob Sweidan has seen his patients through the federal immigration raids of the 1990s, a sitting governor’s call to abolish birthright citizenship, and the highly publicized workplace crackdowns a...

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COVID Revenge Is Supercharging the Anti-Vaccine Agenda

Four and a half years ago, fresh off the success of Operation Warp Speed, mRNA vaccines were widely considered—as President Donald Trump said in December 2020—a “medical miracle.” Last week, the Un...

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Moving to a walkable city can add more than 1,000 steps to your day: Study

People who moved to cities with better walkability logged about 1,100 more steps per day and were nearly twice as likely to meet exercise goals, according to a large U.S. relocation study published...

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How cutting waiting lists for mental healthcare would save money – and people’s jobs

There are more than 1 million people on NHS waiting lists for mental healthcare in the UK. Many of them have to wait weeks or months before treatment can begin for conditions such as depression and...

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Orforglipron: What to Know About Eli Lilly’s New Weight Loss Pill for Obesity

GLP-1 drugmaker Eli Lilly’s new weight loss pill orforglipron showed meaningful weight loss results in a recent clinical trial. Scott Olson/Getty Images Eli Lilly’s new oral GLP-1 medicati...

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High level of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in Gaza, analysis finds

Cases of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections are high in Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, a new analysis finds.The widespread prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacteria is expected to c...

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What is AI psychosis? The rise in people thinking chatbots are real or godlike

Relationships with chatbots are becoming more common – is it psychosis? (Picture: Getty) Humans are becoming increasingly reliant on AI for everyday tasks, finances, and even adv...

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Medicaid Cuts Could Have Vast Ripple Effects in This Rural Colorado Community

In southern Colorado’s San Luis Valley, clouds billow above the towering mountains of the Sangre de Cristo range. A chorus of blackbirds whistle as they flit among the reeds of a wildlife refuge. B...

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An Arm and a Leg: A Wild Health Insurance Hustle

When a New York couple purchased a health insurance plan from a telemarketer, they thought it covered everything they wanted: doctor visits, tests, and medicine. But then came the unexpected bills ...

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Autism diagnoses happening earlier for boys but many girls still wait years, analysis finds

Autism is being diagnosed earlier in young children, especially in boys, according to a major new analysis of medical records published on Tuesday.Conducted by Epic Research -- the data and analyti...

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6 Ways Trump’s 'Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Limit Healthcare Access

The “One Big Beautiful Bill” will cut $1 trillion from health-related programs like Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA over the next decade. MoMo Productions/Getty Images The tax and spending...

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Medicaid Cuts Endanger Millions in Nursing Homes

What Is Happening With the Medicaid Cuts? The sweeping “One Big, Beautiful Bill”—recently signed into law—ushers in nearly one trillion in Medicaid cuts over the next decade, marking the progr...

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Mum with money problems ‘took her own life while children were at school after GP found she wasn’t suicidal’

A MUM with money problems took her own life while her children were at school after a GP ruled she wasn’t suicidal, an inquest heard. Amy Manning, 32, was discovered dead...

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CDC union condemns vaccine misinformation after shooter blamed COVID vaccine for depression

A Georgia man who had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him depressed and suicidal has been identified as the shooter who opened fire late Friday on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Pr...

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Dollar store food shopping isn't derailing American diets: Study

Dollar stores tend to sell less healthy food, but households that shop there appear to compensate by making healthier purchases elsewhere, a new study suggests.Researchers from Tufts University in ...

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Considering a Life Change? Brace for Higher ACA Costs

People thinking about starting a business or retiring early — before they’re old enough for Medicare — may want to wait until November, when they can see just how much their Affordable Care Act hea...

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Experts Say Rural Emergency Rooms Are Increasingly Run Without Doctors

EKALAKA, Mont. — There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived in early June at the emergency room in the small hospital at the intersection of two dirt roads in this town of 400 residents. ...

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Trump previously called mRNA vaccines a 'medical miracle.' Now, RFK Jr. cut $500M in funding

When the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in December 2020, President Donald Trump referred to it as a "medical miracle.""...

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Instability in childhood can lead to health problems later

The more unpredictable an environment is for children, the more likely they are to exhibit mental and physical health issues when they hit their teenage and early adulthood years, according to new ...

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Man fired 180 shots, breaking 150 windows, in CDC attack

The man who attacked the CDC headquarters in Atlanta on Friday fired more than 180 shots into the campus and broke about 150 windowsNEW YORK -- The man who attacked the CDC headquarters in Atlanta ...

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Are You Cowmaxxing?

A not-insignificant number of TikToks aim to convince the viewer that beef-tallow moisturizer will not make your face smell like a cow. The beauty influencers who tend to appear in these videos—usu...

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