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HHS and EPA looking into changes to nation's fluoride guidance
Will Matsuda for The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Monday he plans to assemble a task force and ultimately change th...
Apr 08, 2025
2nd child with measles dies in Texas, according to state health officials
Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images(LUBBOCK, TEXAS) -- A second child in Texas has died of measles, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services."The school-aged child who tested positive for me...
Apr 07, 2025
16 state attorneys general sue Trump administration over NIH grant terminations
Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Sixteen state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday over its cancellation of resea...
Apr 04, 2025
Measles outbreak in Texas hits 481 cases, with 59 new infections confirmed in last 3 days
Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) -- The measles outbreak in western Texas has hit 481 cases, with 59 newly identified infections confirmed over the la...
Apr 04, 2025
RFK Jr. said HHS layoffs are needed as 'Americans are getting sicker.' Here's what the data shows.
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(NEW YORIK) -- About 10,000 people across the United States Department of Health and Human Services were laid off this week as part of a massive restructuring plan.In a pos...
Apr 04, 2025
Scientists sue NIH, HHS, RFK Jr. over termination of research grants
(boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Researchers who had millions of dollars' worth of grants terminated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are suing the federal government in th...
Apr 04, 2025
More cities, counties start to remove fluoride from public drinking water
Grace Cary/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More cities and counties across the U.S. are moving to ban fluoride in public drinking water after Utah became the first state in the country to do so.Th...
Apr 02, 2025
Supreme Court takes up bid to defund Planned Parenthood
Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The battle over taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood takes center stage at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in a dispute over South Carolina's exclu...
Apr 02, 2025
12 months and 70 cases since the first human bird flu infection: Are we any safer?
Kevin Carter/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- One year ago, the first bird flu infection in a human in the United States was reported in a Texas dairy worker, just weeks after the virus had been found in cat...
Apr 01, 2025
Intermittent fasting can be hit or miss, but research suggests 'sweet spot' can help some stick to their diet
JGI/Jamie Grill via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Cutting back on calories three days a week may lead to more weight loss than daily dieting and may be more effective than other types of so-called "interm...
Apr 01, 2025