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Employees work on epidemic prevention for chickens at a livestock company in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China, on Tuesday, April 9, 2024.
Health

Bird flu FAQ: Everything you need to know about the H5N1 outbreak that’s spread to dairy cows in 9 states

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May 10, 2024
COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record low
Health

COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record low

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May 2, 2024
AMR is on track to lower global life expectancy by an average 1.8 years by 2035, according to a new report from the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance.
Health

Superbugs could lower your life expectancy by nearly 2 years, report says. What to know about antimicrobial resistance

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April 26, 2024
The meat in your fridge or freezer may be contaminated with the bacteria E. coli, according to the Food Safety and Inspection Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Health

Your ground beef may be contaminated with E. coli, USDA says. Here are the products under public health alert

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April 22, 2024
A user interacting with a smartphone app to customize an avatar
Tech

WHO’s new AI-powered chatbot SARAH is available 24/7 and in eight languages – but it’s blundering some answers

By Jessica Nix and Bloomberg
April 19, 2024
From April 2020 through September 2021, overall hospital visits for alcohol-related conditions spiked beyond what researchers expected, per a study published Friday.
Health

Alcohol-fueled hospital visits are spiking among middle-aged women, study says: ‘We simply just don’t know what’s causing this’

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April 15, 2024
Super Bowl champion Robin Cole survived prostate cancer but lost loved ones to it. The stigma around treating it has to go, he says—especially among Black men
Commentary

Super Bowl champion Robin Cole survived prostate cancer but lost loved ones to it. The stigma around treating it has to go, he says—especially among Black men

By Robin Cole and Alicia Zhou
April 12, 2024
Using hearing aids can be frustrating for older adults. Specialists say these 5 tips can help
Aging Well

Using hearing aids can be frustrating for older adults. Specialists say these 5 tips can help

By Judith Graham and KFF Health News
February 29, 2024
Photo of Amy Schumer
Health

Amy Schumer reveals Cushing’s syndrome diagnosis after being criticized for her appearance: ‘Thank you so much for everyone’s input about my face’

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February 26, 2024
Prostate cancer shouldn’t be a death sentence. But for a startling number of U.S. males, it is
Health

Prostate cancer shouldn’t be a death sentence. But for a startling number of U.S. males, it is

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February 10, 2024
Some advocates and school systems — and the state of California — are now encouraging kids to come to class even when they have the sniffles or other nuisance illnesses like lice or pinkeye.
Health

Cough? Sore throat? More schools suggest mildly sick kids attend anyway: ‘It’s extremely confusing’

By Bianca Vázquez Toness and The Associated Press
February 7, 2024
Informational brochures on Medicaid expansion during an event held by New Hanover County Department of Health and Human Services at a library in Wilmington, N.C., on Dec.16, 2023. North Carolina's expansion of Medicaid began on December 1st, and its estimated that more than 600,000 people statewide are now eligible for healthcare coverage that they otherwise could not afford.
Health

Halfway through ‘unwinding,’ Medicaid enrollment is down about 10 million

By Phil Galewitz and KFF Health News
February 7, 2024
Phthalates can be found in “a broad swath” of consumer products, from personal care to food packaging. The exposure of pregnant women to such chemicals may be linked to preterm birth, Dr. Leonardo Trasande, a professor of pediatrics and population health at NYL Langone Health, tells Fortune.
Health

Plastic-linked ‘hormone-disrupting chemicals’ were potentially behind 10% of U.S. preterm births in 2018, according to new research. How families can steer clear of their danger

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February 6, 2024
In this July 2014 file photo, Esaw Garner, center, wife of Eric Garner, breaks down in the arms of Rev. Herbert Daughtry and Rev. Al Sharpton, right, during a rally at the National Action Network headquarters for Eric Garner on July 19, 2014, in New York. Garner, 43, died during an arrest in Staten Island, when a plain-clothes police officer placed him in what appeared to be a chokehold while several others brought him to the ground and struggled to place him in handcuffs. A new study sheds light on the health impacts of racism on African Americans, including poorer sleep after police shooting of unarmed Black people.
Health

Sleep loss more common among African Americans after police-involved killings of unarmed Black people like Eric Garner, new study finds

By Carla K. Johnson and The Associated Press
February 5, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden takes a selfie photograph with an attendee at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston, Mass., on Sept. 12, 2022. Biden's remarks on his administration's cancer moonshot, taking place on the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's "Moonshot" speech, are aimed at the goal of ending cancer.
Health

Public health advocates urge action on menthol, applaud accomplishments like patient navigation as Biden administration celebrates 2-year anniversary of ‘cancer moonshot’

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February 4, 2024

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