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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Health

US scientists sequence 1,000 genomes from measles, a disease long eliminated with vaccines

2 days ago

Raw dairy farm recalls some cheese products as FDA investigates E. coli outbreak

2 days ago

Concerns over a Nebraska hospital show how a $50B rural health fund is coming up short

2 days ago

North County couple charged with trafficking, exploiting immigrant elder-care providers

3 days ago

EPA moves to designate microplastics and pharmaceuticals as contaminants in drinking water

3 days ago

Diabetes advocates cross their fingers as a bipartisan bill revives efforts to lower insulin costs

3 days ago

CDC pauses dozens of types of lab testing during evaluation and in wake of downsizing

4 days ago

FDA grants speedy approval to Eli Lilly's weight-loss pill for obesity

4 days ago

Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms

4 days ago

Scientific review finds e-cigarettes likely cause lung and oral cancer

5 days ago

How one family's bipolar disorder experience led to more than $1 billion for the Broad Institute

5 days ago

One path to a happier life: Thinking more about death

5 days ago

Even with dental insurance, you still could face a large bill

5 days ago

All the News That's Fit: Cherries' cancer power, syphilis rates and scary balloons

5 days ago

If you're struggling to lose weight, could chilling your carbs help?

5 days ago

'The status quo isn't acceptable': How a San Diego lawmaker aims to help the hardest-to-reach people with mental illness

6 days ago

Pharmacy workers, others ratify four-year contract with Kaiser

8 days ago

Drop in opioid overdose deaths nears 50% since 2023

9 days ago

Rising health costs push some middle-aged adults to skip the doctor until Medicare

9 days ago

Have a conversation and create best practices for your child's social media use

9 days ago

Dietary supplement makers push the FDA to allow peptides and other new ingredients

9 days ago

County explores stand-alone behavioral health department

10 days ago

Indian Health Service is digging out of decades-old construction backlog for medical buildings

10 days ago

2 wild bats found in Escondido test positive for rabies

11 days ago

Can new public health clinics help 100,000 San Diegans who risk losing insurance? The county just OK'd plans to try.

11 days ago

Means' surgeon general nomination is stalled as senators question her experience and vaccine stance

11 days ago

FDA flags misleading claims for cancer drug by biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong

12 days ago

Judge grants $1 murder bond for woman accused of using pills to induce abortion

12 days ago

Abortion pills are gaining ground as a method for ending pregnancies, and opponents are responding

12 days ago

Teenage girls and ACLs: Knee-deep in injury

12 days ago

Allergy season is near, and these 4 steps can help you prepare

12 days ago

All the News That's Fit: Women's proven pain, a matzo ball record and mosquito tracking

12 days ago

Study: These activities might help postpone Alzheimer's by 5 years

12 days ago

Federal funding for people in poverty heading to anti-abortion centers instead

14 days ago

Taxpayer dollars flood pregnancy centers. Oversight hasn't followed

14 days ago

'What's your plan for this pregnancy?' Comfort, shame and a missed diagnosis

14 days ago

A little-known state law could help people who slip through the cracks, but San Diego County won't use it

13 days ago

Judge rules US government overreached with transgender health care declaration

16 days ago

Nearly 90,000 bottles of children's liquid pain medication recalled

16 days ago

FDA approves new higher-dose version of Wegovy shots

17 days ago

Trump administration launches investigation of states that mandate health insurance covers abortion

17 days ago

RFK Jr. makes food sound like a miracle drug. Researchers say he often overstates the science

17 days ago

What Americans are giving up to afford ACA health insurance, according to a new poll

17 days ago

More than 150,000 uncounted COVID-19 deaths occurred early in the pandemic, a study finds

18 days ago

What to know about the meningitis outbreak in England causing angst among university students

18 days ago

A judge's ruling halts momentum on RFK Jr.'s vaccine agenda

19 days ago

'Medical conscience' bills would let providers refuse more health care

19 days ago

States are limiting HIV drug assistance programs

19 days ago

Nearly half of colorectal cancers now occur in younger patients, study shows

19 days ago

That loud fitness class could be damaging your hearing, study finds

19 days ago

All the News That's Fit: Chemical concerns, telehealth use and night owl tendencies

19 days ago

Is jerky good for you?

19 days ago

Should I worry about the plastic in my floss and toothbrush?

19 days ago

E. coli linked to cheddar cheese made with raw milk sickens 7 in the US

20 days ago

Homeless deaths are dropping. This group is part of the reason why.

21 days ago

Flu vaccines didn't work that well in the US, officials find

23 days ago

Six federal scientists run out by Trump discuss the work left undone

23 days ago

Some San Diego medical providers disconnect from Stryker network because of cyberattack

24 days ago

Smaller portions are a big restaurant trend as customers watch their budgets and waistlines

24 days ago

San Diego County lands $99.5M state mental health grant, Palomar gets $50M

24 days ago

UCSD study detects dementia risk decades before symptoms appear

25 days ago

FDA finds little evidence that a drug touted by Trump can help people with autism

26 days ago

They hated exercise. Weight-loss drugs changed everything.

26 days ago

All the News That's Fit: Fasting scrutiny, facial memory and funky feet

26 days ago

Cancer risk is lower for vegetarians but not vegans, study finds

26 days ago

Health advice from AI chatbots is frequently wrong, study shows

26 days ago

Why didn't San Diego County make the Governor's CARE Court list?

27 days ago

Meet Sach Jain, the entrepreneur revolutionizing American specialty care

27 days ago

Wyoming governor signs ban on abortions after about 6 weeks

27 days ago

An effort to remedy harm from a race-based kidney test helps Black patients seeking transplants

27 days ago

Hims & Hers Health and Novo Nordisk end lawsuit over weight loss medications, enter collaboration

27 days ago

Rat lungworm found in San Diego opossums, rats and zoo animal

30 days ago

How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health

30 days ago

Rady Children's Health co-CEO to take job in Atlanta

1 month ago

What to know about how GLP-1 medications might fight addiction

1 month ago

Top FDA drug official is trying to hire a friend who's seeking a bold new warning on antidepressants

1 month ago

US maternal deaths fell in 2024 and may have dropped again last year, government data shows

1 month ago

Supervisors move to pursue expansion of little-used county medical program

1 month ago

Childhood trauma doesn't have to be a lifelong curse

1 month ago

Minnesota sues to block Trump administration's withholding of Medicaid funds

1 month ago

Do energy drinks offer benefits beyond caffeine?

1 month ago

All the News That's Fit: The ultraprocessed angle, cabbage crunching and discontinued body parts

1 month ago

Trump's Medicaid work mandates are meant to save money. But first states will have to spend millions

1 month ago

He got sober. Now he wants to help others do the same through a new UCSD program.

1 month ago

Red and blue states alike want to limit AI in insurance. Trump wants to limit the states

1 month ago

An obscure county program pays for a few dozen San Diegans' health care. Sales-tax hike backers have bigger ideas.

1 month ago

More organs are being donated after the heart stops, not brain death. Policies are changing too

1 month ago

ByHeart infant botulism outbreak ends with 48 babies sickened

1 month ago

Ozempic, Wegovy list prices to be slashed by up to 50%

1 month ago

Surgeon general nominee faces sharp questions about vaccines, birth control and qualifications

1 month ago

What alcohol does to the body

1 month ago

All the News That's Fit: Touch-screen driving danger, blissful ignorance and happy clams

12 hours ago

What it means to be 'touch starved'

1 month ago

Should you feed a cold and starve a fever? Here's what experts say.

1 month ago

After four weeks, Kaiser strike to end on Tuesday

1 month ago

FDA proposes new system for approving customized drugs and therapies for rare diseases

1 month ago

Caught in the SCAN-UCSD change? Know your rights.

1 month ago

Thousands of seniors in San Diego County forced to find new doctors

1 month ago

What is ALS, the disease that killed actor Eric Dane?

1 month ago

Nurses and New York hospital system reach a tentative deal to end the city's largest nursing strike

1 month ago