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FDA expands cheese recall over possible listeria contamination
July 1, 2026·1 min read

FDA expands cheese recall over possible listeria contamination

Healthcare News – Read More Consumers are advised not to eat, sell or serve the recalled products and to return them to the place of purchase…

Statins Rarely Cause Severe Muscle Problems, Researchers Say
July 1, 2026·6 min read

Statins Rarely Cause Severe Muscle Problems, Researchers Say

Healthline News RSS Feed – Read More A large new study found that people taking statins are unlikely to develop serious muscle problems. Sol de Zuasnabar…

Heart Failure Gets a New Definition, Experts Say It Will Transform Care
July 1, 2026·7 min read

Heart Failure Gets a New Definition, Experts Say It Will Transform Care

Healthline News RSS Feed – Read More A new definition for heart failure emphasizes earlier detection to improve treatment outcomes and survival rates. Halfpoint Images/Getty Images…

Trump administration cancels millions of dollars in teen pregnancy prevention grants
July 1, 2026·1 min read

Trump administration cancels millions of dollars in teen pregnancy prevention grants

Healthcare News – Read More The Trump administration has terminated millions of dollars in teen pregnancy prevention grants that the Department of Health and Human Services…

FDA allows Zyn pouches to be marketed as less harmful than cigarettes
July 1, 2026·1 min read

FDA allows Zyn pouches to be marketed as less harmful than cigarettes

Healthcare News – Read More The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow Zyn nicotine pouches to be marketed as less harmful to human health than…

Medication used to treat heart failure recalled nationwide
July 1, 2026·1 min read

Medication used to treat heart failure recalled nationwide

Healthcare News – Read More Nearly 1 million bottles of the medication are being recalled because they may contain a foreign substance, according to an FDA…

The organ donation boom complicating the boundary between life and death
June 30, 2026·21 min read

The organ donation boom complicating the boundary between life and death

Health Care | Vox – Read More Instead of death being declared because the brain has stopped functioning, in DCD, death is declared after circulation ceases…

RFK Jr. says Cassidy accusing him of breaking promises ‘not true’
June 30, 2026·1 min read

RFK Jr. says Cassidy accusing him of breaking promises ‘not true’

Healthcare News – Read More Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday dismissed criticism from GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.) that…

Dozens of states sue Trump administration over ‘frail’ Medicaid work requirement exemption
June 30, 2026·1 min read

Dozens of states sue Trump administration over ‘frail’ Medicaid work requirement exemption

Healthcare News – Read More A coalition of 25 states and the District of Columbia is suing the Trump administration over a new rule implementing Medicaid…

PBM lobby goes on the offensive
June 30, 2026·1 min read

PBM lobby goes on the offensive

Healthcare News – Read More The nation’s top pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) lobbying group is going on the offensive, stepping up its advocacy efforts against the…