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Sick right now? Flu is resurging to yet a higher peak this season.
Currently, flu activity is categorized as “very high” in 29 states, and “high” in 15. States in the South are […]
FDA approves first non-opioid pain medicine in more than 20 years
The approval “is an important public health milestone in acute pain management,” Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, J.D., M.D., acting director of the […]
Top 10 moments of RFK Jr.’s reality-bending confirmation hearings
There were a lot of doozies as RFK Jr. tried to convince lawmakers he’s pro-vaccine. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US […]
States say they’ve been shut out of Medicaid amid Trump funding freeze
Amid the Trump administration’s abrupt, wide-scale freeze on federal funding, states are reporting that they’ve lost access to Medicaid, a […]
Dead babies, critically ill kids: Pediatricians make moving plea for vaccines
As federal lawmakers prepare to decide whether anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should be the next secretary of the […]
WHO starts cutting costs as US withdrawal date set for January 2026
“Just stupid” On January 23, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sent a memo to staff announcing the cost-cutting measures. Reuters […]
For real, we may be taking blood pressure readings all wrong
Skip to content Blood pressure readings while lying down beat seated readings at predicting heart risks. Last year, a study […]
Florida man eats diet of butter, cheese, beef; cholesterol oozes from his body
What could go wrong with eating an extremely high-fat diet of beef, cheese, and sticks of butter? Well, for one […]
Trump orders US withdrawal from the World Health Organization
The United States noticed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2020 due to the organization’s mishandling of […]
