Health
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Democrat-led states sue Trump administration to block $12 billion cut to health grants
Democratic officials in 23 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the Trump administration for clawing back roughly $12 billion in...
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There's a new push to put whole milk back in school meals. Here's what you should know
More than a dozen years after higher-fat milk was stripped from school meals to slow obesity in American kids and boost their health, momentum is...
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FDA's top tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency's leadership
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...
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Supreme Court weighs whether states can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
There are just two Planned Parenthood clinics in South Carolina, but every year they take hundreds of low-income patients who need things like...
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Tears and tail wags: Inmates reunite with service dogs they raised
Hugs, tears, barking and tail wagging abounded at San Quentin's prison when two black Labradors reunited with the incarcerated men who helped raise...
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Layoffs begin at U.S. health agencies charged with tracking disease, researching and regulating food
Employees across the massive U.S. Department of Health and Human Services began receiving notices of dismissal on Tuesday in a major overhaul...
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A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant
Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time.
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Military review of fitness standards will find array of tests, but higher requirements for combat
The defense secretary's decision to review military standards on combat and physical fitness and appearance opens a Pandora's box of widely...
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Mexico bans junk food sales in schools in its latest salvo against child obesity
A government-sponsored junk food ban in schools across Mexico took effect on Saturday, officials said, as the country tries to tackle one of the...
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Vaccine official resigns from FDA, criticizes Kennedy for promoting 'misinformation and lies'
The top vaccine official with the Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticized the nation's top health official for allowing...
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The Latest: Countries sending humanitarian aid after Myanmar earthquake
The death toll from Myanmar's powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake keeps climbing amid rescue efforts.
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Doctor cites the pope's 'surprising improvement' after surviving life-threatening crises
Pope Francis has shown ''a truly surprising improvement'' since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with...