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After Chiding Democrats on Transgender Politics, Newsom Vetoes a Key Health Measure

California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed a suite of privacy protection bills for transgender patients amid continuing threats by the Trump administration. But there w...

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Schrödinger’s Government Shutdown

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. ...

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D’Angelo’s Death From Pancreatic Cancer Puts Rare Disease in the Spotlight

D’Angelo’s untimely passing is a stark reminder of the devastating effects of pancreatic cancer. Frans Schellekens/Redferns/Getty Images Grammy-winning R&B artist D’Angelo has died at ...

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Ancient lead exposure may have helped humans evolve over Neanderthals, study finds

Lead exposure has been thought to be a uniquely modern phenomenon.Exposure to lead by ancient humans could have given modern humans a survival advantage over other species – more specifically, thei...

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Harvard’s Public-Health School Is on Life Support

As Andrea Baccarelli, the dean of Harvard’s School of Public Health, prepared to open a virtual town hall earlier this month, members of the university’s graduate-student union gathered for a watch...

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California officials confirm 1st US case of severe mpox strain with no travel history

All prior cases of the more severe strain in the U.S. involved travel to Africa.The first U.S. case of a more severe strain of mpox without any recent travel history has been identified in Californ...

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The race to make the perfect baby is creating an ethical mess

Consider, if you will, the translucent blob in the eye of a microscope: a human blastocyst, the biological specimen that emerges just five days or so after a fateful encounter between egg and sperm...

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Violence erupts during anti-pollution protest as anger boils in Tunisia’s phosphate belt

Demonstrators have clashed with police during a protest against worsening air pollutionfrom a phosphate-processing plant in the southern Tunisian city of GabesGABES, Tunisia -- GABES, Tunisia (AP) ...

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The tiny African nation of Lesotho had victories in its HIV fight. Then, the US aid cuts came

HA LEJONE, Lesotho -- HA LEJONE, Lesotho (AP) — In the snow-topped mountains of Lesotho, mothers carrying babies on their backs walk for hours to the nearest health clinic, only to find HIV testing...

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An Age-Old Fear Grows More Common: ‘I’m Going To Die Alone’

This summer, at dinner with her best friend, Jacki Barden raised an uncomfortable topic: the possibility that she might die alone. “I have no children, no husband, no sibl...

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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy’s HHS

While plowing a wheat field in rural Washington state in the 1990s, William Wallace spotted a gray plane overhead that he believed was releasing chemicals to make him sick. The rancher began to sus...

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ChatGPT erotica coming soon with age verification, CEO says

On Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that the company will allow verified adult users to have erotic conversations with ChatGPT starting in December. The change represents a shift in how Ope...

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GLP-1 Drugs May Lower Risk of Heart Disease, Stroke in People With Diabetes

A new study found that GLP1-RA medications may help lower the risk of a cardiovascular event in people with type 2 diabetes. Getty Images Researchers say GLP-1 drugs prescribed for weight ...

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New York confirms 1st locally acquired case of chikungunya virus in 6 years in US

The mosquito-borne disease is most common in tropical and subtropical regions.The New York State Department of Health has confirmed a case of locally acquired chikungunya on Long Island, marking th...

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UN's World Food Program warns donor cuts are pushing millions more into hunger

The United Nations' food aid agency warns that severe funding cuts are impacting its operations in six countriesGENEVA -- GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations' food aid agency said Wednesday that sever...

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31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and other health care workers strike for better wages and staffing

An estimated 31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers have gone on strike to demand better wages and staffingSAN FRANCISCO -- SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and othe...

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Humanitarian workers detail challenges getting aid into Gaza despite ceasefire

Dozens of humanitarian organizations have begun rapidly scaling up operations in the hopes of delivering aid to Gaza again amid the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.Items in Gaza -- including food, clean wat...

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RFK Jr. Misses Mark in Touting Rural Health Transformation Fund as Historic Infusion of Cash

“It’s going to be the biggest infusion of federal dollars into rural health care in American history.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sept. 4, 2025, in a Senate hearing ...

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In Mississippi, Medicaid Coverage of Weight Loss Drugs Fails to Catch On

COLUMBUS, Miss. — April Hines has battled with her weight since she was a teenager. But in the past couple of years, she’s fallen from 600 pounds to 385, and her blood pre...

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Our study of 267,000 kids reveals the hidden burden of multiple developmental conditions

Jessie Casson/GettyOur new study highlights a crucial, but often hidden, aspect of child health – the mental health impact of living with two or more neurodevelopmental conditions. We found chi...

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Health minister hails new HIV prevention jab but warns of limited supply

JOHANNESBURG -- JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's health minister on Tuesday called lenacapavir, the first twice-yearly HIV prevention jab in the world, a “groundbreaking” tool to fight the diseas...

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