Markers in blood and urine may reveal how much ultraprocessed food we are eating

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New Trump vaccine policy limits access to COVID shots

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New salmonella outbreak tied to same Florida grower with tainted cucumbers last year

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Nebraska to ban soda and energy drinks from SNAP under first USDA waiver

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RFK Jr. pledged not to upend US vaccine system, but big changes are underway

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Biden's sudden diagnosis of aggressive prostate cancer is unfortunately all too common

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FDA approves Novavax COVID-19 shot but with unusual restrictions

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WHO adopts a 'pandemic agreement' after the chaos of COVID

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After US cuts funding, WHO chief defends $2.1B budget request by comparing it with cost of war

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Easily distracted? How to improve your attention span

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What's that rash? Put some thought into asking Google for medical help

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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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Lawmakers question Kennedy on staffing cuts, funding freezes and policy changes at health department

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Texas' measles outbreak is starting to slow

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Vaccine teams in Mexico scramble over measles outbreak rippling out from Mennonite community

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Measles jumps borders in North America with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico and US

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

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

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

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The US hasn't seen a human bird flu case in 3 months. Experts are wondering why

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Mexico, Chile and Uruguay halt poultry imports from Brazil after bird flu outbreak

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Brazil confirms its first bird flu outbreak in a commercial poultry farm

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US egg prices fall for the first time in months but remain near record highs

9 days ago

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

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

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How Utah dentists are preparing patients for the first statewide fluoride ban

16 days ago

USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry

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

8 months ago

Europe offers clues for solving America's maternal mortality crisis

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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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

10 months ago

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

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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

10 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

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FDA OKs first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer's disease

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Trump administration again blocked from cutting billions in federal health money

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Gene editing helped a desperately ill baby thrive. Scientists say it could someday treat millions

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US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen

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FDA and RFK Jr. aim to remove ingestible fluoride products used to protect kids' teeth

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US health officials advise older travelers not to get a chikungunya vaccine

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Zepbound beats Wegovy for weight loss in first head-to-head trial of blockbuster drugs

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Experts call Kennedy's plan to find autism's cause unrealistic

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FDA will allow three new color additives made from minerals, algae and flower petals

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US infant mortality dropped in 2024. Experts partly credit RSV shots

14 days ago

Cancer before age 50 is increasing. A new study looks at which types

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Donald Trump taps wellness influencer close to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for surgeon general

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Moderna study shows immune response in older adults for a combo flu and COVID-19 shot

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Critic of drug industry and COVID-19 measures to lead FDA vaccine program

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What customers can expect as Rite Aid closes or sells all its drugstores

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Disabled workers have faced prejudice. Now they face DOGE firings

16 days ago

New salmonella outbreak is linked to backyard poultry, CDC says

17 days ago

Rite Aid returns to bankruptcy protection as it seeks to sell most assets

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How cruise ship passengers can stay safe from the latest version of norovirus

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Cuts have eliminated more than a dozen US government health-tracking programs

18 days ago

A community rallied to share flu shot experiences. Then the government stopped the study

19 days ago

CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years

20 days ago

Animal sedative medetomidine is showing up in the US illegal drug supply, CDC says

21 days ago

Lilly star weight-loss drug Zepbound faces coverage challenge from CVS Health

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FDA to rehire fired staffers who booked inspection trips, but other workers remain in limbo

21 days ago

Trump's health agency urges therapy for transgender youth, not broader gender-affirming health care

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CVS Health rides improving Medicare business to better-than-expected first quarter

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US maternal death rate rose slightly last year, health officials say

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What makes a Kentucky Derby champion? Big hearts, immense lungs and powerful legs

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

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