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Viewpoint: Long-contained diseases are on the rise in the U.S. Are Trump cuts to blame?
As beachgoers flock to water during the busy July Fourth weekend, danger could be lurking in some areas. Researchers this ...
Misnamed ‘medical freedom’ movement stalls in Florida as Republicans fail to advance legislation ending school vaccine mandates
Every state, along with Washington, D.C., requires children to obtain certain vaccinations before they can attend school or childcare. These ...
Ideological red flag: Led by anti-vax doctor, Tennessee is now the U.S. epicenter selling potent ivermectin shown worthless to prevent or treat Covid
Four years ago, Tennessee became the first state to allow adults to buy the antiparasitic drug ivermectin from a pharmacy ...
Even in blue states, hospitals have continued to drop gender-affirming care for youths
One afternoon in late 2024, a sixth-grader nicknamed Bug came home from school with an announcement to make. Bug, who ...
Anguished parents, doctors in tears: Utah’s long measles outbreak takes a toll
Ben Dowse hadn’t expected to treat measles when he became a doctor, but there he was, examining a newborn exposed ...
Viewpoints: Republicans lean into MAHA ‘wellness agenda’ to prevent midterm losses as Trump’s popularity totters
When a "Make America Healthy Again" summit was held at the posh Waldorf Astoria in Washington, the line of attendees ...
Restrictions on synthetic dyes and ultra-processed foods: RFK, Jr.’s MAHA movement policies gain traction in statehouses
When one of Adam Burkhammer’s foster children struggled with hyperactivity, the West Virginia legislator and his wife decided to alter ...
Viewpoint: Win for politicized junk science—Vaccine crisis escalates as RFK, Jr.’s hand-picked cronies gut life-saving hepatitis B shot recommendation
Recent weeks have brought good news about vaccines, with studies indicating that flu vaccination reduces heart disease, shingles vaccines can prevent ...
Trump shutdown of LGBTQ+ suicide hotline sparks panic in many states
On July 17, the option shut down for LGBTQ+ youth to access specialized mental health support from the national 988 ...
Viewpoint: ‘Get toxins out of our environment’—Despite pledges, Trump’s MAHA policies are making some Americans more vulnerable
In his March address to Congress, President Donald Trump honored a Texas boy diagnosed with brain cancer. Amid bipartisan applause, ...
Viewpoint: Trump says he’s targeting health care fraud. He’s pardoned or commuted sentences of 68 people convicted of interfering in fraud investigations
Five years ago, the CEO of one of the largest pain clinic companies in the Southeast was sentenced to more than ...
Viewpoint: Unregulated pseudo-science supplement industry poised to rake in record profits as RFK, Jr.’s health disinformation propaganda mainstreams
Last fall, before being named the senior U.S. health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the Trump administration would liberate ...
Flipping the ideological health disinformation switch: MAGA conservatives embrace of raw milk has health officials panicking
In summertime, cows wait under a canopy to be milked at Mark McAfee’s farm in Fresno, California. From his Cessna ...
COVID vaccine hesitancy: With fewer parents willing to have their children vaccinated, pediatricians are throwing away trays of expired pandemic vaccines
When pediatrician Eric Ball opened a refrigerator full of childhood vaccines, all the expected shots were there — DTaP, polio, ...
‘Copycat’ weight loss drugs solution for those who can’t access Ozempic or Wegovy
Pharmacist Mark Mikhael has lost 50 pounds over the past 12 months. He no longer has diabetes and finds himself “at ...