Water availability See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The longstanding public health practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water systems in the United States is facing new challenges and bans…
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Vaccines Respiratory viruses Federal agencies See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The US Department of Health and Human Services is terminating a contract with drugmaker Moderna to develop a vaccine to…
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RFK Jr. says Covid-19 shot will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women
Respiratory viruses Vaccines Maternal health Women’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that the Covid-19 vaccine will no…
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NIH staff stage walkout during director’s town hall as tensions persist over research cuts, ideology
Labor unions Race & ethnicity See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Twenty-seven minutes into a town hall with staff last week, US National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya acknowledged…
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Poor diet, environmental toxins, unhealthy habits and pharmaceuticals are contributing to a national rise in chronic illnesses, particularly among children, top Trump officials said in a Thursday report that lays the groundwork for a “Make…
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FDA crackdown on off-brand Ozempic products set to take effect, threatening supply and access for many
Prescription drugs Federal agencies Retail consumer Corporate news See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The supply of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss and diabetes treatment is expected to tighten this week…
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The federal government may have partial answers on the purported causes of autism by this fall, but not the full picture, as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised in April. The…
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FDA requires Covid vaccine makers to expand warning about risk of rare heart inflammation
Vaccines Respiratory viruses Heart disease Chronic diseases See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The US Food and Drug Administration will now require Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna to use expanded…
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Kennedy said a ‘team’ is in Milwaukee to help with lead contamination. The city says that’s not true
Pollution Environmental disease Federal agencies See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that the federal government…
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Cancer Men’s health Joe Biden See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The announcement Sunday that former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer has some people wondering how the…