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Medicaid recipients struggle to find mental health care. Looming cuts could make it harder

March 20, 2025, 9:13am Health

Charmeka Newton, a psychologist who has her own practice in Lansing, Michigan, is passionate about serving Black and Hispanic patients. They’re often looking for therapists who will understand how their race, ethnicity and culture may affect them, she said, and she helps provide that care. Read story

Researchers find a hint at how to delay Alzheimer’s symptoms. Now they have to prove it

March 20, 2025, 9:11am Health

An experimental treatment appears to delay Alzheimer’s symptoms in some people genetically destined to get the disease in their 40s or 50s, according to new findings from ongoing research now caught up in Trump administration funding delays. Read story

FILE - A flu vaccine is displayed at a pharmacy in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

Flu deaths rise as anti-vaccine disinformation takes root

FILE - A flu vaccine is displayed at a pharmacy in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

March 19, 2025, 8:28am Health

Americans are facing the highest death toll from influenza since 2018, just as more people become vulnerable because of growing vaccine skepticism taking hold in statehouses and the Trump administration. Read story

President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he visits the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Monday, March 17, 2025, as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and Richard Grenell, president of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees listen.

Trump’s policies threaten his 2019 vow to end HIV, experts say

President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he visits the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Monday, March 17, 2025, as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and Richard Grenell, president of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees listen.

March 19, 2025, 8:26am Health

During his 2019 State of the Union address, President Donald Trump laid out an ambitious goal: end HIV in the United States by 2030. Read story

FILE - Red Star chickens roost in their coop Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, at Historic Wagner Farm in Glenview, Ill.

New strain of bird flu wipes out Mississippi poultry farm; human flu may offer immunity

FILE - Red Star chickens roost in their coop Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, at Historic Wagner Farm in Glenview, Ill.

March 19, 2025, 8:24am Health

A new strain of a highly pathogenic bird flu known as H7N9 has surfaced at a poultry farm in Mississippi where chickens are raised for breeding. Read story

Measles cases rise to about 320 in Texas and New Mexico

March 18, 2025, 1:49pm Health

Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico are now up to nearly 320 cases, and two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes. Read story

Scientists say NIH officials told them to scrub mRNA references on grants

March 18, 2025, 8:20am Health

National Institutes of Health officials have urged scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications, two researchers said, in a move that signaled the agency might abandon a promising field of medical research. Read story

Alexander Daniel, DDS, left, demonstrates fluoride treatment on resident Cameron Onken, right, at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Baltimore.

When is fluoride treatment worth it?

Alexander Daniel, DDS, left, demonstrates fluoride treatment on resident Cameron Onken, right, at the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Baltimore.

March 18, 2025, 5:58am Health

Dentists and hygienists often propose fluoride treatments to patients in the dental chair to prevent cavities and strengthen teeth. But the relatively simple procedure — which involves applying a varnish, gel or foam directly to the teeth — isn’t always covered by insurance, especially for adults. So when is it… Read story

WA schools see declines statewide in measles vaccination rates

March 17, 2025, 8:25am Health

Measles outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico have led to nearly 300 cases and two deaths, raising public health concerns. Isolated cases have also been reported in a number of states, including Washington. Public Health — Seattle & King County last month confirmed a case of measles in an infant… Read story

FILE - A notification for sesame is printed under the ingredient list on a bag of hot dog buns in New York, on Dec. 21, 2022. Food manufacturers who deliberately add sesame to their products and include it on the labels are not violating a new federal law, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

How the FDA opens the door to risky chemicals in America’s food supply

FILE - A notification for sesame is printed under the ingredient list on a bag of hot dog buns in New York, on Dec. 21, 2022. Food manufacturers who deliberately add sesame to their products and include it on the labels are not violating a new federal law, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

March 16, 2025, 6:02am Health

Joseph Shea, who sells athletic wear in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, wonders and worries about the food he eats. Read story