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HealthA Biden-era study told Americans to drink less alcohol. The Trump admin ‘sidelined’ the research facing pressure from the alcohol lobby
By Laura Ungar, Ali Swenson and The Associated PressJune 9, 2026
By Laura Ungar and The Associated PressMay 23, 2026
HealthAmerican schools have been quietly killing recess to focus on test scores—and pediatricians are warning it’s a mistake
By Laura Ungar and The Associated PressMay 11, 2026
By Laura Ungar, Jonel Aleccia and The Associated PressApril 29, 2026
Health‘Babies become sitting ducks’: Babies too young for vaccines remain vulnerable in measles ‘hotbed’ communities
By The Associated Press, Laura Ungar and Devi ShastriApril 10, 2026
HealthIt’s not just vaccines. Parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns—even protection from severe bleeding and blindness
By Laura Ungar and The Associated PressMarch 21, 2026
Health‘We want more babies, to put it nicely’: Trump strikes deal for drugmaker to lower cost of common IVF drug
By Ali Swenson, Michelle L. Price, Laura Ungar and The Associated PressOctober 16, 2025
Health‘Kids are the canaries in the coal mine’: Huge study finds worse childhood obesity, depression, all-around ill health
By Laura Ungar, Jonel Aleccia and The Associated PressJuly 7, 2025
By Laura Ungar, Amanda Seitz and The Associated PressJune 10, 2025
HealthState and local health departments that do invisible but critical work are being hollowed out by cuts
By Laura Ungar, Michelle R. Smith and The Associated PressMay 31, 2025
By The Associated Press, Devi Shastri and Laura UngarMay 21, 2025
HealthTrump administration looks to claw back $11.4 billion in COVID funding from state and local health departments
By Laura Ungar and The Associated PressMarch 26, 2025
By Laura Ungar and The Associated PressFebruary 19, 2025
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