Health

WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate panel on Tuesday that he’s looking at a variety of different ways to assure major universities continue to get research funding despite a ban on coverage of “indirect costs”... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday it will limit approval for seasonal COVID-19 shots to seniors and others at high risk pending more data on everyone else — raising questions about whether some people who want a vaccine this fall will be... Read More

In Washington, D.C., there is one rule you can count on: nothing is ever as it seems. The mirage of smoke and mirrors provides the ambiance, but not the needed reflection. The current debate over cutting Medicaid is no different.... Read More

GENEVA (AP) — Stripped of U.S. funding, the World Health Organization chief on Monday appealed to member countries to support its “extremely modest” request for a $2.1 billion annual budget by putting that sum into perspective next to outlays for ad campaigns... Read More

WASHINGTON — Many people face challenges when trying to maintain a healthy weight. Over the last few years, GLP-1 medications, originally intended for type 2 diabetes, have shown promising results in helping with weight loss. However, weight alone isn’t the... Read More

WASHINGTON — Do you ever feel like your brain slows down the day after a bad night’s sleep? It’s not just your imagination. A new review suggests how sleep quality early in life may influence brain development and cognitive performance... Read More

For the 1.5 million Americans living with chronic lung and heart disease and other respiratory conditions, supplemental oxygen is not a luxury or something that would be nice to have — it is a literal lifeline. Supplemental oxygen allows patients... Read More

Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of new human cases have stopped. Has the search for cases been weakened by government cuts? Are immigrant farm workers,... Read More

WASHINGTON — It’s a moment “Doctor Mike” Varshavski still describes as both a blessing and a curse. Here he was, a young doctor in the middle of his residency in 2015, when thanks to his presence on Instagram, he found... Read More

The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, has been anything but affordable. Despite all the talk about “bending the cost curve,” benefit costs have far outpaced inflation since the 2010s and national annual health care spending is now an astounding $5 trillion. The good... Read More

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment's repeal and instead ban most abortions with exceptions for rape an incest.... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it is rolling back limits on the "forever chemicals" that have been found in the nation's drinking water. The chemicals, known as PFAS, have been linked to cancer and reproductive health... Read More

WASHINGTON — Testifying on Capitol Hill for the first time as the nation’s leading health official, Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday defended his bare bones request for $94 billion to run his department, as well as steps he’s... Read More

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland will become the first state to use money collected from a surcharge on insurance plans sold under the Affordable Care Act to fund a program to pay for abortions, regardless of a patient's insurance coverage,... Read More

(AP) — A listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat sandwiches and snacks has sickened at least 10 people in the U.S., and a producer is voluntarily recalling dozens of products sold to retail stores, hospitals, hotels, airports and airlines, federal officials said. The... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration have issued a request for information related to their recently initiated review of the nutrients contained in infant formula. Announced in March, “Operation Stork Speed”... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday announced his intention to try to resurrect a controversial policy from his first administration in a bid to reduce the cost of some prescription drugs in the United States by linking their prices... Read More

WASHINGTON — It is a well-known fact that spending time among the trees boosts mental and physical health. Trees filter out carbon dioxide and release oxygen and help reduce our stress levels. Trees may even provide benefits before birth. The... Read More

WASHINGTON — Take a bite into a plump, fresh strawberry and let some sweet red juice drip down your chin. Sure, it’s messy, but that fresh “juice” is pure water, full of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Mid-May is peak strawberry... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's plan to change the pricing model for some medications is already facing fierce criticism from the pharmaceutical industry before he's even signed the executive order set for Monday that, if implemented, could lower the cost of... Read More

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved. Before long, Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why “everybody is mad at... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to Medicaid, Rep. Juan Ciscomani is telling fellow Republicans he won't support steep cuts that could hit thousands of residents in his Arizona district — “my neighbors, people my kids go to school with” — who depend... Read More

The recent federal ban on knockoff versions of popular weight-loss drugs like Mounjaro and Ozempic was a big win for Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, which produce the GLP-1 drugs that help people lose weight seemingly overnight. But it’s unwelcome... Read More

WASHINGTON — A  pair of lawmakers from New York, Reps. Mike Lawler, a Republican, and Laura Gillen, a Democrat, have reintroduced a bill that’s been floated in every Congress since 2022 that would establish a federal legal right to in-vitro... Read More

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill reintroduced Wednesday would establish a grant program under the auspices of the Department of Education to give high-need schools the ability to hire and retain additional school nurses. “All too often, when school districts like... Read More

WASHINGTON — Rep. Scott Franklin, R-Fla., on Tuesday reintroduced a bill aimed at closing a long-standing loophole that allows Department of Veterans Affairs employees under investigation to resign or retire without any permanent record of misconduct. “Veterans deserve a VA... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at reducing the time it takes the Food and Drug Administration and other agencies to approve the construction of new pharmaceutical plants in the country. The order comes as... Read More

WASHINGTON — An executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday would restrict federal funding for so-called “gain-of-function” research on pathogens and other toxins. The research has long been controversial among scientists who fear that pathogens made more dangerous... Read More

DOVER, Del. — Gov. Matt Meyer, a Democrat, established a new committee on Monday to improve health outcomes, lower health care costs, and strengthen local food systems. Dubbed the “Delaware Food Is Medicine Committee,” it aims to harness the power... Read More

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Ahead of a nationally watched bid to become Michigan’s next governor, Democrat Jocelyn Benson is releasing a memoir this month that includes her first public discussion of a miscarriage she had about eight years ago — an experience she... Read More