Month: May 2025

Health News

Removing fluoride from public drinking water may lead to millions more cavities in US children, study estimates

Water availability See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The longstanding public health practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water systems in the United States is facing new challenges and bans in some places, and experts have warned that the change would come with significant costs – both to the health […]

  • admin
  • May 31, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • 1 Views
Health News

HHS cancels $590 million contract with Moderna for bird flu vaccine

Vaccines Respiratory viruses Federal agencies See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The US Department of Health and Human Services is terminating a contract with drugmaker Moderna to develop a vaccine to protect against bird flu amid the agency’s broader efforts to reevaluate therapies that use mRNA technology. The contract, which was […]

  • admin
  • May 29, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • 0 Views
Health News

RFK Jr. says Covid-19 shot will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women

Respiratory viruses Vaccines Maternal health Women’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that the Covid-19 vaccine will no longer be among the recommended vaccines for pregnant women and healthy children on the US Centers for Disease Control and […]

  • admin
  • May 28, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • 1 Views
Health News

NIH staff stage walkout during director’s town hall as tensions persist over research cuts, ideology

Labor unions Race & ethnicity See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Twenty-seven minutes into a town hall with staff last week, US National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya acknowledged that he was going to get into uncomfortable territory. “This one’s a tough one for me,” Bhattacharya told the audience […]

  • admin
  • May 27, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • 1 Views
Health News

FDA requires Covid vaccine makers to expand warning about risk of rare heart inflammation

Vaccines Respiratory viruses Heart disease Chronic diseases See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The US Food and Drug Administration will now require Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna to use expanded warning labels with more information about the risk of a rare heart condition after vaccination. The vaccines’ previous labels warned […]

  • admin
  • May 23, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • 0 Views
Health News

Kennedy said a ‘team’ is in Milwaukee to help with lead contamination. The city says that’s not true

Pollution Environmental disease Federal agencies See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday that the federal government has “a team in Milwaukee” helping the city address a lead crisis in its schools. The city says that that’s […]

  • admin
  • May 22, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • 0 Views
Health News

Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer

Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones. “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with […]

  • admin
  • May 19, 2025
  • 0 Comments
  • 1 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