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US oil and gas air pollution is causing unequal health impacts: Study
August 22, 2025·3 min read

US oil and gas air pollution is causing unequal health impacts: Study

Health Care News – Read More Air pollutants from U.S. oil and gas operations are causing 91,000 premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of health issues…

Planned Parenthood sues South Carolina over Medicaid ban
August 22, 2025·3 min read

Planned Parenthood sues South Carolina over Medicaid ban

Health Care News – Read More An updated legal challenge from Planned Parenthood in South Carolina seeks to preserve Medicaid for its health centers after a…

FDA OKs First-Ever Glucose Monitoring System for Weight Loss: What to Know
August 22, 2025·5 min read

FDA OKs First-Ever Glucose Monitoring System for Weight Loss: What to Know

Healthline News RSS Feed – Read More The Signos system can be used alone, in combination with, or after GLP-1 drugs or bariatric surgery. Photography courtesy…

Parenting strategies are shifting as neuroscience brings the developing brain into clearer focus
August 22, 2025·6 min read

Parenting strategies are shifting as neuroscience brings the developing brain into clearer focus

Health – The Conversation – Read More Grocery stores are a common source of tantrums and meltdowns. Cavan Images/Cavan via Getty Images A friend offhandedly told…

Missouri adult dies after brain-eating amoeba infection: Officials
August 22, 2025·3 min read

Missouri adult dies after brain-eating amoeba infection: Officials

Health Care News – Read More ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KTVI) — An adult in Missouri has died after they became infected with a brain-eating amoeba earlier…

DOJ subpoenas patients’ information in transgender care investigation
August 22, 2025·3 min read

DOJ subpoenas patients’ information in transgender care investigation

Health Care News – Read More The Justice Department (DOJ) is demanding confidential patient information from hospitals that provide gender-affirming health care to minors, including their…

CDC finalizes roughly 600 layoffs; union says workforce ‘decimated’
August 22, 2025·2 min read

CDC finalizes roughly 600 layoffs; union says workforce ‘decimated’

Health Care News – Read More The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued layoff notices to hundreds of employees Wednesday after a federal judge…

Supreme Court allows Trump to gut DEI-linked NIH grants
August 22, 2025·3 min read

Supreme Court allows Trump to gut DEI-linked NIH grants

Health Care News – Read More The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling Thursday, enabled the Trump administration to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in National…

White House restores stalled CDC research funds
August 22, 2025·3 min read

White House restores stalled CDC research funds

Health Care News – Read More Tens of millions of dollars in funding for health programs run by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…

Doctors take on RFK Jr. on back-to-school COVID vaccines 
August 22, 2025·4 min read

Doctors take on RFK Jr. on back-to-school COVID vaccines 

Health Care News – Read More The medical community is waging a public relations fight against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over COVID-19 vaccines as…