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The Eli Lilly drug caused a major drop in the blood levels of Lp(a), but further research is needed to show that it will prevent heart attac...

Your average daily heart rate is a useful metric; so is your daily step count. Combining the two might be even better. from NYT > Healt...

Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health. fr...

The layoffs are part of a major restructuring at the health department, which now employs about 82,000 people. from NYT > Health https:...

The layoffs are part of a major restructuring at the health department, which now employs about 80,000 people. from NYT > Health https:...

State health officials worry that declining vaccination rates have left many communities vulnerable nationwide. from NYT > Health https...

Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks o...

States were told Monday that they could no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services. from ...

A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs. from NYT > H...

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya gained prominence during the pandemic as an opponent of widespread lockdowns. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/2b3...

After the health secretary promoted vitamin A as a cure, parents in West Texas began giving their children high doses, sometimes to prevent ...

A religious organization recruited him to help open New York City’s first independent abortion clinic, though it was unaware that Louisiana ...

Public health leaders are horrified by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s approach to measles, but government and industry are responding to him. fro...

Currently the agency’s acting director, Dr. Monarez would be the first nonphysician to head the agency in more than 50 years. from NYT ...

The agency OK’d an artificial vessel to restore blood flow in patients, even though its own scientists flagged questionable study results an...

Senior scientists at the National Institutes of Health fear that research on conditions like obesity, heart disease and cancer will be under...

Children’s Health Defense, founded by the health secretary, had published online a vaccine-safety page that looked like the agency’s but tha...

A chaotic restructuring order threatens to degrade services for veterans of wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. from NYT > Health ht...

Married to Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts, she became a proponent of electroshock therapy after unsuccessful treatments for alcoholis...

The number of cases will increase, but the rates seem to be declining with every birth cohort that reaches advanced ages, researchers said. ...

Vaccination efforts have faltered, and many residents have turned to alternative treatments endorsed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health se...

His studies showed that a B vitamin deficiency could cause hardened arteries. It took the medical profession more than a decade to catch up....

A law passed in 2011 required food companies to track food in the event of contamination and a recall. The administration delayed the move, ...

“Cognitive shuffling” can calm a busy brain. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/8zNASKZ via IFTTT

The move comes after a series of cuts to prevention and treatment efforts worldwide. Some functions might be moved to another agency, offici...

The Trump administration halted some food testing and shut down a committee studying bacteria in infant formula. Earlier funding cutbacks un...

The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be dis...

Veterans who wish to change their gender “can do so on their own dime,” the V.A. secretary said. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/xnCyb...

After the Dobbs decision, births rose in states with bans, but more for some women than others. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/XywsuQ...

Chatbots should be built with enough resilience to deal with difficult emotional situations, researchers said. from NYT > Health https:...

Laura Delano walked away from the treatments that defined her teens and 20s. Now, she’s hoping to create a road map for others to follow. ...

Brendan Costello’s family was bracing for goodbyes. But he had one last wish. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/0Ahpft8 via IFTTT

In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said. from NYT > Hea...

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity, dodged queries about Republican plans to cut health insurance for the poor, and emerged unscathed on his ti...

The author of numerous studies, he urged patients to question their physicians and expressed concern about cancer treatment for older adults...

A new study found that fair prices for medications like Wegovy and Zepbound would be hundreds less per month than they are now. from NYT ...

The Senate Finance Committee holds a confirmation hearing on Friday for Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity who is nominated to run major health...

It is the first time the Senate has been called upon to confirm a C.D.C. director. Dr. Dave Weldon has close ties to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has already closed offices and could see staff numbers reduced by 50 percent. ...

Prescription drugs like lorazepam — used to treat anxiety, panic attacks and sleep disorders — play a role in popular TV shows like ‘The Whi...

When one partner wants to cut back, or stops drinking altogether, the changes can reverberate throughout a relationship. from NYT > Hea...

Mr. Kennedy told executives of major food companies that he wants synthetic colors removed from their products. “Decision time is imminent,”...

The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and r...

Intensive management of diabetes pays fewer dividends as patients age and raises the chances of hypoglycemia. But many people have not gotte...

How Republicans could change the program. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/QWB257q via IFTTT

How have the first patients fared after receiving organ transplants from genetically modified pigs? Roni Caryn Rabin, a health reporter on t...

New York Times photographers covered Covid-19 throughout the world. These pictures, and the moments behind them, stayed with them. from NY...

Some scientists are confident that organs from genetically modified pigs will one day be routinely transplanted into humans. But substantial...

She was legally blind and used a motorized wheelchair, but she managed to capture what she called the “ironic reality” of New York City on f...

An indefatigable gardener, she was concerned, a colleague said, with “all the things that have to happen for us to get our food.” from NYT...

Thousands of protesters gathered in Washington for Stand Up for Science, a rally in response to President Trump’s federal-funding and job cu...

Her “Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself,” a guide to shedding toxic relationships, has sold m...

The outbreak has sickened nearly 200 people in Gaines County, Texas. A neighboring county in New Mexico has seen 21 new cases since Tuesday....

More than 60 percent of all voters — and 47 percent of Democrats — supported a work requirement for Medicaid, the country’s largest health i...

At a hearing, Dr. Marty Makary, the nominee for F.D.A. commissioner, fielded questions focused on whether he would review or reopen certain ...

Here’s how to know, and how to get out of it. from NYT > Health https://ift.tt/8KLNMQv via IFTTT

Some commercially insured patients stand to save $150 per month on Wegovy, a popular obesity medication. Patients on Medicare and Medicaid a...

The state’s insurance regulator has demanded detailed information about patients and their medications, raising privacy concerns. from NYT...

Jay Bhattacharya, a health economist, gained prominence during the Covid pandemic when he argued against lockdowns. from NYT > Health h...

Since 2008, embassies and other diplomatic posts had been publishing data about local air quality. In many countries, it was the only reliab...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, claimed that local doctors had successfully treated children with a steroid,...

Kyle Diamantas, a former corporate lawyer, is the new director for the F.D.A. food division, which oversees infant formula. He defended a to...

Uganda’s L.G.B.T.Q. population was already struggling to cope with the fallout of a harsh anti-gay law when the disruption of U.S. aid put p...

The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-b...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. described the outbreak in West Texas last week as a “top priority.” But he did not explicitly encourage Americans to g...

In places like Mingo County, W.Va., where working-age people are dying at record rates, a nurse learns what it takes to make America healthy...

Vaccine hesitancy has been rising for years in the United States. Doctors and parents in one rural county are confronting the consequences. ...

Researchers found that compounds in black and green tea leaves acted like “little Velcro” hooks on lead molecules. from NYT > Health ht...