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‘I Can’t Tell You’: Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees

Lydia Romero strained to hear her husband’s feeble voice through the phone. A week earlier, immigration agents had grabbed Julio César Peña from his front yard in Glendale...

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Blurry Line Between Medical and Vision Insurance Leaves Patient With Unexpected Bill

Barbara Tuszynski was concerned about her vision but confident in her insurance coverage when she went to an eye clinic last May. The retiree, 70, was diagnosed wi...

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Will T-Maxxing Ever End?

Some of the country’s most powerful men are panicking about testosterone levels. Tucker Carlson’s 2022 documentary The End of Men blamed declining testosterone for the supposedly rampant emasculati...

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Low Dose Aspirin Not Tied to Cancer, but May Raise Cancer-Related Death Risk

A new study shows daily aspirin use doesn’t impact cancer incidence but may raise the risk of cancer-related mortality. coldsnowstorm/Getty Images Researchers say that a daily routine of l...

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: The Hazards of ICE for Public Health

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. ...

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Are You a Night Owl? Your Cardiovascular Disease Risk May Be Higher

New research suggests that night owls may have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. Image Credit: Ani Dimi/Stocksy Night owls, people who tend to go to bed later, may be at greater ris...

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Polio Was That Bad

In the United States, polio is a memory, and a fading one at that. The last major outbreak here happened in 1952; the virus was declared eliminated in 1979. With all of that behind us, you can see ...

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Her Son’s Injury Never Got Its Day in Vaccine Court. Their Lawyer Is Now Advising RFK on Its Overhaul.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In 2019, after a routine vaccination, 11-year-old Keithron Thomas felt a sharp pain in his shoulder and down his arm. His mother, Melanie Bostic, thought it would go away after...

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Medicare Advantage Insurers Face New Curbs on Overcharges in Trump Plan That Reins in Payments

Medicare Advantage health plans are blasting a government proposal this week that would keep their reimbursement rates flat next year while making other payment changes. ...

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America’s Convenience-Store Conundrum

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a new rallying cry: Eat real food. It’s an intuitive piece of advice—snack on some grapes instead of potato chips, trade that microwaveable mystery meat for a grilled chic...

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Nearly Half of U.S. Adults Will Have Obesity by 2035. What Can Be Done?

Obesity rates in the U.S. are projected to rise over the next decade, but lifestyle strategies that may help reverse the trend. Robert DEYRAIL/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Researchers pred...

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When Suicidal Calls Come In, Who Answers? Georgia Crisis Line Response Rates Reveal Gaps

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” Kaitlin Cooke of Cartersville, Georgia, was ...

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Pediatricians Release Child Vaccine Recommendations That Break With CDC

The AAP has released new vaccine guidance that counteracts the recent CDC updates. Image Credit: FatCamera/Getty Images The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued an updated childhood...

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SCOTUStoday for Wednesday, January 28

Justice Louis Brandeis, the first Jewish justice, was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Woodrow Wilson on this day in 1916. SCOTUSblog executive editor Zach Shemtob recently gave a Jewish...

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There are long-lasting, negative effects for children like Liam Ramos who are detained, or watch their parents be deported

Children hold signs on the porch of a house as protesters march in Minneapolis against Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Jan. 10, 2026. Octavio JONES/AFP via Getty ImagesWhen Immigration and ...

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