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Feds Promised ‘Radical Transparency’ but Are Withholding Rural Health Fund Applications

Medication-delivering drones and telehealth at local libraries are among the ideas state leaders revealed in November for spending their share of a $50 billion federal rural health program. ...

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RFK Jr. Wants To Delay the Hepatitis B Vaccine. Here’s What Parents Need To Know.

Working out of a tribal-owned hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, liver specialist Brian McMahon has spent decades treating the long shadow of hepatitis B. Before a vaccine became available in the 1980s...

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These 9 skincare brands are standing out with buzzy products—and armies of influencers

Over the past year, these nine beauty and skincare brands on the list of 2025 Brands That Matter found innovative ways to make customers see their inner beauty. Some pulled back the curtain...

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Kids who have smartphones by age 12 have higher risk of depression, obesity: Study

Children who have smartphones by age 12 are at higher risk of lack of sleep, obesity and depression, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics.What's more, researchers fou...

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Chairman of vaccine committee leaves for new HHS job

NEW YORK -- U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s controversial vaccine advisory committee will be meeting later this week under a new chairperson, federal officials announced Monday.Martin...

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Stopping GLP-1s Before Pregnancy Linked to Weight Gain, Other Complications

New research suggests that stopping GLP-1 drugs before pregnancy is linked to complications like gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. Tatsiana Volkava/Getty Images A recent study suggest...

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Medicaid Work Rules Exempt the ‘Medically Frail.’ Deciding Who Qualifies Is Tricky.

Eliza Brader worries she soon will need to prove she’s working to continue receiving Medicaid health coverage. She doesn’t think she should have to. The 27-year-old reside...

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New Work Requirement Adds Red Tape to Missouri’s Snarled Food Aid System

WARRENTON, Mo. — Distributing food stamps soon could get even harder for Missouri’s food aid system, which a federal judge has already called “broken and inaccessible.” St...

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Watch: Trump Considers Extending Obamacare Subsidies

Amanda Seitz, KFF Health News’ Washington health policy reporter, appeared on NewsNation’s NewsNation Live With Connell McShane on Nov. 24 to discuss President Donald Trump’s latest health proposal...

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World Health Organization issues first-ever guidelines for use of GLP-1 weight loss medications

Globally, more than 1 billion people currently live with obesity.The World Health Organization on Monday released new guidance on GLP-1 medications for adults with obesity, recommending their long-...

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Texas cities have some of the highest preterm birth rates in the US, highlighting maternal health crisis nationwide

The newest March of Dimes report gives the U.S. a D+ rating on preterm birth rates. IvanJekic/E+ via Getty ImagesSeven years ago, at 30 weeks into a seemingly low-risk pregnancy, I unexpectedly beg...

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Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned

President Donald Trump says he'll release the results of his MRI test that he received in OctoberNovember 30, 2025, 6:33 PMWASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would release the...

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New FDA-approved glasses can slow nearsightedness in kids

WASHINGTON -- For many children, the experience of getting their first pair of glasses is an inevitable milestone, the first in a lifetime of visits to the eye doctor.But what if those lenses could...

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Why doing good also makes us feel good, during the holidays and beyond

WASHINGTON -- The holiday season is a time for giving thanks, giving gifts — and for many, a time for giving back.Food banks, services that deliver meals to seniors and other U.S. charities typical...

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Gutting of key US watchdog could pave way for grave immigration abuses, experts warn

Former oversight officials alarmed by dismantling of DHS system that oversees complaints about civil rights harmsThe federal watchdog system at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that overse...

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Youth workers are spreading health messages on social media: how to support what they do in South Africa

Mental health messaging on platforms like TikTok and WhatsApp is becoming common in the digital age. Globally, digital media technologies have become integral to how young people get and use health...

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Holiday Stress: An 'Invisible Day' Could Help You Reset, Experts Say

Some experts say that taking an ‘invisible day’ could help us cope with stress during busy periods. Image credit: Jessie Casson/Getty Images An ‘invisible day’ is a new self-care trend tha...

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Silicon Valley sets its sights on building the perfect baby

If you could design your ideal baby, what would you choose? A lover of naps who sleeps through the night? A mind for math and an affinity for the viola? For the founders of fertility tech startup H...

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You’re on Ozempic? How Quaint

“Ozempic is about to be old news,” my colleague Yasmin Tayag wrote in 2023, just before an even more powerful obesity drug, tirzepatide, then best known as Mounjaro, was approved. Well, two years l...

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121 Interesting, Cool, And Disturbing Facts About The Mind And Body, As Shared By This FB Page

While we tend to think we know ourselves pretty well, the human body still has all sorts of ways to surprise us. The truth is that we’re pretty complicated organisms, where a lot can go wrong (or r...

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A visit to Somalia's crumbling hospitals shows the toll of aid cuts and war

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- To save the life of his badly malnourished 3-year-old son, farmer Yusuf Bulle had to travel from a remote area of southern Somalia to the capital, Mogadishu, where a rare heal...

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