April 2, 2025, 7:34am Health
As the federal government continues to slash public health funding, the state is starting to get a better picture of the losses — especially when it comes to vaccination efforts. Read story
April 1, 2025, 8:43am Health
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in an overhaul ultimately expected to lay off up to 10,000 people. The notices come just days after President Donald Trump moved to strip workers of their collective bargaining rights at HHS and… Read story
April 1, 2025, 7:42am Business
The Food and Drug Administration’s chief tobacco regulator has been removed from his post as sweeping cuts hit the agency and staffers across the federal health workforce Tuesday. Read story
April 1, 2025, 5:55am Health
An estimated 55 million people are believed to be living with dementia, according to health officials. Vascular diseases contribute to approximately 25 percent of all diagnoses. Read story
March 31, 2025, 3:06pm Health Wire
Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time. Read story
March 31, 2025, 8:47am Health
President Donald Trump is vowing a new approach to getting homeless people off the streets by forcibly moving those living outside into large camps while mandating mental health and addiction treatment — an aggressive departure from the nation’s leading homelessness policy, which for decades has prioritized housing as the most… Read story
March 30, 2025, 6:00am Health
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies rallied around removing industry influence from the Food and Drug Administration as part of their quest to Make America Healthy Again, which Kennedy has used in his early days in office to sound the alarm over food industry… Read story
March 30, 2025, 6:00am Health
Health insurance companies are under increasing scrutiny for allegedly using artificial intelligence bots and algorithms to swiftly deny patients routine or lifesaving care — without a human actually reviewing their claims. Read story
March 28, 2025, 9:46am Health
Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, over opposition from dentists and national health organizations who warn the move will lead to medical problems and disproportionately affect low-income communities. Read story
March 28, 2025, 7:53am Health
A doctor the state suspended from practicing medicine for nearly a decade has again had his license pulled for not complying with requirements after his license was reinstated last year. Read story
