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News Articles: Health

Luke Seaborn appeared in a 2024 promotional video for Georgia Pathways to Coverage, the state’s insurance program. “I used to think of Pathways as a blessing,” Seaborn recently told The Current and ProPublica. “Now, I’m done with it.” Credit: Photo Illustration and YouTube screenshots by ProPublica

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  • Health

He became the face of Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement. Now he’s fed up with it

Last summer, as political debate swirled over the future of Georgia’s experiment with Medicaid work requirements, Gov. Brian Kemp held a press conference to unveil a three-minute testimonial video featuring a mechanic who works on classic cars.

May 14, 2025
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By:
  • Margaret Coker ,
  • The Current ,
  • and 1 more
Only about a dozen people attended a March meeting about the Georgia Pathways program in Cordele, in remote Southwest Georgia. Health advocates say the poorly publicized event illustrates how weak the state’s outreach to Black and disadvantaged communities has been. Credit: Nicole Craine for ProPublica

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  • Health

Firm running Georgia’s struggling Medicaid experiment was also paid millions to sell it to public

When the state of Georgia handed Deloitte Consulting a $10.7 million marketing contract last July to promote the nation’s only Medicaid work requirement program, the initiative was in need of serious PR. 

May 14, 2025
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  • Margaret Coker ,
  • The Current ,
  • and 1 more

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  • National

He was experiencing psychosis. Then, his boss made a decision that saved his life

A few years ago, "A" experienced a psychotic episode. His boss made a decision that saved his life.

May 14, 2025
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By:
  • Autumn Barnes
Dentists sometimes prescribe fluoride supplements to kids in areas that lack water fluoridation. FDA is taking action to remove such treatments from the market.

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  • Health

FDA moves to ban fluoride supplements for kids, removing a key tool for dentists

The agency is taking steps to remove prescription fluoride treatments that children swallow.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Pien Huang
A universal vaccine against flu wouldn't have to be updated to match seasonal changes in circulating strains.

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  • Health

Trump administration's universal flu vaccine project puzzles scientists

The Trump administration has launched a $500 million project to develop a universal flu vaccine that won't need yearly updates. But vaccine experts are mystified by its focus on a dated technology.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Caitlin Tulloch at home.

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  • Global Health

A matchmaking service with a twist: Connecting big givers to programs cut by USAID

A former USAID worker has a new mission. She's hoping to connect philanthropists with overseas programs that have lost — or are likely to lose — their U.S. funding.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
A close up image of an HIV finger prick test

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  • Health

CDC cancels grant that funded free home test kits for HIV

Federal funding for a program that used dating apps to connect people with free HIV home tests has been canceled.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine and
  • Healthbeat
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been carrying out President  Trump's vision to shrink government. On Monday, they announced an executive order aimed at drug prices.

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  • Health

RFK Jr. got rid of an 'alphabet soup' of health agencies. Now, Congress gets a say

On Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. goes to Capitol Hill to promote and defend his massive overhaul of HHS, and President Trump's plans to change it even more.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Prescription drugs sit ready to be distributed to patients at 986 Pharmacy, an independent pharmacy in Alhambra, Calif.

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  • Health

Pharmacists stockpile most common drugs on chance of targeted Trump tariffs

While Big Pharma seems ready to weather the tariff storm, independent pharmacists and makers of generic drugs — which account for 90% of U.S. prescriptions — see trouble ahead for patients.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Jackie Fortiér and
  • Arthur Allen
Former UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in May 2024, over a massive data breach at his company's Change Healthcare. UnitedHealth's business and reputational problems have mounted since then, and Witty resigned "for personal reasons" on Tuesday. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

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  • Business

UnitedHealth Group abruptly replaces CEO Andrew Witty, deepening a terrible year

The health care conglomerate is facing mounting financial problems – and ongoing consumer anger over high costs and denied claims.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are weighing spending cuts to addiction healthcare and research programs responding to the nation's deadly overdose crisis. Activists and health workers submitted a letter to Congress on Monday protesting the proposed budget reductions.

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  • Health

Experts warn Congress cuts to addiction funding will mean more overdose deaths

A broad coalition of addiction experts wants Congress to maintain healthcare funding for the nation's response to fentanyl and other street drugs.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Brian Mann
A new study says millions of children in the U.S. live in a household with a parent who has either a moderate or severe substance use disorder.

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  • Health

A quarter of children have a parent with substance use disorder, a study finds

A new study estimates that 19 million children in the U.S. have a parent with a substance use disorder and that alcohol is the most commonly used substance by the parents.

May 13, 2025
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By:
  • Rhitu Chatterjee
President Trump, joined by National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., talks about an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs.

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  • Health

Trump signs an order to reduce drug prices, but it's unclear how it would work

President Trump wants to lower drug prices in the U.S. by tying them to the prices paid in other developed countries. The pharmaceutical industry has long opposed the approach.

May 12, 2025
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
Ruth McCrady stands outside in a blue graduation robe

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  • Health

Doctor at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is one of a dozen in U.S. to treat this rare disorder

A college student who fell severely ill last December found help from an expert at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

May 12, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
When we eat carbohydrates like white rice and pasta we digest them rapidly, causing surges in blood sugar. But there is a way to slow digestion down.

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  • Health

There's a secret superfood in white rice and pasta: Here's how to unlock it

When it comes to rice and pasta, dietitians recommend eating brown or whole grain because they're more nutritious. But you can create a super nutrient in white rice and white pasta. Here's the trick.

May 12, 2025
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  • Michaeleen Doucleff
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