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Some SNAP recipients say they have to choose between rent and food amid halt in benefits

Over the last week, Martina Santos said she feels like she's been living a nightmare.The 67-year-old from the Bronx, New York, is one of the nearly 42 million Americans who saw their Supplemental N...

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White House Calls This 9/11-Era Fund ‘Wasteful.’ Red and Blue States Rely on It.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — President Donald Trump’s push to eliminate a federal disaster preparedness program threatens a fund used by state health systems from Republican-led Texas to the Democratic str...

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Farmers, Barbers, and GOP Lawmakers Grapple With the Fate of ACA Tax Credits

John Cleveland is ready to pay a lot more for his health insurance next year. He hasn’t forgotten the pile of hospital bills that awaited him after he had a seizure while ...

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American man and son die after suffering stings from swarm of wasps ziplining in Laos

An American man and his teenage son have died after they were stung by a swarm of wasps while ziplining in Laos last monthBANGKOK -- An American man and his teenage son died last month after they w...

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Does Intermittent Fasting Affect Cognitive Function? New Review Weighs Evidence

Short-term fasting is unlikely to have a significant impact on mental sharpness, according to new research. Johner Images/Getty Images Researchers report that intermittent fasting of less ...

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Red tape and budget constraints: How the White House is undercutting public health

This is a KFF Health News story.When President Donald Trump posted a satirical music video on social media in early October depicting his budget director, Russell Vought, as the Grim Reaper lording...

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While Politicos Dispense Blame, These Doctors Aim To Take Shame Out of Medicine

The distress that Will Bynum later recognized as shame settled over him nearly immediately. Bynum, then in his second year of residency training as a family medicine physician, was wrapping ...

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Is Covid During Pregnancy Linked to Autism? What a New Study Shows, and What It Doesn’t

A large study from Massachusetts has found that babies whose mothers had covid-19 while pregnant were slightly more likely to have a range of neurodevelopmental diagnoses by age 3. Most of these ch...

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An Arm and a Leg: This Health Economist Wants Your Medical Bills

Economist Vivian Ho has been researching the U.S. health care system for four decades. These days, she’s focused on what she thinks are the biggest burdens on the average American: runaway hospital...

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The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here

Since its founding, Facebook has described itself as a kind of public service that fosters relationships. In 2005, not long after the site’s launch, its co-founder Mark Zuckerberg described the net...

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Americans on Food Stamps Have No Good Options

Millions of the poorest Americans are stuck in food-stamp limbo. They still do not know when their benefits will arrive—or if they will at all.In the past few days, the government shutdown has thro...

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What to know about Dick Cheney's heart trouble and eventual transplant

Former Vice President Dick Cheney battled heart disease for most of his adult life, a life extended thanks to a heart transplant in 2012Former Vice President Dick Cheney battled heart disease for m...

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As world leaders enter climate talks, people in poverty have the most at stake

RIO DE JANEIRO -- When summer heat comes to the Arara neighborhood in northern Rio, it lingers, baking the red brick and concrete that make up many of the buildings long after the sun has gone down...

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Taking Melatonin Could Raise Your Risk of Heart Failure, Study Finds

A new study raises concerns over long-term melatonin use and cardiovascular risks. Viktoriya Skorikova/Getty Images Researchers say people with insomnia who use melatonin supplements for m...

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Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk close to White House deal on obesity drug prices

Novo Nordisk makes the popular weight loss drug Wegovy.ByYouri Benadjaoud and Will McDuffieNovember 4, 2025, 3:44 PMThe White House is nearing an agreement with pharmaceutical companies Novo Nordis...

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Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine sales tumble after government guidance on the shots narrows

The fall COVID-19 vaccine season is starting slowly for Pfizer, with U.S. sales of its Comirnaty shots sinking 25% after federal regulators narrowed recommendations on who should get themThe fall C...

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Food banks, pantries see surge in demand after SNAP benefits halted

Food banks and hunger relief organizations are seeing an increase in the number of people lining up for food packages and calling helplines since Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) be...

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Louisiana Took Months To Sound Alarm After Two Babies Died in Whooping Cough Outbreak

When there’s an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease, state health officials typically take certain steps to alert residents and issue public updates about the growing threat. That’s standard ...

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Congressional Stalemate Creates Chaos for Obamacare Shoppers

This year’s Obamacare open enrollment period, which started Nov. 1 in most states, is full of uncertainty and confusion for the more than 24 million people who buy health insurance through the fede...

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The Inflammation Gap

My patient’s lungs were filled with blood, and he lay intubated in an ICU bed. His kidneys were failing, too. The cause of his illness was not a mystery: He had been previously diagnosed with an au...

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Cardiovascular Disease: Men Need More Exercise Than Women to Cut Risk

A new study found that men need more exercise than women to lower their risk of coronary heart disease. Getty Images/Cavan Images Men may need nearly twice as much weekly exercise as wome...

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