Month: July 2025

Health News

HHS abruptly calls off meeting of expert panel on preventive care, raising questions about its future

Federal agencies Wellness See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The US Department of Health and Human Services called off an upcoming meeting of expert advisers on preventive health care, raising questions about the future of the longtime, nonpolitical advisory group. A notice was sent Monday afternoon saying that the office of […]

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Major medical associations sue Kennedy, Trump administration health leaders for Covid-19 vaccine changes

Vaccines Respiratory viruses Children’s health Federal agencies See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Medical associations representing hundreds of thousands of doctors, medical professionals and scientists in the United States are suing the leaders of US health agencies for limiting who can get Covid-19 vaccines and for undermining overall vaccine confidence. The […]

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Top FDA vaccine official rejected broad use of Covid-19 shots, documents show

Vaccines Federal agencies Respiratory viruses New in medicine See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The US Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official overrode agency experts in May to recommend against the broad use of two Covid-19 vaccines, newly released documents show. Dr. Vinay Prasad, director of the agency’s Center for […]

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A ‘striking’ trend: After Texas banned abortion, more women nearly bled to death during miscarriage

Maternal health Women’s health Abortion rights See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow This story was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive its biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage […]

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BMI is B-A-D, a new study suggests. Here’s a better way to measure weight

Food & health Wellness See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow When it comes to measuring weight, BMI is the acronym everyone loves to hate. Health professionals have long used body mass index as a quick screening tool to fast-track certain patients into a “code red” management plan — people whose weight […]