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Why are more than 300 people in the US still dying from COVID every week?
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than five years after the first cases of COVID-19 were detected in the United States, hundreds of people are still dying every week. Last month, an average of [Read More…]

Measles cases reach 1,046 in US as infections confirmed in 30 states: CDC
Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Measles cases have reached 1,046 as the virus continues spreading across the United States, according to data updated Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [Read More…]

FDA plans to limit COVID shots to those over 65 or with high-risk conditions
Kike Rincon/Europa Press via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a major policy change, the Food and Drug Administration has announced a plan to limit access to future COVID-19 shots only to people over 65 years [Read More…]

Measles cases reach 1,024 in the US as infections confirmed in 30 states: CDC
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The number of measles cases in the U.S. has risen to 1,024, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data published Friday. Cases have been confirmed in 30 states: Alaska, [Read More…]

Florida becomes 2nd state to ban fluoride from public drinking water
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images (DADE CITY, Fla) — Florida became the second state in the country after Utah to ban local governments from adding fluoride to their public water systems. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill at Simpson [Read More…]

RFK Jr. says people should not take medical advice from him, defends HHS cuts during congressional hearings
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the nation’s most publicly recognized vaccine skeptics, took a softened approach on vaccines when he [Read More…]

RFK Jr. says people should not take medical advice from him, defends HHS cuts during House hearing
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the nation’s most publicly recognized vaccine skeptics, took a softened approach on vaccines when he [Read More…]

RFK Jr. defends widespread HHS cuts during House hearing
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., before a House committee Wednesday morning, defended the massive cuts to the department’s workforce and laid out [Read More…]

US drug overdose deaths fell by nearly 27% last year, reaching lowest levels since 2019: CDC
Manusapon Kasosod/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States last year to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new federal report published Wednesday morning. The provisional [Read More…]

HHS reverses NIOSH firings that stripped coal miners’ health protections
Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images (MORGANTOWN, WV) — The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday reversed the firings of more than 100 federal employees with the National Institute for Occupational Safety [Read More…]

Extreme heat could make pregnancy riskier for millions of women: Report
Oscar Wong via Getty Images (WEST PALM BEACH, FL) — As human-induced climate change continues warming the planet, pregnancy risks are increasing, according to a new analysis by Climate Central. Climate Central, a nonprofit science [Read More…]

RFK Jr. to testify before House, Senate committees amid layoffs, overhaul at HHS
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to testify before two congressional committees on Wednesday to discuss, among many topics, the Trump administration’s proposed budget and [Read More…]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. submerges in creek with high bacteria levels, including E. coli
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared photos of himself submerged in Washington, D.C.’s Rock Creek with his grandchildren, despite longstanding warnings that high bacterial levels make the [Read More…]

Who is Dr. Casey Means? A look at Trump’s pick for US surgeon general
( Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Earlier this week, President Donald Trump announced he will be nominating Dr. Casey Means for U.S. surgeon general, replacing his former pick, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, after questions [Read More…]

US surpasses 1,000 measles cases for 1st time in 5 years: CDC
Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. has surpassed 1,000 measles cases for the first time in five years, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Friday. A total [Read More…]

FDA approves, expands 3 natural color additives after RFK Jr.’s plan to remove artificial food dyes
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved on Friday additional color additives from natural sources in line with the Department of Health and Human Services’ goal to eliminate artificial food dyes. [Read More…]

Why it feels like allergy season is getting longer, more severe
Angelika Warmuth/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Temperatures are beginning to warm up, indicating the arrival of spring — and of allergy season for millions of Americans. Research shows that allergy seasons may [Read More…]

Milwaukee struggles through growing lead crisis — with federal help nowhere to be found
Kat Cisar and her six-year-old twins, who attend a Milwaukee school that was found to have hazardous lead in the building. (ABC News) (MILWAUKEE) — Kat Cisar, a mother of 6-year-old twins, found out in [Read More…]

Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the US. Here’s what you need to know
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Bird flu is continuing to spread in animals across the United States more than a year after the first human case was detected. Since then, at least 70 people have [Read More…]

RFK Jr. calls for ‘new’ vaccines to undergo placebo-controlled trials
(ER Productions Limited/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will require new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, marking what a department spokesperson called “a radical departure from past practices.” [Read More…]