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Floridaās KidCare expansion has been stuck in legal limbo since February 2024. Since then, the number of uninsured children in Florida has risen to 400,000 ā one of the highest state tallies.
President Donald Trump this week nominated a former deputy surgeon general who has expressed support for vaccines to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Considered a more traditional fit for the job, Erica Schwartz would be the agencyās fourth leader in roughly a year, should she be confirmed by the Senate. And Health […]
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With high demand for mental health care, a wave of artificial intelligence-powered chatbots are being marketed as therapy apps ā with little evidence they work and few regulations.
New Orleansā mayor signed an executive order, and the city is requesting $5 million in federal funds to address lead in playgrounds.
As President Donald Trumpās heightened immigration enforcement continues across the country, some states are updating temporary guardianship laws to keep the children of detained and deported immigrants out of state custody.
Even as the Trump administration publicly embraces the Make America Healthy Again movement and its ideals about reducing corporate harm to the environment, it has taken steps to stall environmental protections that MAHA followers hold dear.
Montana was on track to start reimbursing doulas, who support new and expectant parents, through Medicaid this year. But state officials halted that plan amid a budget shortfall. Other such services deemed optional under Medicaid are at risk nationwide as states brace for federal cuts.
Big swings in federal vaccine policy are giving some parents and clinicians whiplash. Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner appeared on WAMUās āHealth Hubā to break down the latest developments and their relation to growing cases of vaccine-preventable illnesses in the Washington, D.C., region.
North Carolina rolled out a $3.1 billion insurance plan for kids in foster care, but many doctors did not accept patients on the plan. The state is one of several experimenting with a model that has left kidsā guardians scrambling to find health care providers.
Behind their warm-and-fuzzy marketing, infant formula industry giants Abbott, maker of Similac products, and Mead Johnson, maker of the Enfamil line, have turned neonatal intensive care units into arenas of brutal competition.
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U.S. doctors are getting the word out about how to spot a rare measles complication that had been a relic of the past: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. It affects a person years after a measles infection, often starting with mobility issues and progressing to paralysis. Itās nearly always fatal.
A top GOP pollster has said anti-vaccine policies could create risks for the Trump administration in the midterm elections. But backing away from those policies ā and other initiatives that have been high on the Make America Healthy Again to-do list ā threatens to upset a key voting bloc.
Dentists, hygienists, and researchers say a shortage of rural dental care professionals and worsening oral hygiene since the covid-19 pandemic mean more kids are ending up in the emergency room for tooth decay.
A year after Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, warily cast the vote ensuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.ās ascension to Health and Human Services secretary, his lifeās work ā in medicine and in politics ā is unraveling.
As the number of cases grows to about 1,000 in the Carolinas, health care workers whoāve never seen the vaccine-preventable disease can get caught by surprise.
Before being confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nationās official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
At a January event organized by allies of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., National Cancer Institute Director Anthony Letai said results may be released āin a few months.ā Ivermectin, used to deworm horses and other animals, has become a symbol of resistance against the medical establishment among supporters of Kennedyās āMake America Healthy Againā agenda and many conservatives.
Verite Newsā reporters tested soil in more than 80 playgrounds for lead contamination. Even in trace amounts, lead exposure in children can result in lower IQs, learning challenges, and behavioral issues.
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