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News Articles: Health

A KFF poll found parents who believed a false claim about measles were more likely to skip or delay childhood vaccinations.

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  • Health

Like measles, misinformation is spreading, poll finds

With the U.S. now reporting more than 800 measles cases, a new poll from health policy research group KFF finds that many people are being exposed to false claims about measles and the measles vaccine.

April 23, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya (right), accompanied by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (left) and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary (center), speaks during a news conference Tuesday at the Health and Human Services Department on in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

NIH autism study will pull from private medical records

The National Institutes of Health plans to pool information from private sources like pharmacies and smartwatches.

April 23, 2025
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By:
  • Alana Wise
Front end loaders are dwarfed by the coal field at Georgia Power's Plant Scherer.

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  • Health

Atlanta area fails in air quality report as U.S. sees pollution rise over time

The report, in its 26th edition, uses data collected by air quality monitors run by the Environmental Protection Agency.

April 23, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas

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  • Health

RFK's plan to phase out synthetic food dyes could face industry pushback

The health secretary announced a push to eliminate petroleum-based colorants from the food supply. But he'll need to get food companies on board.

April 23, 2025
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By:
  • Carmel Wroth and
  • Yuki Noguchi

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  • Health

Winter respiratory illnesses winding down in Georgia, but some COVID and flu still circulating

As spring temperatures rise along with pollen counts in Georgia, the state is seeing a decline in winter respiratory infections.

April 22, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine
Wesley Reimer feeds his son Marshall from a bottle in their Macon home. Reimer partially blames the current baby formula shortage on panicked shoppers stockpiling formula and on profiteers selling formula online.

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  • Health

Healthy Start for families in South Georgia plans to bring birth support on board

Nationally, the largely federally funded initiative links families with case managers who can help monitor their health and look out for their needs during the transition of childbirth.

April 22, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
In this Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015 photo, Tyler Volz-Benoit, who is autistic, rests his head on the shoulder of his adoptive brother Ryan, who gives him a hug at their family home in Springfield, Mass.

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  • Children's Health

New study shows how to support caretakers of children with autism who run away, wander

Atlanta’s Marcus Autism Center conducted the largest study yet of the risks of elopement among children with autism and what caretakers can do to mitigate those risks.

April 22, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Dr. Olena Weaver of MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston looks at mammogram imagery. The regular mammogram on the left shows a woman with dense breast tissue; on the right is a <a href="https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/what-is-a-contrast-enhanced-mammogram.h00-159701490.html"target="_blank"   >contrast-enhanced mammogram</a>.

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  • Health

Diagnosed with 'dense breasts'? You may need more than a mammogram

About 40% of women have dense or extremely dense breasts. Online risk assessment tools can help women decide if a breast MRI is a good idea.

April 22, 2025
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  • Yuki Noguchi
An insurance agent talks with clients inside a shopping center in Miami, on Dec. 5, 2023. Once someone enrolls in an Affordable Care Act plan, they can get help with sticky insurance issues from caseworkers at the federal government. Many caseworkers were cut in the recent round of federal layoffs.

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  • Health

Help for ACA health plans could be harder to come by since RFK axed teams of 'fixers'

Federal workers who help resolve complicated problems for Affordable Care Act policyholders are among those recently cut by the Trump administration.

April 22, 2025
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By:
  • Julie Appleby
Federal layoffs affected teams at CDC that research injuries — including car crashes — to understand how to prevent them. Car crashes are the second leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 12.

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  • Health

With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'

Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.

April 21, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone
For more than two months, Mary Mayongana, 42, hasn't been able to consistently take her HIV medication. She says she feels weak and has developed an itchy rash.

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  • Global Health

Portraits: A 10-year-old, a house painter and a mom who are running out of HIV pills

HIV medications were supposed to be exempt from U.S. aid cuts. In Zambia, for example, those on the ground say otherwise.

April 20, 2025
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel,
  • Rebecca Davis,
  • and 1 more
nasal spray

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  • Health

Here's how to use nasal spray right and more tips for managing spring allergies

Here's the lowdown from allergy doctors on how to get relief, from which medicines to use — and how to best use them — to tips for keeping pollen out of your home.

April 19, 2025
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By:
  • Andrea Muraskin
The White House recently launched a web page entitled: "Lab Leak. The True Origins of COVID-19"

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  • Health

'Lab Leak,' a flashy page on the virus' origins, replaces government COVID sites

The new page emphatically promotes a theory that many scientists question. Meanwhile, basic information about COVID testing and vaccines has disappeared.

April 18, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein
The Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters is a block from the White House in Washington, DC.

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  • Health

VA officials acknowledge the need for privacy for telehealth therapy

The VA looks like it is changing course on a plan that would have threatened the privacy of veterans receiving mental health care via telehealth, according to documents obtained by NPR.

April 18, 2025
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By:
  • Katia Riddle
Cuts to support staff at the Food and Drug Administration are shifting work to the agency's inspectors.

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  • Health

How FDA cuts could make the food and drug supply less safe

While Food and Drug Administration inspectors who make sure food and drugs meet quality standards were spared in recent cuts, key support staffers were dismissed.

April 18, 2025
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
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