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Means has undergraduate and medical degrees from Stanford University, but her Oregon medical license is currently inactive.

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  • Health

Casey Means, Trump's new pick for surgeon general, faces pushback

Casey Means, President Trump's new pick for U.S. surgeon general faces questions about her medical qualifications. And despite RFK Jr's support, some in the MAHA movement are lobbying against her.

May 09, 2025
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  • Will Stone
Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.,speaks to reporters following a House Republican conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 6. Republicans are facing internal divisions over Medicaid as they work to enact President Trump's domestic policy agenda.

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  • Politics

A fight over Medicaid cuts is threatening GOP plans for Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

GOP lawmakers in swing districts insist they will not vote for any proposal that strips benefits, placing them at odds with more conservative lawmakers looking to secure deep cuts in spending.

May 09, 2025
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  • Deirdre Walsh and
  • Elena Moore

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From apps to gadgets, 'Second Life' considers how tech is changing having a baby

When Amanda Hess learned her unborn child had a genetic condition, she turned to the internet — but didn't find reassurance. "My relationship with technology became so much more intense," she says.

May 08, 2025
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  • Tonya Mosley
NIH Director Jayanta Bhattacharya, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak before a news conference at the Health and Human Services Department on April 22.

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  • National

RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

May 08, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
Michael Beach, former deputy director of the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases at CDC, attends a weekly protest outside the agency's main campus in Atlanta.

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  • Health

Former CDC staff warn of 'a five-alarm fire'

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff members are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.

May 08, 2025
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  • Pien Huang
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks at a campaign rally for then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Nov., 2024. In January, Sanders announced plans to reprise an effort to institute work requirements for Medicaid, as Arkansas did under the first Trump administration.

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  • Health

States try to revive Medicaid work requirements, worrying some low-income Americans

13 states got the greenlight to add work requirements during the first Trump Administration, but courts halted those plans. Now that Trump is back in the White House, some states are trying again.

May 08, 2025
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  • Alexandra Olgin
FILE - In this June 3, 2017, file photo, the coal-fired Plant Scherer, one of the nation's top carbon dioxide emitters, stands in the distance in Juliette, Ga. Global carbon dioxide emissions related to energy use are being forecast to rise significantly this year, driven by a resurgence in the use of coal to generate electricity, the International Energy Agency says. The IEA

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  • Health

The latest red flag for these Georgia doctors? Poor air quality

A coalition of health care providers is urging the state and federal government to get serious about pollution.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Dr. Casey Means (left) stands with journalist Megan Kelly at a confirmation hearing for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the secretary of Health and Human Services post in January.

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  • Health

Trump picks Casey Means for surgeon general, after first nominee withdraws

Dr. Janette Nesheiwat withdrew her nomination for Surgeon General after questions about her credentials. Dr. Casey Means has a medical degree from Stanford and a best-selling book on metabolic health.

May 08, 2025
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  • Will Stone

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  • Mental Health

To care for kids' mental health, parents should talk less and listen more, studies say. Here's how

Research shows that teens are more likely to turn to their parents when they need support rather than peers or professionals. That’s according to a national campaign making resources available to families needing help.

May 08, 2025
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  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • Health

How one writer quit dieting and discovered her strength through weightlifting

Casey Johnston spent years running and restricting calories. When she started weightlifting, she rebuilt muscle mass — and her relationship with her body.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Mara Gordon
Spencer Hospital CEO Brenda Tiefenthaler (second from left) vows to maintain the facility's mental health services, with help from behavioral health services director Kerri Dandy (left), nursing director Jen Dau (third from left) and outreach navigator Jill Barr.

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  • Health

Medicaid payments barely keep hospital mental health units afloat. Federal cuts could sink them

Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as cancer or cardiac treatment.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Tony Leys
A study recruited Black and Latina women and asked them to log all the beauty products they use in a week. More than half of the women used products with known carcinogens.

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  • Health

Cancer-causing chemicals are in many beauty products women use, a study finds

Soaps, lotions and shampoos were found to have formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing preservatives.

May 08, 2025
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By:
  • Ronnie Cohen
Toddlers play with paint at the Child Development Center.

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  • Children's Health

STUDY: Are the kids all right? Recent survey asked Georgia parents

An inaugural report out of Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health aims to understand the challenges facing today’s kids.

May 07, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Community Plate seeks to bring people together over shared potluck suppers of classic casseroles.

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  • Mental Health

Fighting loneliness in rural Maine, one casserole at a time

What happens when people put their phones down and eat together?

May 07, 2025
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By:
  • Caitlin Shetterly
This image shows the logo of WeightWatchers on a mobile phone, and the company's website, in New York, March 7, 2023.

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  • Business

WeightWatchers files for bankruptcy protection to eliminate debt burden

WeightWatchers said Tuesday it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to eliminate $1.15 billion in debt and focus on its transition into a telehealth services provider.

May 07, 2025
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