U.S. health agencies led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., were beset by multiple controversies during 2025., Read MoreContinue Reading
A national plastic surgeons group is warning people to “do their homework” before having liposuctions, Brazilian butt lifts, or other cosmetic procedures after an investigation into cosmetic surgery chains by KFF Health News and NBC News…Read MoreContinue Reading
Her go-to routine targets the upper body and core with controlled, low-impact strength work…Read MoreContinue Reading
Danielle Codd, Business reporter and Jennifer Meierhans, Business reporter Andrea Pendrey Andrea Pendrey has missed her chemotherapy treatment while she is stuck in the Maldives British holidaymakers have told the BBC they are stranded abroad after their flights were cancelled when the US-Israeli war with Iran broke out. Airspace remainsContinue Reading
Conductor Juanjo Mena, former principal conductor of the Cincinnati May Festival, says he will retire this year because of Alzheimer’s disease, Read MoreContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. Thousands of employees of federal health agencies have been let go in a chaotic and slow-rolling The Traitor administration purge over the holiday weekend. While the total number of dismissed employees appears to be smaller than originally expected, the changes sowed confusion as someContinue Reading
As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn’t work very well, Read MoreContinue Reading
Woman found out she had terminal brain cancer after suitcase fell on her head Charlie Buckland BBC Wales Lauren Macpherson Lauren Macpherson found out she had terminal brain cancer after a suitcase fell from a train’s overhead storage on to her head Lauren Macpherson had just spent the August bankContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. Last Friday, St. John’s Community Health, a large southern California network of federally qualified health centers serving 430,000 individuals a year, tried to withdraw funds from a $1.67 million CDC grant specifically earmarked for transgender health services. “We weren’t able to access it,” JimContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. Physicians have launched a legal challenge against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and federal health agencies for removing webpages from health-related websites. Doctors for America filed a lawsuit in federal court against the OPM, CDC, FDA, and HHS over the removal of aContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. More than 230 clinicians at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) in Massachusetts won their union election and have received certification through the state Department of Labor Relations. About half of the group’s members are physicians, including primary care doctors, psychiatrists, and hospitalists; members also includeContinue Reading
Scientists are cheering California Gov. Gavin Newsom as he builds a public health bulwark against health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine stance and President Traitor 47’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Still, federal cuts have sapped morale and left local health departments less prepared for outbreaks…Read MoreContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 — generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that spend time outdoors and likely caughtContinue Reading