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Public health groups file lawsuit to stop RFK Jr.'s vaccine changes Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. violated the law and imperiled public health when he withdrew some recommendations about coronavirus vaccines, a coalition of medical associations alleged in a lawsuit filed Monday.
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Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and HHS Over Vaccine Advice Six leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit on Monday against Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and the federal Department of Health and Human Services, charging that recent decisions limiting access to vaccines were unscientific and ...
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US measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength. The nation surpassed infections reported in 2019, reaching ...
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American kids have become increasingly unhealthy over nearly two decades, new study finds The health of U.S. children has deteriorated over the past 17 years, with kids today more likely to have obesity, chronic diseases and mental health problems like depression, a new study says. Much of what researchers found was already known, ...
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Dementia and Alzheimer's disease aren't the same thing. Here's why. Alzheimer's disease is a progressive brain disorder that often begins years or even decades before symptoms appear. Eventually though, the abnormal biological processes occurring in the brain of someone with Alzheimer's will lead to the cognitive decline ...
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Rare form of leprosy infected people in Americas before European arrival, 4000-year-old bones suggest Roughly 4,000-year-old bones from Chile contain genetic evidence of leprosy, suggesting that a rare form of the bacteria that causes the disease may have been circulating in the Americas and long before the Europeans arrived. Comments ( 0 ) ( ).
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US Measles Cases Hit Highest Level Since Disease Was Eliminated in 2000 "With an ongoing measles outbreak and routine child vaccination rates declining, this move will further fuel the spread of vaccine-preventable illnesses," said Dr. Bruce A. Scott, president of the American Medical Association.
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How do you measure your health? WHI comes up with two potent indicators "BMI is a somewhat crude measure of obesity," said Fred Hutch Cancer Center biostatistician and Women's Health Initiative principal investigator Garnet Anderson, PhD, who collaborated with other Fred Hutch researchers on the new study, published Tuesday in ...
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Measles cases in the US reach 33-year high The number of reported measles cases in the US has reached a 33-year high, with nearly 1,300 confirmed infections across the country as of Friday. The data, released by John Hopkins University, marks a new milestone in an ongoing outbreak of the highly ...
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US measles cases surge to highest since disease was 'eliminated' It comes amid falling childhood vaccination rates and a rise in anti-vaccine sentiment fueled by lingering COVID-era distrust in public health authorities and a strengthening anti-vaccine movement.
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What's behind the enormous increase in early-onset gastrointestinal cancers? The researchers in this study explain that patients with early-onset colorectal cancers often experience delays in diagnosis because neither physicians nor patients suspect cancer. Consequently, doctors are more likely to diagnose such patients when they ...
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CDC ends emergency response for bird flu as infections decline The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday it has ended its emergency response for H5N1 bird flu, owing to a decline in animal infections and no reports of human cases since February. The emergency response was deactivated on ...
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Two cases of hantavirus and rabies detected at the Grand Canyon: How to stay safe Authorities urged parkgoers to use caution as two cases of zoonotic diseases were reported at the Grand Canyon. A park concessions employee tested positive for hantavirus, a respiratory virus that spreads through contact with infected rodent droppings, ...
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HIV community faces a double whammy: Medicaid reductions and CDC funding cuts Todd Fuqua is worried he could lose Medicaid coverage, potentially leaving him without medication for HIV. Benjamin Thorp / Side Effects Public Media. Congress just passed a sweeping bill that includes ...
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US CDC merges bird flu and influenza updates July 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has merged H5N1 bird flu updates with routine updates for seasonal influenza, the agency's website showed on Monday. The number of people monitored and tested for bird flu will be ...
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Medical groups sue HHS, Kennedy over COVID vaccine policy changes Six medical groups today sued the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a US district court in Massachusetts for acting "arbitrarily and capriciously" in making recent changes to COVID-19 vaccine ...
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Chronic low back pain may be less likely if you walk – a lot And study participants didn't need to be speed walkers, either. Time spent walking seemed to matter more than intensity, researchers found. "The more people walked, the lower their risk," says Rayane Haddadj, of the Norwegian University of Science and ...
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Study shows strong link between lung cancer and air pollution, but not second-hand smoke They studied gene mutations in lung cancer tumors that act as signatures to indicate the cause of cancers. One cancer risk they examined was in people, living in cities with strong particulate air pollution. "In ...
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ER visits for tick bites near record levels this summer across US Emergency rooms across the country are seeing a spike in tick bite cases, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. July has already seen the highest number of tick-related ER visits since 2017, with the Northeast ...
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Ask the doctors: Regular exercise can increase colorectal cancer survival rates Dear Doctors: I want to know more about how exercising gives you a better chance of recovering from colon cancer. I've been trying to help my brother-in-law, who just got diagnosed. He doesn't exercise, and I hope this might motivate him.
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Dementia Life Expectancy Is Now Longer Than Ever "Dementia is a global public health priority," said paper author and statistician professor Hao Luo of the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, in a statement. "Knowledge of survival after the diagnosis ...
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Dementia protection linked to where the body lies—belly fat a risk factor Men with high levels of belly fat are at increased risk of dementia, according to a new study by Monash University researchers of more than 17,000 individuals aged 65 to 98 years in the ASPREE Study.
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Personality traits influence enjoyment and adherence to exercise The study found several correlations between exercise type and personality traits, including extroverts' enjoyment of high intensity exercise and the preference of those with the neuroticism trait – associated with people prone to worrying – for short ...
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Don't 'power pee' – but do grab a mirror: 13 easy, effective ways to protect your pelvic floor It can often seem taboo to discuss these muscles, but they are essential to the wellbeing of both men and women. Experts discuss how to prevent and treat any problems. Sarah Phillips. Tue 8 Jul 2025 05.00 EDT. Share. In the UK, a third of women will ...
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Scientists uncover the link between estrogen and heart health in women A new preclinical study from Monash University has uncovered the role of the female sex hormone estrogen in protecting the hearts of women with high blood pressure—a link that, until now, has not been fully understood by scientists.
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Extroverts and exercise: how personality affects our approach to the gym A study has found that the reason some people hate working out is less to do with 'laziness' and more to do with other qualities altogether. Tue 8 Jul 2025 10.01 EDT. Share. Name: Gym personalities. Age: Genetically hardwired since ancient times.
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What is the 'Mind' diet? All the foods that could lower your dementia risk There's long been evidence that what we eat can affect our risk of dementia, Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline as we age. But can any one diet actually keep the brain strong and lower dementia risk? Evidence suggests the so-called "Mind diet" might ...
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Unpacking the ultra-processed: How to curb the health risks of convenient food Bright orange cheese puffs. Daffodil-yellow snack cakes. Lime green soda. These are clearly ultra-processed foods. But, what about your frozen veggie burger, your protein cookie, or even that whole wheat bread you buy at the grocery store?
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Planned C-sections put babies at high risk of childhood cancer: study By Stephen Beech. Babies born by planned caesarean section are at greater risk of childhood cancer, warns new research. They are more likely to develop acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) later in life, scientists say. Previous research has shown that ...
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If you can't go outside, here's where you can get sources of vitamin D When spending time outdoors isn't an option, there are alternative sources of vitamin D available. Advertisement. Dr. Ernestine Wright from Mercy Medical Center explains the role this essential vitamin has in the human body, as well as common questions ...
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New Mexico Department of Health issues mosquito-borne illness advisory after West Nile detection They want to suck your blood — and spread disease. The New Mexico Department of Health on Thursday issued an advisory warning residents to take precautions against mosquito bites amid the threat of West Nile virus, a disease spread by the bugs.
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Study projects over 15 million people born during 2008-2017 could develop gastric cancer in life Over 15 million people in the world born between 2008 and 2017 might develop gastric cancer at some point in life, with India contributing the second highest number among these cases, after China, a study has projected. Two-thirds of the more than 15 ...
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COVID-19 Pandemic Yielded Indirect Increases in Disease Burden These differences were prominent and statistically significant. Increases were also seen in stroke, tuberculosis, and ischemic heart disease. The age-standardized incidence and prevalence per 100,000 increased by 618.0 and 414.2, respectively, for ...
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"My Journey With Long COVID" I'm Rachel Hall-Clifford, 45, of Atlanta, GA, and I work as an associate professor in the Center for the Study of Human Health and the Department of Sociology at Emory University. Like many families during the winter of 2021, my husband, ...
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Tarrant County confirms first West Nile virus case of 2025 WNV is transmitted through mosquito bites and can cause symptoms ranging from mild flu-like illness to severe neurological complications. TCPH said mosquito surveillance and testing will continue throughout the season, which runs from ...
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Prostate Cancer – What Every Man Should Know Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men, but when caught early, it's highly treatable. For Vernon Owens, a routine check-up at UConn Health led to an early diagnosis that may have saved his life. His story is a powerful reminder of the ...
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Cambodia Reports Surge in Human Infections with Avian Influenza A(H5N1) The recurrence of H5N1 in humans underscores persistent vulnerabilities at the human-animal interface and raises critical concerns about surveillance, biosecurity, and pandemic preparedness in regions where the virus remains endemic in animal populations.
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Foundations Race to Save Vaccine Progress The federal government has proposed deep cuts to vaccine development funding — nearly halving the CDC's budget, shuttering its Global Health Center, and slashing spending on the National Institutes of Health by 43% — while continuing to phase out the US ...
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Teenager from Bristol runs 125 km in 25 days to recruit new blood and plasma donors Today, Monday 7 July, 13 year old George from Bristol has completed his last 5km run, completing a remarkable 25 day challenge to shine a light on the importance of plasma and blood donation. George, who lives with Primary Immunodeficiency, ...
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Major medical associations sue Kennedy, Trump administration health leaders for Covid-19 vaccine changes (CNN) — Medical associations representing hundreds of thousands of doctors, medical professionals and scientists in the United States are suing the leaders of US health agencies for limiting who can get Covid-19 vaccines and for undermining overall vaccine ...
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IAS 2025, the 13th IAS Conference on HIV Science By the end of the convening, participants will have: Taken stock of the impacts of the ongoing funding disruptions on HIV prevention and treatment services, including emerging risks to sustainability, equity, and innovation ...
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Can Planned C-Sections Increase the Risk of Childhood ALL? Children born by planned cesarean section (C-section) may have an increased risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) later in life, according to a recent study published by Kampitsi et al in the International Journal of Cancer.
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Highest Drug-Taking Risks Experts report most drug overdose deaths occur with use of multiple drugs of abuse. The combination of fentanyl with cocaine or methamphetamine is an increasingly common cause of death. Many risky drug combinations are commonly used at raves, ...
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New Research Shows Americans Can't Tell Healthy Processed Foods from Unhealthy Ones "Studies show it's processed meat consumption that is associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease, not plant-based ultra-processed foods, such as breakfast cereals, which are actually associated with reduced risk of these conditions.".
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Tarrant County report first West Nile virus case Tarrant County Public Health to date has identified 17 mosquito pools positive for West Nile Virus. The department said mosquito surveillance and testing will continue throughout the season, which runs from April through mid-November.
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Does expired sunscreen still work? Age spots are caused by overactive pigment cells. UV light speeds up the production of melanin, a natural pigment that gives skin its color. On skin that has had years of sun exposure, age spots appear when melanin becomes clumped or is produced in high ...
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Scots from poorer areas less likely to survive stroke The study, funded by charity Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland (CHSS), also found people in more deprived areas are having strokes younger and experience more co-existing health conditions. Researchers analysed ...
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When it comes to vaccines, how are pediatricians restoring trust? NPR's Pien Huang speaks with pediatrician Alexandra Cvijanovich and Professor Jason L. Schwartz about trying to shore up trust about vaccines. Read More from Health · Why you can trust KUOW. Recommended Stories.
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Drug use driving HIV surge in Fij - UNAIDS The United Nations says Fiji's "drug-driven" HIV surge last year, which claimed the lives of 126 people, is a "case of complacency". UNAIDS Pacific advisor Renata Ram told Pacific Waves that eight children were among those who died from HIV-related ...
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Study: tackling equity gaps and misinformation key to meeting global vaccine targets A new report shows how pandemic-related disruptions are threatening global efforts to protect all children through vaccines. 7 July 2025; 5 min read; by Linda Geddes; Republish this article ...
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