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Several brands of canned tuna have been recalled for faulty packaging.

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  • National

Canned tuna sold at Costco, Trader Joe's recalled over botulism risk

The voluntary recall covers 13 products sold at major grocery stores in 26 states and the District of Columbia. It was triggered by defective packaging that poses the risk of food poisoning.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
Afghan men wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 line up as the U.N.'s World Food Program (WFP) distributes a monthly food ration to address fears of looming famine due to drought and winter conditions. Food for this delivery in January 2022 was largely supplied by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

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  • Global Health

How the gutting of USAID is reverberating around the world: Worry, despair, praise

Reactions to the changes in USAID run the gamut. Some leading voices — like Mexico's president — are in favor. Others fear that lives will be lost as health care programs are cut.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Joanna Kakissis,
  • Kate Bartlett,
  • and 2 more
Sen. Ossoff

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  • Health

Sen. Ossoff and health experts warn public of risk to CDC under Trump administration

On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff held a virtual press conference with Georgia public health experts to express the importance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) following President Trump's executive order directing agencies to remove their websites and data with the CDC.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
Gwinnett Board of Health members and Gwinnett, Newton, and Rockdale Public Health Department employees speak with each other after the board's meeting in Lawrenceville, Georgia, on Monday. (Allen Siegler / Healthbeat)

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  • Health

Georgia health agencies work to contain metro Atlanta measles outbreak

Infectious disease specialists throughout Georgia have worked rapidly over the past few weeks to respond to a measles outbreak in the metro Atlanta area, according to the Gwinnett, Newton, and Rockdale Public Health Departments. 

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Allen Siegler
Measles kills thousands of children across the globe every year.

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  • Health

As measles cases rise, a new book warns parents not to underestimate the disease

As childhood vaccination rates drop in the U.S., outbreaks of measles are rising. In his new book, Booster Shots, Dr. Adam Ratner makes the case that this is a bad sign for public health.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
Decatur resident Kyo Brown keeps her backyard flock of chickens in a coop to protect them from predators. Prohibiting free ranging is just one biosecurity measure that chicken owners and producers are encouraged to take as highly pathogenic avian influenza spreads across the U.S. and across species.

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  • News

Everything you need to know about Georgia’s bird flu response

State officials and scientists credit the small number of cases so far to Georgia’s longstanding system for disease prevention and response, set up to protect the state's billion dollar poultry and egg industry.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Chase McGee and
  • Sofi Gratas
At Life Kit, we've heard a lot of relationship advice over the years. These seven pieces of advice from sex and relationship therapists stuck with us.

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  • Mental Health

9 pieces of advice to help you navigate the ups and downs of romance

Sex and relationship experts share wise words of wisdom on love's thorniest topics, including what to do if a partner cheats and how to talk to your partner about your sex life.

February 11, 2025
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib
A homemade sign at a rally in Union Square in New York City on Saturday. Various hospitals across the country curbed gender-affirming care for people under 19 after President Trump's executive order.

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  • Health

Trump's ban on gender-affirming care for young people puts hospitals in a bind

Hospitals and clinics that have offered gender-affirming treatments to transgender youth reacted in a variety of ways to an executive order that aims to halt the care.

February 10, 2025
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin

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  • Health Care

Safe food, water. Less chronic disease. Affordable care. These are Georgians' priorities, poll says

The top three trusted sources for public health information are health care providers, doctors and nurses, and scientific research, according to a new poll from Gallup and Emory University.

February 10, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge and
  • Sofi Gratas
From left: U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, Senator John Barrasso, a Republican from Wyoming, President Donald Trump, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican from West Virginia, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, speak to the media on Jan. 8, 2025.

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  • Health

Why many Republicans think shrinking Medicaid will make it better

Republicans proposals to change the public health insurance program for low-income and disabled Americans could amount to more than $2 trillion of cuts over the next decade.

February 10, 2025
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By:
  • Ryan Levi
Children play during aftercare for the Head Start program at Easterseals South Florida, an organization that gets about a third of its funding from the federal government, on Jan. 29 in Miami.

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  • National

Stress and uncertainty at Head Start and clinics as federal health funding system sputters

Many groups that rely on a federal payment portal started experiencing problems accessing funds last week. HHS says "technical issues" are to blame and lag times continue.

February 09, 2025
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By:
  • Anya van Wagtendonk and
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
A laboratory studying sickle cell disease at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics Laboratory, at the National Institutes of Health on Feb. 8, 2024, in Bethesda, Md.

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  • Health

NIH announces new funding policy that rattles medical researchers

The National Institutes of Health has dramatically changed its grant-making terms by limiting how much it will disburse for costs such as equipment and administration.

February 09, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein
On February 7, a worker removes the U.S. Agency for International Development sign on their headquarters in Washington, D.C.  The Trump administration has targeted with agency with a series of orders that have put its programs and employees in limbo.

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  • Global Health

Judge pauses Trump order to put USAID employees on administrative leave

The case, brought by the American Foreign Service Association and the American Federation of Government Employees, is intended to block the administration's efforts to dismantle USAID.

February 08, 2025
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis and
  • Shannon Bond
Agency staff were notified that lists of employees have designated some as noncritical.

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  • Health

Morale plummets at the CDC as staff fear job losses

Staff at the CDC are bracing for a significant reduction in the work force that appears to be targeting staff with the fewest worker protections.

February 08, 2025
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Will Stone
Groups that work to prevent sexual assault and support rape victims are facing funding delays.

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  • Health

Rape crisis centers see funding delays amid Trump administration spending upheaval

Groups addressing sexual violence report not getting expected payments from grants that they depend on to keep running.

February 07, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone
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