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News Articles: Health

A home that was destroyed by wildfire in Altadena, Calif.

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  • Mental Health

In the LA fires and the NC floods, 'CPR for mental health' treats unseen wounds

From Altadena to Asheville, people devastated by recent disasters encountered helpers trained in Psychological First Aid. Like CPR, anybody can learn it.

February 02, 2025
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By:
  • Katia Riddle
A worker moves crates of eggs on Jan. 11, 2024 at the Sunrise Farms processing plant in Petaluma, Calif., which has seen outbreaks of avian flu.

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  • Health

On the frontline against bird flu, egg farmers fear they're losing the battle

The tools the US used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks just aren't working this time, according to some agricultural experts. Some egg farmers have called for vaccinations for poultry.

February 02, 2025
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By:
  • Kate Wells
If you can't stop shaking your knee, don't try to stop yourself. "Embrace the fidget," says Katy Bowman, a biomechanist and the author of the book <em>Rethink Your Position</em>. That spontaneous movement can be your body's way of telling you it's time to move.

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  • Health

Fidgeting at your desk? Your body may be trying to tell you something

That spontaneous restless movement plays an important role in our health. Here's what to do the next time you find yourself bouncing your knee or clicking and unclicking your pen.

February 02, 2025
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By:
  • Marielle Segarra and
  • Margaret Cirino
A woman in Nairobi, Kenya, who is HIV positive takes antiretroviral pills, which suppress the virus. The U.S. program PEPFAR is instrumental in providing these life-saving medications around the world.

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  • Global Health

Conflicting signals from Trump could disrupt HIV meds. What's the impact?

A series of orders from the Trump administration have the potential to disrupt the delivery of life-saving medications to HIV positive people. Here's what a disruption of this drug regimen would mean.

February 01, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
Webpages at the CDC and other health agencies went down on Friday.

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  • Health

Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies

Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.


January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone and
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Ariz., is managed by a consortium of universities and the National Science Foundation.

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  • Science

National Science Foundation freezes payments in response to Trump's executive actions

The National Science Foundation's funding freeze, and wider confusion about the status and future of science funding, is already hampering research.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Jonathan Lambert
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  • Health

Warnock questions RFK Jr.'s commitment to reducing health care costs in Georgia

Georgia U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock will be voting no on the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He says the candidate is manifestly unqualified for the job.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Senator Angela Alsobrook, a Democrat from Maryland questioned RFK Jr.'s suggestion that Black people should be on a different vaccine schedule than white people.

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  • Health

Senator calls RFK Jr.'s position on race and vaccines dangerous

In one of the most tense exchanges in a heated confirmation hearing, Senator Angela Alsobrooks called out past comments RFK Jr. made suggesting a different vaccine schedule for Black people.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is President Trump's pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. He faced more tough questions in his second confirmation hearing, held Thursday before the Senate HELP Committee.

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  • Health

RFK Jr., Trump's pick for HHS, grilled about vaccines again in Day 2 hearing

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wanted "gold standard science" on vaccines, but when presented with compelling research, he cited reasons to doubt it.

January 30, 2025
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By:
  • Shannon Bond,
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin,
  • and 1 more
The FDA has upgraded a recall of over 6,000 bags of Frito-Lay Lay's Classic Potato Chips to a Class I recall, the agency's highest level of severity.

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  • National

FDA upgrades recall of Lay's potato chips to most serious level

The problem ingredient identified was "undeclared milk," which poses a risk to those with severe sensitivities or allergies.

January 30, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
Towana Looney (right) and her daughter Tytian at NYU Langone Health in New York.

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  • Health

Recipient of pig kidney transplant reaches a milestone

An Alabama grandmother who was the first patient to receive a new kind of genetically modified pig kidney more than two months ago is now the longest surviving recipient of a pig organ.

January 30, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Antidepressants include a class of drugs known as SSRIs. Prozac, Paxil, and Wellbutrin are some of the brand names of the medicines that millions of people take safely.

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  • Health

Antidepressants harder to quit than heroin? Fact-checking RFK Jr.

Fact checking RFK Jr.: No, antidepressants are not harder to quit than heroin.

January 30, 2025
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By:
  • Brian Mann and
  • Katia Riddle
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes an announcement on the future of his campaign in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. August 23, 2024. Photo by Thomas Machowicz/REUTERS

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  • News

Georgia Today: Kemp tackles tort reform; Guinea worm disease work continues; Warnock on RFK Jr.

On the Thursday, Jan. 30 edition of Georgia Today: Gov. Brian Kemp tackles tort reform; Jimmy Carter's mission to eradicate guinea worm disease remains on track; and RFK Jr. faces opposition to his confirmation as head of the largest federal health agency from Sen. Raphael Warnock.

January 30, 2025
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Energy drinks, which have become very popular with kids and adolescents, often contain added sugars and large amounts of caffeine.

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  • Children's Health

As drinks targeting kids have soared, there's new guidance on what's healthy

As highly caffeinated energy drinks have become popular with kids, a coalition of health organizations has new guidelines on what's a healthy beverage. Some of the advice may surprise parents.

January 30, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
A woman in a yeellow cardigan holds a man's arm

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  • Health

Employers could raise retention rates, productivity by investing in caregiving support, report says

More and more adults are juggling full-time work and caregiving responsibilities — and it’s costing employers about $33 billion a year in lost productivity and employee retention, according to a new report.

January 30, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
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