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Birth Control Cancer

Breast cancer and birth control: A huge new study shows how science can be distorted

What the air you breathe may be doing to your brain

Air Pollution Philly

Is COVID during pregnancy linked to autism? What a new study shows, and what it doesn't

Covid-19 Pregnancy Autism

Many fear federal loan caps will deter aspiring doctors and worsen MD shortage

Federal Loans Doctors

Despite the hoopla, vaccines should be in reach this cough-and-cold season

Flu Shot 2025

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a chemtrail? New conspiracy theory takes wing at Robert Kennedy's HHS

Chemtrails Conspiracy Theory

How to pick the right cosmetic surgeon

Cosmetic Surgery

Health Insurance

AI will soon have a say in approving or denying Medicare treatments

Medicare AI Mehmet Oz

Health Insurance

Trump administration's answer to ballooning Obamacare premiums: Less generous coverage

ACA Premiums Trump

RFK Jr.'s take on vaccine science fractures cohesive national public health strategies

RFK Vaccines CDC

Why are more older people dying after falls?

Falls Deaths Medications

Children's Health

Do pediatricians recommend vaccines to make a profit? There's not much money in it

Childhood Vaccines Doctors

Health Insurance

As insurers struggle with weight-loss drug costs, some seek to wean patients off

Weight-loss Drugs Insurance

Senior CDC officials resign after Susan Monarez's ouster, citing concerns over scientific independence

CDC Officials Resign

It's almost flu season. Should you still get a shot, and will insurance cover it?

Flu Shots Insurance

This test tells you more about your heart attack risk

CT Scan Heart Attacks

Sorting out COVID vaccine confusion: New and conflicting federal policies raise questions

COVID-19 Shots

In rush to satisfy Trump, GOP delivers blow to health industry

Medicaid Cuts GOP

World's premier cancer institute faces crippling cuts and chaos

Trump NCI Cuts

Many older people embrace vaccines. Research is proving them right

Older Adults Shots

Health Insurance

The price you pay for an Obamacare plan could surge next year

Obamacare Premiums Cost

Alternative Medicine

As cannabis users age, health risks appear to grow

Cannabis Older Adults

American doctors are moving to Canada to escape the Trump administration

American Doctors Canada

A ministroke can have major consequences – including steep cognitive decline

Mini Stroke Cognitive Decline

As a diversity grant dies, young scientists fear it will haunt their careers

White House NIH Funds

Fast action from bystanders can improve cardiac arrest survival. Many don't know what to do

AED Cardiac Arrest

Measles misinformation is on the rise — and Americans are hearing it, survey finds

Measles Misinformation Survey

Misinformation about fentanyl exposure threatens to undermine overdose response

Fentanyl Powder Misinformation

Trump eliminates HHS office that sets poverty levels tied to benefits for 80 million people

HHS Poverty Guidelines

'I am going through hell': Job loss, mental health and the fate of federal workers

Federal Workers Mental Health

How the FDA opens the door to risky chemicals in America's food supply

Chemicals Food Supply

MRNA vaccines, once a Trump boast, now face attacks from some in GOP

mRNA Vaccines COVID

With RFK Jr. in charge, supplement makers see chance to cash in

RFK Jr Supplements

The COVID 'contrarians' are in power. We still haven't hashed out whether they were right

Jay Bhattacharya Stanford

Blood transfusions at the scene save lives. But ambulances are rarely equipped to do them

Ambulance Blood Transfusion

House cats with bird flu could pose a risk to public health

Cats Drinking Milk

Led by RFK Jr., conservatives embrace raw milk. Regulators say it's dangerous

Raw Milk RFK

Junk food turns public villain as power shifts in Washington

Junk Food Health

Can medical schools funnel more doctors into the primary care pipeline?

Primary Care Med Schools

Climate change threatens the mental well-being of youths. Here's how to help them cope

Climate Change Depression

Stimulant users are caught in fatal 'fourth wave' of opioid epidemic

Stimulants Cocaine Fentanyl

How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic

Bird Flu Prevention

How measles, whooping cough, and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.'s watch

Robert Kennedy Jr Illness

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