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Super Bowl parade shooting survivors await promised donations while bills pile up
Getty Images – STOCK (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — This is a KFF Health News story. Abigail Arellano keeps her son Samuel’s medical bills in a blue folder in a cabinet above the microwave. Even now, [Read More…]

Dr. Anthony Fauci talks about the challenges of advising former President Trump on COVID
ABC (NEW YORK) — Dr. Anthony Fauci sat down with the co-hosts of “The View” to discuss advising Former President Donald Trump during the pandemic’s peak, serving under seven presidents as NIAID director and the [Read More…]

Doctors say sunscreen protects skin despite influencers pushing misinformation
DaniloAndjus/GETTY Images A number of social media influencers have begun spreading misinformation and discouraging followers from using sunscreen, but experts say sunscreen is a vital tool in protecting your skin, the body’s largest organ, from [Read More…]

Bisexual, transgender adults nearly twice as likely to experience loneliness: CDC
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Bisexual and transgender adults are more likely to face loneliness than straight and cisgender adults, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published Thursday. [Read More…]

Eli Lilly warns about dangers of fake and counterfeit Mounjaro, Zepbound
The company logo sits atop a building on the headquarters campus of Eli Lilly and Company on March 17, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly issued a [Read More…]

Top oncologists say everyone with advanced cancer needs early palliative care. Here are 6 things to know
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — This year, the American Society of Clinical Oncology — the world’s leading oncology organization — recommended palliative care for everyone with advanced cancer at the time of diagnosis [Read More…]

There may be an increase in COVID cases this summer. Experts say this is why you shouldn’t be concerned
Massimiliano Finzi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the United States heads into the summer season, early indicators show the country is likely to experience an increase in COVID-19 infections. For the week ending June 8, [Read More…]

Mom helps save daughter’s vision by noticing cloudiness in her eyes while breastfeeding
Courtesy Brandee Artale (NEW YORK) — Brandee Artale was breastfeeding her newborn daughter late last year when, she said, she noticed something different in her daughter’s eyes. “I was really looking at her … and [Read More…]

Did FDA rule change allowing gay, bisexual men to donate blood make a difference? Some early data suggests it did
Getty Images – STOCK (GREENWICH, Conn.) — For years, Jose Dominguez, 50, had wanted to donate blood, feeling it was part of his civic duty. But he was restricted by rules set in place by [Read More…]

Social media and youth mental health defining challenge of our time: Surgeon general
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Creating a surgeon general’s warning for social media is a necessary step to respond to the “defining public health challenge of our time,” U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told [Read More…]

Surgeon general calls for health warnings on social media for younger users
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. surgeon general called on Monday for social media platforms to include health warnings for younger users. “One of the most important lessons I learned in medical school [Read More…]

Surgeon general calls for health warnings on social media for younger users
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. surgeon general called on Monday for social media platforms to include health warnings for younger users. “It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on [Read More…]

High blood pressure during pregnancy has doubled, but only 60% are treated, study finds
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rates of high blood pressure during pregnancy doubled between 2008-2021, but only 60% were treated for it, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Hypertension. “One [Read More…]

Surgeon general calls for health warnings on social media for younger users
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. surgeon general called on Monday for social media platforms to include health warnings for younger users. “It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on [Read More…]

WHO acknowledges bird flu patient in Mexico died of other medical conditions
Lian Yi/Xinhua/Getty Images (MEXICO) — The World Health Organization confirmed Friday that Mexican authorities believe the man with a rare human case of bird flu actually died from other co-morbidities. On June 5, the WHO [Read More…]

More than 4,000 additional robotic pets to be given to seniors in New York to combat loneliness
NY State Office For Aging (NEW YORK) — Helen Macura has always wanted a dog, but the Prohibition-era home she has lived in since 1945 isn’t safe for a potential pet. Her childhood dream of [Read More…]

SCOTUS ruling on mifepristone could have lasting impact on FDA regulation: Experts
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While experts and advocacy groups applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to not restrict nationwide access to the abortion pill mifepristone, they warn access to medication abortion remains [Read More…]

What to know about mifepristone after Supreme Court strikes down legal challenge to abortion pill
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected on Thursday a bid by a group of antiabortion doctors that would have potentially blocked widespread access to a common abortion pill. In the [Read More…]

FDA had ‘inadequate’ policies to heed warnings about infant formula, probe finds
AlasdairJames/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Food and Drug Administration failed to heed warning signs that there were mounting concerns with one of the nation’s largest infant formula makers, as a series of babies’ severe [Read More…]

Usher advocates for diabetes awareness at Capitol Hill
Singer songwriter Usher walks through the Rayburn Room outside of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ office at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., June 12, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Eight-time Grammy award winner [Read More…]