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Watch live: Trump announces move to expand IVF access
October 16, 2025·1 min read

Watch live: Trump announces move to expand IVF access

Health Care News – Read More President Trump will reportedly announce his first concrete steps Thursday toward expanding access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), an expensive…

Thune says he would not take advice from RFK Jr. ‘if I were a woman’
October 16, 2025·2 min read

Thune says he would not take advice from RFK Jr. ‘if I were a woman’

Health Care News – Read More Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said if he was a woman he wouldn’t take medical advice from Health and…

Zombies, jiangshi, draugrs, revenants − monster lore is filled with metaphors for public health
October 16, 2025·6 min read

Zombies, jiangshi, draugrs, revenants − monster lore is filled with metaphors for public health

Health – The Conversation – Read More Key elements of a zombie apocalypse echo the stages of an infectious disease outbreak. GoToVan via Wikimedia Commons, CC…

HIV rates are highest in the American South, despite effective treatments – a clash between culture and public health
October 16, 2025·7 min read

HIV rates are highest in the American South, despite effective treatments – a clash between culture and public health

Health – The Conversation – Read More Information about PrEP in the clinic can go only so far without community support. Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via…

The disaster at the CDC, explained by its former boss
October 16, 2025·5 min read

The disaster at the CDC, explained by its former boss

Health Care | Vox – Read More “The CDC tracks what happens in people and supports comprehensive action in communities and quit lines and hard-hitting ads.…

GLP-1 Drugs May Lower Risk of Heart Disease, Stroke in People With Diabetes
October 15, 2025·8 min read

GLP-1 Drugs May Lower Risk of Heart Disease, Stroke in People With Diabetes

Healthline News RSS Feed – Read More A new study found that GLP1-RA medications may help lower the risk of a cardiovascular event in people with type…

One-quarter of CDC staff targeted by layoff notices: Union
October 15, 2025·3 min read

One-quarter of CDC staff targeted by layoff notices: Union

Health Care News – Read More Nearly 1 in 4 staffers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been removed from the agency…

First locally acquired chikungunya case confirmed in New York
October 15, 2025·2 min read

First locally acquired chikungunya case confirmed in New York

Health Care News – Read More New York health officials on Tuesday confirmed the state’s first locally acquired case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus in an…

Yes, ADHD diagnoses are rising, but that doesn’t mean it’s overdiagnosed
October 15, 2025·7 min read

Yes, ADHD diagnoses are rising, but that doesn’t mean it’s overdiagnosed

Health – The Conversation – Read More Differences in how ADHD is defined explain why the condition is sometimes perceived as overdiagnosed. Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment via…

Focused sound energy holds promise for treating cancer, Alzheimer’s and other diseases
October 15, 2025·6 min read

Focused sound energy holds promise for treating cancer, Alzheimer’s and other diseases

Health – The Conversation – Read More Focused ultrasound directs powerful beams of energy to specific disease targets in the body. Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty Images…