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Efforts To End School Vaccine Mandates Hit a Wall in Florida

Every state, along with Washington, D.C., requires children to obtain certain vaccinations before they can attend school or childcare. These mandates date back decades, and many public health exper...

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Medicare Advantage Company Pays $342M to Government in Midst of Billing Probe

A major Medicare Advantage company has paid the government more than $342 million to help settle allegations that it overcharged the federal healthcare program for years. Elevance Health, wh...

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Can GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic Really Change Your Sense of Smell and Taste?

Some GLP-1 users report changes in their taste and smell, according to a new study. Tatsiana Volkava/Getty Images Researchers report that GLP-1 drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes may impa...

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Intermittent Fasting Aids Weight Loss, With a Surprising Psychological Benefit

Researchers compared intermittent fasting with calorie counting and found that people following fasting protocols thought about food less often. Anchiy/Getty Images A recent study found th...

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Opioid Settlement Money Pays for Services To Battle Addiction in Rural Kentucky

WHITESBURG, Ky. — Drugs and the consequences of addiction are woven into the fabric of Jamie Madden’s life. Her earliest memory is of standing on the passenger seat of her dad’s car as a tod...

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Democrats To Propose Bill Capping Out-of-Pocket Medicare Costs for Enrollees

Sen. Ron Wyden and 14 Democratic co-sponsors plan to introduce legislation Thursday to cap consumers’ potential out-of-pocket costs in traditional Medicare, resurfacing a long-running debate over w...

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Satellites reveal Earth has a surprising symmetry in the way it reflects light — and it might be tied to the El Niño cycle

For half a century, scientists have known that Earth's Northern and Southern hemispheres have almost the exact same albedo ‪— the amount of sunlight they reflect b...

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GLP-1s for $50 a Month? 14 Million Medicare Recipients May Be Eligible

An estimated 14 million Medicare Part D recipients could obtain Wegovy, Foundayo, and Zepbound for $50 per month. Johner Images/Getty Images Federal officials announced the launch of a Med...

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A Ban Won’t Stop Abortion Pill Access, Telehealth Providers Say

Angel Foster had a backup plan. It was the first weekend in May. A federal appeals court had just made it illegal to mail mifepristone, a pill that’s part of the most widely used abortion me...

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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 was assigned female at birth, told his parents he was a boy — and would be usin...

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HHS to Update Testosterone Therapy Labels for Prostate Cancer, Hypogonadism

HHS announced it would request updates to the warning labels for testosterone replacement therapy products. Malorny/Getty Images The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has propo...

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55 Doctors Reveal Health Problems That Are Becoming Alarmingly Common Today

With so much easily accessible information online, you would think everyone would be an expert in physical and mental health, diet, and fitness. However, medical professionals are seeing a huge num...

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What we're getting wrong about teens and tech | Candice Odgers | Your Body on Tech

Trigger warning - this episode contains mention of suicide and severe depression.This is episode two of a seven-part series airing this week on TED Talks Daily, where author and podcaster Manoush Z...

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How Long Can Humanity Stay Human? The Rise in AI Dependency | Chitrangada Nair | TEDxLFIP Youth

AI can write papers, make art and videos, and even fake data. If it can fool scientists, it can fool anyone. Its friendly, validating tone makes people depend on it for comfort. Studies link mental...

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A Small Lump in Her Neck Led to 2 Rare Tumors and a 24-Hour Surgery

Jayme Cohen Lynde’s rare tumor diagnosis led to a major surgery and a long recovery. Now, she is a thriving mom of two daughters. Image Credit: Photos by Jayme Cohen Lynde/Collage by Andrew Nguyen ...

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EMT Revives Knicks Fan With Narcan as FDA Expands Access to the Medication

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 18: Fans cheer for the New York Knicks as a float with Karl-Anthony Towns and teammates pass by during the New York Knicks Championship ticker tape parade and victory rall...

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Critics skeptical of Canadian study that found only 3% of trans-identifying youth detransition

The surge in children and teens identifying as transgender and seeking gender-affirming medical interventions has been rapid and dramatic, but how many will stop or reverse their gender transition...

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Monthly Roundup #43: June 2026

Your monthly hit of all the things that are fit to print without a better place to live. Today is election day here in New York City, so again a reminder that if you are a registered Democrat and ...

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A Fancy Name for Junk Food

Once again, Americans are in a panic over what we eat. More than two-thirds of those surveyed now regard the industrially produced, ultra-processed foods, or UPFs, that dominate the U.S. food suppl...

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Worried About Your Aging Parents? Welcome to the Caregiving Club

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Medicare’s AI Push Snarls Patients and Doctors in Errors and Delays

Bill Curry, 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before him. Each quarter, for several years, he has made the 2½-hour drive to Oklahoma City...

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