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Louisiana health official who is critical of COVID vaccines tapped as CDC’s No. 2
November 26, 2025·1 min read

Louisiana health official who is critical of COVID vaccines tapped as CDC’s No. 2

Health Care News – Read More A former Louisiana health official who ordered his state health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations was quietly appointed as the top deputy at the Centers for Disease…

Third unvaccinated infant dies of whooping cough in Kentucky this year
November 26, 2025·1 min read

Third unvaccinated infant dies of whooping cough in Kentucky this year

Health Care News – Read More An infant has died from whooping cough in Kentucky, the third such instance in the past 12 months, state health…

EPA asks court to overturn Biden-era limits on deadly soot pollution
November 26, 2025·1 min read

EPA asks court to overturn Biden-era limits on deadly soot pollution

Health Care News – Read More The Trump administration on Monday asked a federal court to overturn a Biden-era rule limiting deadly soot pollution. In a…

All ByHeart formula may be contaminated
November 26, 2025·1 min read

All ByHeart formula may be contaminated

Health Care News – Read More ByHeart said Monday that it “cannot rule out” that all of its infant formula was contaminated, less than two weeks…

How food assistance programs can feed families and nourish their dignity
November 26, 2025·6 min read

How food assistance programs can feed families and nourish their dignity

Health – The Conversation – Read More Food assistance does more good when it doesn’t make people feel bad for needing help. SolStock/E+ via Getty Images…

GLP-1s fail to slow progression of Alzheimer’s: Novo Nordisk
November 26, 2025·1 min read

GLP-1s fail to slow progression of Alzheimer’s: Novo Nordisk

Health Care News – Read More The trials showed an effect on Alzheimer’s biomarkers, though Novo did not specify which ones. 

41K bottles of Walgreens nasal spray recalled over bacterial contamination concern: FDA
November 25, 2025·1 min read

41K bottles of Walgreens nasal spray recalled over bacterial contamination concern: FDA

Health Care News – Read More If you purchased a nasal spray from Walgreens, you might want to check the bottle. 

Trump’s emerging health care plan could put GOP leaders in a bind
November 25, 2025·1 min read

Trump’s emerging health care plan could put GOP leaders in a bind

Health Care News – Read More President Trump’s germinal proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill. Since 2010,…

Abortion illegal in North Dakota again after state Supreme Court ruling
November 25, 2025·1 min read

Abortion illegal in North Dakota again after state Supreme Court ruling

Health Care News – Read More Abortion is illegal again in North Dakota after the state Supreme Court reversed a decision from a lower court on…

First death reported from rare bird flu strain
November 25, 2025·1 min read

First death reported from rare bird flu strain

Health Care News – Read More The first person to contract H5N5 avian influenza, a rare strain of the disease known as bird flu, died in…