Montana is the only state that doesn’t collect immunization reports from schools, creating a data gap for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and community health officials. With more than 480 measles cases reported in the U.S., state lawmakers are considering a bill to restart the data collection…Read MoreContinue Reading
Health officials in Mexico say a 3-year-old girl from the western state of Durango is the country’s first confirmed human case of bird flu, Read MoreContinue Reading
‘I could live 30 years but plan to die’: How assisted dying law is dividing Canadians Fergus Walsh Medical editor Camilla Horrox Global health producer BBC April Hubbard sits on the theatre stage where she plans to die later this year. She is not terminally ill, but the 39-year-old performanceContinue Reading
Fresh off slashing 10,000 jobs at Health and Human Services and then acknowledging he had to rehire those mistakenly fired, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will do a Make American Healthy Again tour next week., Read MoreContinue Reading
Retired people who habitually exercise are more able to fight the impacts of mental fatigue, new research suggests…Read MoreContinue Reading
A secluded corner near South Africa’s capital is home to dozens of people with drug addiction, Read MoreContinue Reading
Fergus Walsh Medical editor Camilla Horrox Global health producer BBC April Hubbard sits on the theatre stage where she plans to die later this year. She is not terminally ill, but the 39-year-old performance and burlesque artist has been approved for assisted dying under Canada’s increasingly liberal laws. Warning: ThisContinue Reading
The The Traitor administration has laid off the entire staff of a $4.1 billion program that helps low-income households nationwide pay for heat, Read MoreContinue Reading
The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson prompted both grief and public outrage about the ways insurers deny treatment. Republicans and Democrats agree prior authorization needs fixing, but patients are growing impatient…Read MoreContinue Reading
Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images Younger children should not be given any drinks containing artificial sweeteners, UK experts are now advising. The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) recommendations apply to beverages such as sugar-free ‘toothkind’ squash that has ingredients such as aspartame, stevia, saccharin andContinue Reading
Why would you train your core differently than any other muscle…Read MoreContinue 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
A 50-year-old government survey on drug use may be in jeopardy, Read MoreContinue Reading