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KFF Health News editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder discussed the possibility of a bird flu pandemic on WAMU’s “1A” on Feb. 20. Gounder also dis...
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Congressional lawmakers are facing tricky arithmetic as they hammer out a budget plan to finance President Donald Trump’s agenda.  Republicans need to...
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Visits to doctors' offices for flu-like illness fell to 6.8% from 7.7%.Flu activity remains "elevated" in the United States but is starting to show signs of ...
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Some private schools have shut down because of a rapidly escalating measles outbreak in West Texas. Local health departments are overstretched, pausing other...
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Most of the cases are in children between ages 5 and 17.The number of measles cases linked to an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 90, according to new ...
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The 75 Soft Challenge may help lower stress and anxiety and promote healthy weight management. Me 3645 Studio/Getty Images Proponents of the “75 Sof...
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Medicaid is under threat — again. Republicans, who narrowly control Congress, are pushing proposals that could sharply cut funding to the government h...
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BOSTON -- A court battle is set to resume Friday over the Trump administration’s drastic cuts in medical research funding that many scientists say will endan...
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Two-year-old Evans was brought to the Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya a year ago, suffering from HIV and tuberculosis. With no f...
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Rates of drug overdose deaths decreased in the United States for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to new federal data published ea...
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Americans have plenty to worry about these days when it comes to infectious-disease outbreaks. This is the worst flu season in 15 years, there’s a serious me...
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Abortion rights advocates feared the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opened the door to state abortion bans would also lead to tracking women and chargin...
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New York is suing several large electronic cigarette distributors for allegedly selling vaping flavors that can appeal to childrenNew York on Thursday sued s...
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A new study reports young adults who smoke could face more than double the risk of having an unexplained stroke. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images ...
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In the about 1,000 days between her drunken-driving crash in May 2022 and her death, South Korean mainstream news organizations published at least around 2,0...
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The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie's stories. ...
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Out of the 16 patients in the study, half had a strong response to the vaccine.A personalized mRNA vaccine may reduce the risks of pancreatic cancer returnin...
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HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Florence Makumene held a plastic container of HIV medication and wondered if it would be her last as fears swelled of a return to a time ...
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A Kentucky county nestled in the heart of Appalachia, where the opioid crisis has wreaked devastation for decades, spent $15,000 of its opioid settlement mon...
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Member of the British House of Lords and Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) CEO Baroness Philippa Stroud praised Vice President JD Vance for his rece...
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Shortly after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, President Donald Trump issued an executive orde...