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Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.ās new autism panel is championing a controversial communication method popular among parents of severely autistic people. Critics warn of abuse ā and fake ātelepathy.ā
Ńī¹óåś“«Ć½Ņīl Health News' editor-at-large for public health discussed Ebola, GLP-1 drugs, ultraprocessed food, and more in TV appearances this week.
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Travel bans and conflict have disrupted supply chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving health workers without Ebola tests and protective gear needed to contain the outbreak.
To collect and scrutinize millions of Americansā health data, U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aims to work with state organizations that help health systems share medical records. In Nebraska, millions in federal dollars has flowed into one nonprofit cooperating with Kennedyās project.
Health experts and advocates for low-income people say federal rules implementing President Donald Trumpās new Medicaid work requirements upend months of work by state governments to prepare the computer systems that determine whoās eligible for benefits.
Immigrant detainees have told courts across the nation that detention officials have failed to treat or stabilize their conditions, from pregnancy to prostate cancer, suggesting that systemic lapses in care extend well beyond record deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
Infectious disease specialists say the viruses are unlikely to become pandemics, but some are still raising concerns about the federal health response and what it portends should a pandemic similar to or worse than covid occur.
Many telehealth companies have emerged in recent years offering easy access to GLP-1 weight loss drugs as demand has exploded. Meanwhile, researchers and doctors are concerned that some of these online companies aren't properly screening or monitoring patients. āIt gives a black eye to telemedicine,ā one researcher said.
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Several rural communities were thrust into a charged national debate over the Trump administrationās mass deportation strategy when federal officials sought to place new detention centers in them. In Social Circle, Georgia, locals fear the effort will overburden its modest healthcare infrastructure.
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Congress' decision not to extend enhanced marketplace tax credits has boosted the appeal of alternative health coverage with lower monthly premiums. Consumer advocates dismiss the plans as "junk insurance,ā while proponents say patients need alternatives to pricey marketplace options.
Republicans promise that $50 billion in new health funding will help rural America. But itās not expected to aid the years-long effort in North Carolinaās Martin County to reopen its only hospital.
As immigration authorities carry out President Donald Trumpās promise to conduct whatās billed as the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, several states are passing laws to protect the children of detained immigrants. Guardianship can become complicated when no family or friends are available to take temporary custody.
Podcast host Julie Rovner chats with Sen. Tammy Baldwin, a top Democrat on health issues, about President Donald Trumpās stewardship of federal spending and the effectiveness of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
A crisis pregnancy center in Sandpoint, Idaho, wants to expand womenās healthcare three years after the labor and delivery unit at the townās hospital closed and its OB-GYNs moved out of state.
The data behind alcohol-related traffic deaths is well studied. Less understood is the toll of vehicle deaths involving drugs or a combination of drugs and alcohol. Attempts to fix that have been stymied by federal budget and staffing cuts.
The work of Peter Aaby and Christine Stabell Benn has long been controversial. Until Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became the U.S. health policy chief, most vaccine scientists tended to ignore it. That has changed.
New ethics disclosures show the president invested in Eli Lilly and a company that manufactures injectable devices as his health agencies implemented policies that benefited them.
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