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The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 259, with 36 cases reported over the last three days, according to new data released Friday.Almost all of the c...
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The author (not pictured) is grateful that her kids can take excused mental health days from school.Walstrom, Susanne/Getty Images/Johner RFIn 2022, Illinois passed a law allowing kids to take five...
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More Americans are homeschooling their kids. Chris Hondros/Newsmakers via Getty ImagesHomeschooling has exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly since the pandemic. But researchers are ...
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CostBrand name vs. genericFinancial assistanceFAQInsurance considerationsIzervay (avacincaptad pegol) is a brand-name solution given as an injection into the eye. It’s prescribed for geographic atr...
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Measles is continuing to spread across the United States, as outbreaks grow in western Texas and New Mexico.Between the two states, 256 cases have been confirmed as of Thursday, mostly in those who...
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BOSTON — On days when the sun was shining and the air was warm with a gentle, cooling breeze, Ateiya Sowers-Hassell liked to keep the salon door open. Labor Day was one of those days. Sowers-Hassel...
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When patients walked into Planned Parenthood clinics, a consumer data company sold their precise locations to anti-abortion groups for targeted ads. When patients picked u...
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will testify before the Senate Finance Committee on Friday morningWASHINGTON -- Dr. Mehmet Oz, P...
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Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent's public health agency said ahead of a meeting with regional health ministers ...
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California’s Medicaid program has borrowed $3.4 billion from the state’s general fund — and will likely need even more — to cover ballooning health expenses for 15 million residents with low income...
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Shvets Production/PexelsAlmost half of Australians will experience mental health problems in their lifetime. Recent floods, droughts, cyclones, bushfires and the COVID pandemic have increased dist...
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There were an estimated 127,350 measles cases in the Europe region last year.Europe saw the highest number of measles cases last year in more than 25 years, according to a new report published Thur...
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The prospect of deep Medicaid cuts has become a flashpoint in Congress, with leaders of both parties accusing their counterparts of lying. House Democratic leader Hakeem J...
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President Donald Trump’s health officials want you to take your vitamins. Mehmet Oz, the nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has fed calves o...
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DENVER — Seven years ago, Erica Green learned through a Facebook post that her brother had been shot. She rushed to check on him at a hospital run by Denver Health, the ci...
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MEKELE, Ethiopia -- As a displaced person in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, 76-year-old Haile Tsege is no stranger to hunger.During its war with Tigray fighters that devastated the region in 20...
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Cozymaxxing is a snuggly self-care practice that TikTok users are touting as an antidote to stress. Anastasiia Krivenok/Getty Images “Cozymaxxing” is a new self-care trend on TikTok focuse...
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NEW YORK -- Dr. David Weldon had been out of the national spotlight for more than 15 years when he was nominated to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But many anti-vaccine advoca...
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In the Trump administration’s quest to “Make America Healthy Again,” there may be no bigger target than ultraprocessed foods.Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s new health secretary, has cited “hig...
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RFK Jr. Exposes A Truth That Could Bankrupt The Antidepressant Industry Via VigilantFox.com, RFK Jr. is pulling back the curtain on a reality that could shake the pharmaceutical i...
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Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school, has spent well over a decade researching the disquieting risk that one of modern medicine’s most val...