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Byline: AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press

29 Jan

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggles to answer questions on Medicare and Medicaid at confirmation hearing

published on January 29, 2025 - 2:19 PM

In a contentious confirmation hearing to become the nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggled to answer questions

03 Jan

Surgeon General calls for new label on drinks to warn Americans of alcohol’s cancer risk

published on January 3, 2025 - 1:48 PM

(AP) — Alcohol is a leading cause of cancer, a risk that should be clearly labeled on drinks Americans consume,

26 Nov

Cheap Ozempic? How millions of Americans with obesity may get access to costly weight-loss drugs

published on November 26, 2024 - 4:13 PM

(AP) — Millions of obese Americans would get access to popular weekly injectables that would help them shed pounds quickly

03 Oct

Remember the shortage of medical gowns during COVID? Feds spending $350 million for stockpile

published on October 3, 2024 - 2:16 PM

Six U.S. companies will spend at least $350 million to manufacture medical gowns to store in the Strategic National Stockpile,

26 Sep

The US is mailing Americans COVID tests again. Here’s how to get them

published on September 26, 2024 - 3:00 PM

Americans can once again order COVID-19 tests, without being charged, sent straight to their homes. The U.S. government reopened the

23 Aug

Government announces more COVID-19 tests can be ordered through mail for no cost

published on August 23, 2024 - 2:47 PM

On the heels of a summer wave of COVID-19 cases, Americans will be able to get free virus test kits

14 Aug

Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal law

published on August 14, 2024 - 1:48 PM

(AP) — Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn’t know her doomed pregnancy could kill her. Emergency room doctors at

16 Apr

Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics

published on April 16, 2024 - 2:31 PM

President Joe Biden’s administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics

19 Mar

State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs

published on March 19, 2024 - 4:51 PM

(AP) — As Salvatore LoGrande fought cancer and all the pain that came with it, his daughters promised to keep

28 Dec

New weight loss drugs are out of reach for millions of older Americans because Medicare won’t pay

published on December 28, 2023 - 2:56 PM

New obesity drugs are showing promising results in helping some people shed pounds but the injections will remain out of reach for

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