THE NEW YORK TIMES – When does freedom for adults become cruelty to children? The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a case, Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, that raises…
Health Care AI, Intended To Save Money, Turns Out To Require a Lot of Expensive Humans
KFF Health News – Preparing cancer patients for difficult decisions is an oncologist’s job. They don’t always remember to do it, however. At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged…
Official Confirms Chronic Wasting Disease In Wild Deer In Chippewa County
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2025-01-08 Contact: Terry Shaurette, DNR Chippewa County Wildlife Biologist MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirms the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease…
Eating more peanuts, herbs, and spices can boost your gut microbiome
ZME SCIENCE – Imagine a bustling city on a weekday morning, with sidewalks crowded by people rushing to work. Now shrink that scene to a microscopic scale, and you get an idea…
More than 15,000 doctors sign letter urging Senate to reject RFK Jr. as health secretary
NBC NEWS – More than 15,000 doctors have signed a letter urging senators to vote against confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of health and human services….
Prices of top 25 Medicare Part D drugs have nearly doubled, AARP study finds
NBC NEWS – List prices for the top 25 prescription drugs covered by Medicare Part D have nearly doubled, on average, since they were first brought to market, according to a new…
Leaked Memo Requesting Paramedics at Inauguration Sparks Alarm
(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) The Department of Veterans Affairs insider shared a Department of Health and Human Services memo with James O’Keefe’s O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) that requested “presidential inauguration [medical personnel] support deployment.” “What concerned me was…
Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Taint Rural California Drinking Water, Far From Known Sources
KFF Health News – Juana Valle never imagined she’d be scared to drink water from her tap or eat fresh eggs and walnuts when she bought her 5-acre farm in San Juan…
Big Agriculture Is Leading Us Into the Bird Flu Abyss
Truthout – We might have just rung in a new year, but it feels like an epidemiological Groundhog Day. Nearly five years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, public health experts…
California aims to limit unhealthy food ahead of Trump administration and RFK Jr.
LA TIMES – Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order on Friday attempting to limit access to ultra-processed foods, a directive he cast as a continuation of California’s “nation leading” nutrition and…