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Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just as SNAP benefits were reinstated for millions of Americans following the reopening of the federal government, many are now set to permanently lose them. Nearly 42 million Americans, including [Read More…]

Stock photo of a Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma Americanum. (Joesboy/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A New Jersey man is believed to be the first documented death from alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy triggered by [Read More…]

Natalie Behring/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Food banks and pantries have been experiencing historic demand since SNAP benefits halted on Nov. 1 for many Americans due to the federal government shutdown. That halt affected nearly [Read More…]

A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s White Oak campus in Silver Spring, Maryland is seen on April 8, 2025. Maansi Srivastava/For The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Food [Read More…]

(DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Canada has lost its measles elimination status after struggling to contain a year-long outbreak, the country’s public health agency announced on Monday. The Public Health Agency of Canada [Read More…]

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration announced deals on Thursday with pharmaceutical giants Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly that would lower the cost of GLP-1 drugs for many Americans, including those on Medicare. [Read More…]

Cheng Xin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Eli Lilly’s next generation of weight loss drugs appear to show promise, possibly leading to even faster weight loss and added health benefits, early trial results suggest. The pharmaceutical [Read More…]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over the last week, Martina Santos said she feels like she’s been living a nightmare. The 67-year-old from the Bronx, New York, is one of the nearly 42 [Read More…]

Pink ribbon flag in support of breast cancer awareness. Brent Lewis/The Denver Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When it comes to early detection, mammograms remain the only screening test proven to reduce deaths [Read More…]

Lourdes Balduque/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tens of thousands of children and families could be affected by dozens of Head Start programs potentially closing if the federal government shutdown extends past Nov. 1. About 134 [Read More…]

Tylenol caplets are displayed on September 22, 2025 in San Anselmo, California. The Trump administration will reportedly link use of the painkiller acetaminophen during pregnancy to autism during a White House press conference today. (Photo [Read More…]

A woman runs along a palm tree-lined street in La Jolla as the sun sets on the horizon of the Pacific Ocean on October 23, 2025 in San Diego, California. Kevin Carter/Getty Images (NEW YORK) [Read More…]

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks at a press conference with other House Republicans on the 15th day of the government shutdown in Washington, DC on October 15, 2025. Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW [Read More…]

NIH-NIAID/Image Point FR/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Health officials in Los Angeles County said on Friday they are investigating a possible local spread of a more severe strain of mpox. Two [Read More…]

NIH-NIAID/Image Point FR/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The first U.S. case of a more severe strain of mpox without any recent travel history has been identified in California. Health officials said [Read More…]

VCG/VCG via Getty Images (NASSUA COUNTY, N.Y.) — The New York State Department of Health has confirmed a case of locally acquired chikungunya on Long Island, marking the first case of the virus reported to [Read More…]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the federal government shutdown enters its tenth day, one major health care issue has continued to be a sticking point: insurance subsidies. The Affordable Care [Read More…]

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. appears before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. The committee met to hear testimony on President [Read More…]

Stock image of stethoscope. ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A fast-rising form of breast cancer that’s harder to detect on mammograms now makes up more than one in ten cases in the United States, [Read More…]

Detail of vials and syringe containing a COVID-19 vaccination by Pfizer at Kaiser Permanente Venice Medical Office Building in Culver City Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) [Read More…]