Month: March 2025

Health News

Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water

Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, over opposition from dentists and national health organizations who warn the move will lead to medical problems and disproportionately affect low-income communities. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed legislation late Thursday that bars cities and communities from deciding whether to add the mineral […]

  • admin
  • March 31, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • 5 Views
Health News

Top vaccine official forced out of FDA

Dr. Peter Marks, director of the agency’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, was given the choice to resign or be fired. Marks’ resignation takes effect April 5. The news of Marks’ forced resignation was first reported Friday by The Wall Street Journal. “It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by […]

  • admin
  • March 29, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • 5 Views
Health News

HHS cuts 10,000 employees in major overhaul of health agencies

This comes on top of 10,000 employees who’ve left voluntarily, amounting to shrinking by about a quarter of the workforce. The cuts were first reported by The Wall Street Journal. In its announcement, HHS said it will consolidate from 28 to 15 divisions, including a new Administration for a Healthy America, and will reduce regional […]

  • admin
  • March 28, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • 5 Views
Health News

Trump administration cancels at least 68 grants focused on LGBTQ health questions

A surge of grant cancellations hit researchers focused on the health of gay, lesbian and transgender people last week, as the Trump administration continues to target what it describes as ideologically driven science. Last week the U.S. government terminated at least 68 grants to 46 institutions totaling nearly $40 million when awarded, according to a […]

  • admin
  • March 25, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • 5 Views
Health News

‘Measles is only a plane flight away’: As outbreak surges, experts warn against global health funding cuts

After returning home from a trip abroad last week, an infant in Houston was hospitalized with measles. In Lamoille County, Vermont, this month, a child became sick with measles after returning from foreign travel. The same thing happened to an adult in Oakland County, Michigan, whose vaccination status was unknown. Although measles was declared eliminated […]

  • admin
  • March 24, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • 5 Views
Health News

Small study hints anti-amyloid therapy may keep Alzheimer’s symptoms at bay in certain patients

For the first time, scientists say, they have evidence that using a biologic drug to remove sticky beta amyloid plaques from the brains of people destined to develop Alzheimer’s dementia can delay the disease. The researchers have been testing amyloid-removing therapies in a group of people who have rare genetic mutations that make it almost […]

  • admin
  • March 23, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • 5 Views
Health News

When speaking with vaccine-hesitant patients, pediatricians turn to these tips

In the early 2000s, when Dr. Alexandra Cvijanovich was completing her medical training in Utah, her team cared for a 13-year-old boy with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a degenerative neurological disease that can be fatal. It’s a rare complication of the measles virus that appears years after the initial infection. The boy had been infected with […]

  • admin
  • March 20, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • 5 Views
Health News

HHS removes surgeon general’s gun violence advisory from its website

The US Department of Health and Human Services has removed the 2024 surgeon general’s advisory on gun violence from its website. A link to the Office of the Surgeon General’s publications on firearm violence displays a “Page Not Found” message. “HHS and the Office of the Surgeon General are complying with President Trump’s Executive Order […]

  • admin
  • March 19, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • 6 Views

We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you have provided to them or that they have collected from your use of their services. You consent to our cookies if you continue to use our website.

Preference Disable All Allow All