RFK Jr.鈥檚 Vaccine Panel Expected To Recommend Delaying Hepatitis B Shot for Children
A federal vaccine panel, recently reshaped by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is expected to vote on delaying the hepatitis B shot for newborns. Pediatricians warn that could open the door to a comeback for a disease virtually eradicated among U.S. children.
An HIV Outbreak in Maine Shows the Risk of Trump鈥檚 Crackdown on Homelessness and Drug Use
Public health experts and advocates say the outbreak has been fueled by a confluence of local factors, including the sweeping of a homeless encampment and shuttering of a sterile-syringe program. But those issues may not remain local for long. The Trump administration is leading efforts to promote similar tactics nationwide.
Parents Fear Losing Disability Protections as Trump Slashes Civil Rights Office
The Education Department鈥檚 civil rights office often intervenes when students face discrimination based on race, sex, religion, or disability and their families can鈥檛 resolve complaints locally. Parents fear the effort to gut the federal agency will leave them with nowhere to seek justice.
An AI Assistant Can Interpret Those Lab Results for You
While patients wait to hear back from their doctors about test results, many turn to AI assistants for answers despite cautions over privacy and accuracy.
Why Are More Older People Dying After Falls?
Some researchers suspect that rising prescription drug use may explain a disturbing trend.
A Surgical Team Was About To Harvest This Man鈥檚 Organs 鈥 Until His Doctor Intervened
Journalists Talk New 鈥楳AHA鈥 Strategy, RFK Jr.鈥檚 Tack at HHS, and Plight of Rural Hospitals
Under Trump, FDA Seeks To Abandon Expert Reviews of New Drugs
Watch: Why Is Having a Baby So Expensive in the US?
Climate Activists Cite Health Hazards in Bid To Stop Trump From 鈥楿nleashing鈥 Fossil Fuels
黑料吃瓜网 News' 'What the Health?': Countdown to Government Shutdown
Affirmative Action Critics Refuse To Back Down in Fight Over Medical Bias Training
Watch: Patient Numbers at NIH Hospital Tumble After Trump Cuts
Trump鈥檚 Medicaid Cuts Were Aimed at 鈥楢ble-Bodied Adults.鈥 Hospitals Say Kids Will Be Hurt.
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Why Is Having a Baby So Expensive in the US?
黑料吃瓜网 News video producer Hannah Norman breaks down why new parents are getting billed thousands of dollars for births.
