The Interior Department called the latest incident at the National Mall “deranged vandalism,” adding that “any threat against the President is taken very seriously” and that U.S. Park…
Read more Giant ’86 47′ Appears on National Mall Grass: What to KnowAlmost 15,000 nurses at several major New York hospitals are on strike, raising concerns about how staffing shortages could affect the city’s health care system. The strike, which…
Read more Why Thousands of Nurses Are Striking in NYCAs flu cases in the U.S. are rising dramatically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, overseen by the Trump Administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert…
Read more CDC Slashes Universal Vaccine RecommendationsThe holidays can be a stressful time—and if you’re planning to spend it with loved ones who have clashing political views, the prospect of getting into an argument…
Read more How to Talk to Your Family About Politics Over the HolidaysCongress has left for the year without reaching a health care deal, leaving Affordable Care Act subsidies that have helped lower insurance prices for roughly 22 million Americans…
Read more Congress Left Without a Health Care Deal. What Comes Next?Catherine Rolfes was between jobs and starting to think about how to make some extra cash to put toward her bills when her sibling suggested they visit a…
Read more How Plasma Donations Help Pay the Bills—and Treat PatientsFor many years, the advice from scientists and experts to people of all ages has been pretty universal: using your phone before bed will mess with your sleep. …
Read more Blue Light-Maxxing? Using Your Phone At Night May Not Be So BadRobert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and man on a mission to “Make America Healthy Again,” has made no secret of…
Read more The Rise, Fall, and Potential Return of the Food PyramidThree panelists engaged in a spirited discussion about longevity and disease prevention at a TIME100 Talks event moderated by TIME senior health correspondent Alice Park in New York…
Read more Health Panelists Talk Vaccines, Weight Loss, and the Importance of Respectful DiscussionPresident Donald Trump said he would personally intervene to try to help a prominent supporter with his cancer treatment. Scott Adams, who created the workplace-set comic strip ‘Dilbert’…
Read more Trump Pledges to Intervene in Cartoonist Scott Adams’ Cancer TreatmentTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the pharmaceutical companies behind Tylenol for “deceptively marketing” the medication as a safe option for pregnant mothers. The lawsuit against Johnson…
Read more Texas Sues Tylenol Makers Over Claims of Links to AutismMore than 130 unvaccinated students at two schools in South Carolina are being quarantined after they were exposed to measles, amid an ongoing outbreak in the state—a sign,…
Read more Measles Outbreak in South Carolina Sparks ConcernDozens of employees were fired from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) late on Friday, as the Trump Administration made good on its promise to begin…
Read more CDC ‘Not Functional’ After Trump Administration Orders Mass FiringsFor many Americans, getting an abortion has become far more difficult since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. But even in the face of states…
Read more Abortions Appear to Be Decreasing, a Post-Roe FirstThe number of babies being born with syphilis in the U.S. kept increasing last year, even as the number of cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the…
Read more Why Syphilis Cases in Newborns Are RisingPresident Donald Trump on Monday repeatedly urged pregnant women not to take acetaminophen, claiming that doing so is linked to a “very increased risk of autism.” His remarks—which…
Read more A Brief History of Trump’s False Health and Science ClaimsRobert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine advisory committee voted to stop recommending the combination vaccine protecting against measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox for children under the age of 4,…
Read more What You Need to Know About Changes to Childhood VaccinesSusan Monarez, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), addressed the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Wednesday to testify on…
Read more Susan Monarez Testifies About ‘Tense’ Exchanges With RFK Jr.States across the U.S. have taken steps to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines are widely accessible after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved updated shots with new restrictions.…
Read more What States Are Doing to Ensure COVID-19 Vaccine AccessMillions of people around the world are estimated to have Chagas disease, a potentially fatal, parasitic illness that can lie dormant for years after the initial infection. Some…
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