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Fatal drug overdoses fall for third straight year: CDC
May 14, 2026·1 min read

Fatal drug overdoses fall for third straight year: CDC

Health Care News – Read More Newly released provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that fatal drug overdoses fell in…

8,500 Daily Steps Can Help You Lose Weight and Keep It Off
May 14, 2026·6 min read

8,500 Daily Steps Can Help You Lose Weight and Keep It Off

Healthline News RSS Feed – Read More A new study demonstrates that 8,500 daily steps is the sweet spot for weight management. Stewart Cohen/Getty Images Walking…

PCOS Is Now PMOS: Doctors Say Name Change Will Improve Diagnosis, Care
May 14, 2026·3 min read

PCOS Is Now PMOS: Doctors Say Name Change Will Improve Diagnosis, Care

Healthline News RSS Feed – Read More After years of debate, global experts announced that PCOS will now be called PMOS to better reflect the multisystem…

Healthgrades Names America’s Top Hospitals for Patient Experience in 2026
May 14, 2026·3 min read

Healthgrades Names America’s Top Hospitals for Patient Experience in 2026

Healthline News RSS Feed – Read More Healthgrades has announced the recipients of the 2026 Outstanding Patient Experience Awards. Healthgrades recently announced the recipients of the…

Next FDA chief to face similar headwinds after Makary’s ouster
May 14, 2026·1 min read

Next FDA chief to face similar headwinds after Makary’s ouster

Health Care News – Read More Marty Makary’s resignation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may help release some pressure by removing one of the Trump…

Hantavirus-Exposed Americans Return to U.S. — Why Experts Say Your Risk Is Low
May 13, 2026·6 min read

Hantavirus-Exposed Americans Return to U.S. — Why Experts Say Your Risk Is Low

Healthline News RSS Feed – Read More Officials say that 18 American passengers have been airlifted to the U.S. after a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard a…

Marty Makary’s tenure as head of FDA ends with ‘difficulty’
May 13, 2026·1 min read

Marty Makary’s tenure as head of FDA ends with ‘difficulty’

Health Care News – Read More Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary stepped down on Tuesday, capping weeks of pressure and rumors that his…

Hantavirus will test if the world learned anything from Covid
May 13, 2026·9 min read

Hantavirus will test if the world learned anything from Covid

Health Care | Vox – Read More The cruise ship MV Hondius, initial site of the hantavirus outbreak. | Europa Press via Getty Images Almost as…

Marty Makary to resign as FDA commissioner after just one year
May 13, 2026·1 min read

Marty Makary to resign as FDA commissioner after just one year

Health Care News – Read More Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary will announce his resignation on Tuesday, amid mounting reports of President Trump’s growing dissatisfaction with the physician’s…

Hantavirus and COVID: How are they different?
May 13, 2026·1 min read

Hantavirus and COVID: How are they different?

Health Care News – Read More COVID-19 is more contagious and more easily transmissible than hantavirus.