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AP News - Health

FDA scrutiny of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine sparks uncertainty about other shots

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St. Louis dyemaker is racing to help food companies switch to natural colors

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Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there's new hope

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USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry

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Whooping cough cases are rising again in the US

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Florida is poised to become 2nd state to ban fluoride from public water systems

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A pregnant woman in Gaza's ruins fears for her baby under Israel's blockade

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Takeaways from AP's report on the growing dangers for pregnant women in Gaza's ruins

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AP PHOTOS: A pregnant woman under Israel's blockade in Gaza fears for her baby

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Worries about flying seem to be taking off. Here's how to cope with in-flight anxiety

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Spring allergies are back. Here's how to check pollen levels and keep from sneezing

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Believers say microdosing psychedelics helps them. Scientists are trying to measure the claims

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Shingles is awful, but here's another reason to get vaccinated: It may fight dementia

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Boys with cancer can face infertility as adults. Can storing their stem cells help?

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Black women's hair products are in the safety spotlight. Here's what to know

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Do you eat a meal in 20 minutes or less? It might be time to slow down

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This cutting edge hair loss treatment is a repurposed drug from the 1990s

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How much sleep do you really need? Experts say it depends

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Do you need fluoride treatment after a teeth cleaning? Dental experts weigh in

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How daylight saving time could affect your health

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How to practice healthy fasting during Ramadan

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Does lip balm help chapped lips? Here's what to know

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More adults are wondering if they have autism. Here are tips to seek a diagnosis

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Red dye No. 3 has been banned, but what about other artificial food dyes?

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This Valentine's Day, consider what all types of love bring to your life

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FACT FOCUS: Examining RFK Jr.'s claims about measles, autism and diet as head of HHS

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Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an 'extraordinary' healer

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RFK Jr.'s mixed message about the measles outbreaks draws criticism from health officials

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Translating what Kennedy's anti-vaccine allies hear in his response to the measles outbreak

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Takeaways from AP's report on how flat funding set stage for Texas measles outbreak, might fuel more

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The US has nearly 900 measles cases, and 10 states have active outbreaks. Here's what to know

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Texas measles outbreak tops 500 cases, including multiple at a day care in Lubbock

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RFK Jr. visits epicenter of Texas measles outbreak after death of second child who was infected

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The US will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA pandemic flu vaccine

9 months ago

Bird flu is highly lethal to some animals, but not to others. Scientists want to know why

10 months ago

Here's why raw milk drinkers need to be concerned about bird flu in US dairy cows

9 months ago

US egg prices increase to record high, dashing hopes of cheap eggs by Easter

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Another raw pet food recall is tied to illness and death in cats

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Vaccinating poultry could help cut soaring egg prices but US remains hesitant

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Egg prices continue to hit records as Easter and Passover approach, but some relief may be coming

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Are egg producers inflating prices during the bird flu outbreak to boost profits?

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Rocks, insects, plastic and other foreign objects often end up in our food. Here's how it happens

9 months ago

Target baby food is recalled over lead contamination

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Strict Idaho abortion ban loosened by judge's ruling on medical exemptions

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Cabot Creamery butter recalled over fecal bacteria contamination

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There's a new push to put whole milk back in school meals. Here's what you should know

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This country just banned junk food sales in schools

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States move to ban or restrict use of synthetic dyes used in candies and cereal

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Lean Cuisine and Stouffer's meals recalled for 'wood-like material' linked to choking

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Kentucky lawmakers add specific medical exceptions to the state's near-total abortion ban

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Proposal to ban lab-grown meat in Nebraska gets pushback from ranchers and farm groups

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Trump officials want to ban junk food from SNAP. Past efforts show it's not easy to do

2 months ago

McDonald's improving global sales help to offset US weakness in fourth quarter

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America is trying to fix its maternal mortality crisis with federal, state and local programs

7 months ago

Europe offers clues for solving America's maternal mortality crisis

8 months ago

Rural communities of color across the US find new ways to get the health care they need

8 months ago

Young gay Latinos see a rising share of new HIV cases, leading to a call for targeted funding

10 months ago

Takeaways from AP's report on what the US can learn from other nations about maternal deaths

8 months ago

Hundreds of places in the US said racism was a public health crisis. What's changed?

7 months ago

Takeaways from AP's report on government programs tackling the US maternal death crisis

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Need a pharmacy? Finding access depends on the states and neighborhoods you live in

10 months ago

Rural pharmacies fill a health care gap in the US. Owners say it's getting harder to stay open

10 months ago

Being a patient is getting harder in a strained and complex US health care system

10 months ago

Meet some of the world's cleanest pigs, raised to grow kidneys and hearts for humans

9 months ago

How a family's choice to donate a body for pig kidney research could help change transplants

9 months ago

FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure

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Doctors remove pig kidney from an Alabama woman after a record 130 days

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Organ transplant patient in Michigan dies from rabies

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Chinese researchers report a pig kidney transplant and a first-step liver experiment

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New Hampshire man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney

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The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after a record 2 months

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Tired of long organ waitlists, these patients hope for a pig organ transplant

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A transplanted pig kidney has freed her from eight years of dialysis

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Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, US study shows

8 months ago

Pig transplant research yields a surprise: Bacon safe for some people allergic to red meat

9 months ago

A woman who received a pig kidney transplant plus a heart pump has died

9 months ago

Cancer stole his voice. A rare larynx transplant brought it back

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Woman is back on dialysis after doctors remove transplanted pig kidney

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She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump

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A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing

9 months ago

US surgeons transplant a gene-edited pig kidney into a patient for the first time

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Surgeons have performed the world's first eye transplant

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Maryland man who received second pig heart transplant dies, hospital says

9 months ago

Protesters chant after arrest of judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities

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Novavax says its COVID-19 shot is on track for full FDA approval after delay

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US health officials seek to phase out artificial dyes from the food supply

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Advanced cancers returned to prepandemic levels, according to a reassuring report

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More pharmacies offer to speed prescription deliveries to customers

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Where do whale sharks mate? St. Helena's waters may hold the clues

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FDA hiring contractors to replace fired staff who supported safety inspections

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Draft budget plan proposes deep cuts across federal health programs

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UnitedHealth cuts 2025 forecast after dealing with first-quarter care use spike

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Experts recommendations on RSV and meningitis vaccines will go to ex-prosecutor now at CDC

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European regulators OK Alzheimer's treatment Leqembi after initial doubts

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WHO member countries agree on a draft 'pandemic treaty' to try to avoid COVID-19 mistakes

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Key vaccine committee meets for the first time under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Autism rates in US rise again to 1 in 31 kids, CDC says

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Arkansas and Indiana ask USDA to let them ban soda and candy from SNAP

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A look at ER boarding in the US from the AP and Side Effects Public Media

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As dementia rates increase, experts warn hospital emergency rooms are underprepared

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Pfizer ends development of potential pill obesity treatment

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Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US

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RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US tribes. A key program to do that was gutted

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CDC officials plan for the agency's splintering, but questions remain

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FDA reverses course on telework after layoffs and resignations threaten basic operations

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Scientists map part of a mouse's brain that's so complex it looks like a galaxy

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The Trump administration withdrew 11 pieces of ADA guidance. How will it affect compliance?

21 days ago

Why water fluoridation, long considered a public health success story, is under scrutiny

21 days ago

Walgreens tops fiscal 2Q forecasts as private equity buyout awaits

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RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water

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Ex-official says he was forced out of FDA after trying to protect vaccine safety data from RFK Jr.

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Suicides and attempts fall in health systems implementing the 'Zero Suicide Model,' study finds

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Worker safety agency poised to lose 85% of its employees

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