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Daniel Tsai is the director of Medicaid and CHIP Services under the Biden administration.

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  • Health

Biden's Medicaid director shares lessons learned and concerns for the program's future

Dan Tsai discusses how he ran Medicaid under Biden, and his fears for how Republicans might try to change the program.

January 17, 2025
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By:
  • Dan Gorenstein and
  • Ryan Levi
At an April 14, 2020 briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, President Trump announced his intention to halt U.S. funding for World Health Organization WHO. U.S. membership in the U.N. body is likely to be reviewed in the early days of his second term.

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  • Global Health

How will Trump's return to the White House change the face of global health?

When Donald Trump returns to the White House, he's expected to issue a series of orders with far-reaching impact on global health — from abortion services to support for the World Health Organization.

January 17, 2025
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By:
  • Gabrielle Emanuel,
  • Rachel Carlson,
  • and 1 more
Women's cancer incidence rising faster than men's, according to a new report.

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  • Health

Cancer deaths are declining, but diagnoses are rising especially among younger women

The American Cancer Society's report shows a mix of lower death rates and rising cancer incidence rates for some groups, especially younger women.

January 16, 2025
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
If confirmed, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's pick for health secretary, would have major influence over how the country responds to the bird flu outbreak and prepares for a possible future pandemic.

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  • Health

How would RFK Jr. handle bird flu? His record on vaccines has experts on edge

Trump's pick for health secretary has a record of attacking vaccines. In fact he's even taken direct aim at bird flu shots. Scientists fear this doesn't bode well in case of a crisis.

January 16, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone
 Gov. Brian Kemp announces changes to Georgia Pathways during the first week of the 2025 legislative session. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Kemp plans to exempt parents, guardians of young kids from Medicaid work requirement

Gov. Brian Kemp says parents of young children would no longer have to satisfy Georgia Pathways to Coverage’s work requirement under a revised plan for the Medicaid program that will be submitted to the federal government this spring.

January 16, 2025
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
Flu shot is advertised at East Arkansas Family Health Center in Lepanto, Arkansas. Photo by Karen Pulfer Focht/REUTERS

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  • Health

Public health leaders say it's STILL not too late to vaccinate against 'big 3' viruses

The Georgia Department of Public Health says flu and COVID numbers are going up quickly as people return to work and school after the holidays.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as one of the more controversial picks for President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet, his views on vaccines and abortion rights are raising alarms across the political spectrum.

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  • Politics

RFK Jr. faces a complicated confirmation with some opposition on both sides of the aisle

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s views on vaccines and abortion rights are raising alarms across the political spectrum, as he's one of the more controversial picks for the president-elect's Cabinet.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
San Carlos Animal Control specialist Timothy Nozie and entomologist Maureen Brophy are greeted by a dog after putting a tick collar on him on Dec. 6, 2024 on the San Carlos Apache Nation. As part of an effort to reduce tick-borne illnesses, Brophy and her CDC colleagues are tackling the tick population by spraying pesticides around people's homes and providing tick collars for dogs

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  • Health

On Apache lands, progress in a long war against ticks and the disease they spread

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, the deadliest tick-borne disease in the U.S., is a big problem on tribal lands in the Southwest. A community-led response on Apache lands in Arizona is helping save lives.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Pien Huang

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  • Health

Move aside, BMI: There's a better way to define obesity, commission finds

An international committee of scientists has proposed changing the way obesity is defined and diagnosed. The proposal adds more ways to measure body composition and fat.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
Red dye 3 is a petroleum based color additive that's been used for decades, to give foods and drinks bright, flashy coloring.

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  • Health

FDA bans the food dye Red No. 3

The food colorant has been linked to behavioral problems in children, including inattention and hyperactivity. California passed a law to ban it last year. It's also linked to cancer in lab rats.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
The buddy system can help you stick with your goals.

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  • Arts & Life

The secret to doing hard things and getting stuff done

Some people team up with an "accountability partner" or "accountability group" to accomplish big goals or tasks. Here's how to set up a successful partnership.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Marielle Segarra and
  • Clare Marie Schneider

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  • Health

Lower nicotine requirements in cigarettes could be coming soon

The FDA is expected to propose a new rule Wednesday that would mean cigarettes have lower nicotine limits to make them less addictive.

January 15, 2025
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
Timothy Moss (right center) was part of a program out of the Indiana University Health system, which connects hospital patients with "connectors" who help fill support needs, including spiritual needs, in the life of the patient.

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  • Religion

Why some doctors have started asking patients about their spiritual lives

Indiana University's hospital system is pairing patients with local faith groups to ease feelings of loneliness and isolation. The unique new program comes as more doctors are seeing a need to care for patients' spiritual as well as physical health.

January 14, 2025
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By:
  • Ben Thorp
The FDA says front-of-package labels would allow consumers to more easily assess  how much sugar, fat and salt packaged foods and drinks contain.

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  • Health

The FDA calls for at-a-glance nutrition labels on the front of packaged foods

The FDA wants front-of-package nutrition labels required on packaged foods. The labels would tell consumers if the product has Low, Medium or High levels of saturated fat, sodium and added sugar.

January 14, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
Prescription drugs prices rose this year for many drugs, though the hikes were not as steep on average as some past years.

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  • Health

Drugmakers hiked prices for hundreds of drugs in early January

January is a big time for drugmakers to hike prices. This year saw higher prices for 575 medications so far, including Ozempic, drugs for HIV, cancer and many others.

January 14, 2025
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  • Sydney Lupkin
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