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fromTruthout
10 hours ago

I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as HHS Secretary, dismantled long COVID research offices and programs, undermining research funding and patient involvement.
#tobacco-control
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Inside the Republican network behind big soda's bid to pit Maga against Maha

Major US soft-drink and snack-food corporations are waging a coordinated campaign that aims to pit Donald Trump's Maga faithful against Robert F Kennedy Jr's Make America Healthy Again movement, a Guardian investigation in partnership with environmental watchdog Fieldnotes has found. Their goal is to stymie the Maha-led effort to curb Americans' consumption of soda and ultra-processed foods. To carry out the plan, the companies have turned
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Gamechanging' HIV prevention jab to be approved for England and Wales

A gamechanging injection to prevent HIV is set to be approved for use in England and Wales. The long-acting jab, administered every two months, will offer an alternative to the daily pills used to protect against the virus. This form of HIV prevention therapy, known as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), is typically taken by HIV-negative people to reduce their risk of infection.
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fromSan Francisco Bay Times
1 week ago

Organizers of Honoring LGBTQ+ Bay Area Latine Leaders Thank Sandra R. Hernandez, MD, for Her Support and Inspiration - San Francisco Bay Times

The San Francisco Bay Times joins with Olga Talamante and The Ven. Miguel Bustos in thanking Sandra R. Hernández, MD, for her inspiration and support in creating the inaugural Honoring LGBTQ+ Bay Area Latine Leaders, which will take place on October 24, 2025. Beyond this event, all Californians have benefited from her work. Dr. Hernández is the President and CEO of the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF), which for decades has worked to benefit the lives of many in the state and particularly in the Bay Area.
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fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Kicking the habit: How Southeast Asia is quitting tobacco DW 10/13/2025

Southeast Asia has dramatically reduced tobacco use since 2010, moving from highest to second per-capita use, driven by regulation and public-health measures.
fromsilive
1 week ago

NYC now requiring chain restaurants to warn diners about these items

Under a new Health Department rule that took effect October 4, restaurants that are part of chains with 15 or more locations nationwide must display a warning icon next to any food or drink containing 50 grams or more of added sugars. The regulation affects nearly 4,000 restaurants citywide. Fines to follow "Every New Yorker deserves access to delicious, healthy food that they feel good about eating," said Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Michelle Morse.
New York City
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fromTruthout
1 week ago

RFK Jr. Says Trump Admin Will "Make the Proof" on Bogus Tylenol Claims

RFK Jr. acknowledged studies cited linking prenatal Tylenol use to autism are not proof, but officials say they will conduct studies to retroactively "make the proof".
fromABC News
1 week ago

HHS hits back at former surgeons general who wrote op-ed saying RFK Jr. is endangering nation's health

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hit back at an op-ed written by the most recent six surgeons general, who said they wanted to warn the U.S. about the dangers of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The op-ed, published in The Washington Post on Tuesday, called the health secretary's policies and positions an "immediate and unprecedented" threat to the nation's health. In a statement to ABC News, HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said the doctors are the same officials "who presided over the decline in America's public health."
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The Guardian view on calls to ban sunbeds: prevention in healthcare raises hard questions about risks | Editorial

A UK ban on commercial sunbeds could cut melanoma cases, but ministers and parties show no support and no public consultation has occurred.
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fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

'Buy one, get one free' deals for unhealthy food banned

England will ban price and multibuy promotions on unhealthy food and drinks, restrict drink refills and limit advertising to reduce obesity, especially in children.
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fromKqed
3 weeks ago

How San Francisco's Harm Reduction Strategies Are Changing Under Mayor Lurie | KQED

San Francisco shifted from street-based clean smoking supply distribution to counseling-required access for safer supplies, prompting debate over access, public-health risks, and concentrated neighborhood impacts.
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Turkey: Why are diabetes rates soaring? DW 09/28/2025

Over the past 20 years, there has been a 67% rise in diabetes cases in Turkey, meaning that overall prevalence has almost doubled, to more than 16% of the population. The International Diabetes Federation now lists Turkey as the country with the highest diabetes prevalence in the European region. According to data from the World Health Organization's (WHO)Global Health Observatory, the age-standardized prevalence of diabetes in Turkey in 2022 was 16.6% of the adult population (aged over 18): 16% of men and 17.1% of women.
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fromwww.nature.com
3 weeks ago

Avoiding Tylenol While Pregnant Isn't Safe, Doctors Say

Researchers are concerned about what will happen should pregnant women follow US President Donald Trump's advice to avoid the painkiller Tylenol also called paracetamol and acetaminophen. In an address at the White House on September 22, Trump claimed the medication is linked to autism and other long-term neurodevelopmental conditions in the developing child. But experts warn that avoiding the drug when it is needed could place women and their fetus at even greater risk.
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fromJezebel
3 weeks ago

Trump Admin Makes Yet Another Anti-Women, Anti-Science Move

False medical claims linked Tylenol to autism and anti-vaccine rhetoric encouraged splitting pediatric vaccination schedules, prompting condemnation from major medical organizations.
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fromThe Mercury News
3 weeks ago

California health officials say Trump's claims linking Tylenol and autism are false and harmful

California health officials state that claims linking prenatal acetaminophen (Tylenol) to autism lack solid scientific evidence and reaffirm acetaminophen's safety and benefits for pregnant women.
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Hillary Clinton Warns RFK's Crackpot' Ideas Will Cost Lives'

We're doing a series of working groups, and in those working groups are experts, not just from the United States but all over, and one of the biggest concerns is what we are doing in our own country to put our own people's health at risk: dismantling public health, listening to literally crackpot ideas about what's happening. The Democrat then noted that in 1800 U.S. life expectancy was 35 and is now 78, before rounding directly on Kennedy:
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fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

California, West Coast states roll out their own vaccine guidance amid clash with CDC

California gained authority to set state immunization schedules, joined West Coast vaccine recommendations for COVID-19/flu/RSV, and proposed a $23-billion ballot measure to restore research funding.
Public health
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Autism Research Is a Chance for RFK Jr. to Take Pesticides Seriously

Policy rhetoric on banning harmful pesticides has not translated into decisive regulatory action despite research linking some pesticides to cancer, hormone disruption, and neurodevelopmental impacts.
Public health
fromTasting Table
1 month ago

The Trailblazing Tactic Panera Employed That Nearly Every Chain Copied - Tasting Table

Major restaurant chains implemented calorie counts on menus for transparency and public health, culminating in a 2017 federal requirement for large chains, with varied compliance.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Attack on obesity or cash grab? Tax hike on sugary drinks divides opinion in Mexico

Mexico is one of the world's top consumers of sugary drinks, with Mexicans consuming on average 166 litres of soda per year. This has had a devastating impact on the country's health: one in three Mexican children are overweight or obese while, at 100,000 deaths a year, diabetes is the nation's second-leading cause of death. 'It's deadlier than the drugs trade,' said Viri Rios, a Mexican public policy analyst.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

In 2022, the name 'monkeypox' was rejected as inapt. Now the U.S. is reviving it

In 2022, the medical establishment and public health world nixed the name "monkeypox" for two key reasons. Animal-to-human transmission comes from rodents. And the name "monkeypox" was seen as racist and stigmatizing language. To replace it, World Health Organization (WHO) officials decided to call the disease that causes painful lesions "mpox." Now, the U.S. is reverting to the old term "monkeypox."
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#child-health
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago
Public health

Kennedy commission child health report ignores gun violence, the leading cause of child death

The MAHA child health strategy omits guns despite firearms being the leading cause of death for children, prompting alarm from public health experts.
fromCbsnews
4 months ago
Public health

RFK Jr. releases "MAHA" report on childhood chronic disease. Here's what to know.

RFK Jr. declared 'sugar is poison' while unveiling a report on childhood chronic diseases, emphasizing a need for health reform.
fromCbsnews
4 months ago
Public health

RFK Jr. releases "MAHA" report on childhood chronic disease. Here's what to know.

Public health
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

The MAHA plan for healthier kids includes 128 ideas, but few details

The administration released a 128-recommendation strategy to address rising childhood chronic disease, citing diet, chemical exposure, inactivity, stress, and overmedicalization as drivers.
Science
fromNature
1 month ago

Daily briefing: Nine metals in two dimensions

2D MXenes' multi-metal advances promise novel materials, while US CDC leadership controversies and pigment histories highlight scientific innovation, public-health conflict, and cultural-environmental links.
#vaccine-mandates
#covid-19-vaccines
fromCbsnews
5 months ago
Public health

Who can get updated COVID vaccines this fall? FDA will OK for high-risk groups, calls for new clinical trials

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fromCbsnews
5 months ago

Who can get updated COVID vaccines this fall? FDA will OK for high-risk groups, calls for new clinical trials

FDA is raising standards for COVID-19 booster approvals, focusing on high-risk groups.
Future vaccine updates for low-risk individuals will require robust clinical trials.
fromNature
1 month ago

RFK Jr. slings accusations and defends public-health upheaval at fiery hearing

US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr defiantly defended his controversial actions to upend public health at a Senate hearing on 4 September. Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine advocate, also made unfounded allegations about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and accused the medical establishment of corruption. What was supposed to be a routine hearing about the health care agenda of Republican President Donald Trump was anything but.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Welcome to the Vaccine Free-for-All

Federal vaccine infrastructure is being dismantled, undermining vaccine distribution, trust, and centralized guidance despite current vaccine availability.
fromNature
1 month ago

Ultra-processed foods - it's time for an improved definition

Later this month, the United Nations General Assembly will discuss a proposal to eliminate trans-fatty acids (trans fats) from diets. These fats are mainly produced industrially. They clog up arteries, increasing people's risk of a heart attack or death. Some 60 countries are already on a path to eliminating these fats and the World Health Organization has certified that 9 have removed industrially produced trans fats from their food supply.
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fromKqed
1 month ago
Public health

It's Been a Week of Chaos at the CDC. Here Are 5 Things to Know | KQED

fromDefector
1 month ago
Public health

RFK Jr. Is Making His Bid To Become One Of American History's Biggest Killers | Defector

fromKqed
1 month ago
Public health

It's Been a Week of Chaos at the CDC. Here Are 5 Things to Know | KQED

fromDefector
1 month ago
Public health

RFK Jr. Is Making His Bid To Become One Of American History's Biggest Killers | Defector

UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Energy drinks to be banned for under 16s

England will ban sales of energy drinks to under-16s in shops, restaurants, cafes, vending machines and online to protect young people's health.
#cdc
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago
US politics

Senate Republican Goes On Wild Anti-CDC Rant About Monkeypox: Don't Have to Worry' If You're Not a Homosexual Man'

fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago
US politics

Senate Republican Goes On Wild Anti-CDC Rant About Monkeypox: Don't Have to Worry' If You're Not a Homosexual Man'

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fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

RFK Jr. Is Running Michelle Obama's Playbook

Voluntary pressure on food companies repeats Let's Move tactics and is unlikely to substantially reduce childhood obesity without stronger regulatory measures.
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Flu jabs rolled out for pregnant women and children in England ahead of winter

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Bernie Sanders demands that RFK Jr step down as health secretary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s tenure as health secretary endangers public health through anti-vaccine claims and administrative actions, prompting calls for his resignation.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

The FDA just overhauled its COVID vaccine guidance. Here's what it means for you

"The American people demanded science, safety, and common sense," he wrote. "This framework delivers all three."
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fromNature
1 month ago

RFK Jr demanded a vaccine study be retracted - the journal said no

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanded retraction of a large Danish study that found no link between aluminium-containing vaccine adjuvants and childhood chronic disorders.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Young vape users three times as likely to start smoking, study finds

Young people who vape are three times as likely to start smoking, develop asthma and have poor mental health as those who do not. The study indicates consistent links between vaping and future smoking among youth.
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fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Tobacco and Nicotine Addiction

Among U.S. adults with any mental illness, 25 percent are current smokers—more than double the rate for those without mental illness. Patients with serious mental illness have substantially elevated smoking rates, with schizophrenia rates as high as 80 to 90 percent.
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fromScary Mommy
2 months ago

Annual Survey Finds Depression & Suicide In Teens Is Down

The NSDUH revealed a one-third reduction in serious thoughts of suicide among 12 to 17-year-olds, dropping from 13% to 10%, contributing to a decline in tragic outcomes.
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Healthcare
fromTruthout
3 months ago

Dr. Oz Tells Americans Who Are Concerned With Medicaid Cuts to Eat Less Cake

Millions will lose health care coverage due to Medicaid cuts in Trump's recent legislation.
fromwww.ajc.com
4 months ago

If US halted fluoride, kids' cavities would grow by millions, study says

The new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital indicates that if fluoride is banned nationwide, dental costs could surge by $9.8 billion in five years and lead to 25.4 million additional cavities in children.
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UK news
fromIrish Independent
4 months ago

Call to fast-track legislation to ban disposable vapes as new UK laws kick in this weekend

Single-use vapes face a ban in Northern Ireland and the UK, prompting calls for similar legislation in the Republic of Ireland.
London politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 months ago

Sadiq Khan backs calls to decriminalise some cannabis possession

Sadiq Khan advocates for the decriminalization of small amounts of cannabis, citing evidence from the London Drugs Commission on current laws being disproportionate and indefensible.
US news
fromwww.nytimes.com
5 months ago

Trump Executive Order Restricts Gain of Function' Research on Pathogens

President Trump signed an executive order limiting gain of function research amid concerns over pandemic risks.
Healthcare
fromMedCity News
6 months ago

How Are Hospitals Bracing for Tariffs? - MedCity News

Tariffs are anticipated to amplify financial instability in hospitals already struggling with proposed cuts and slashed funding in the healthcare system.
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fromwww.nytimes.com
6 months ago

Opinion | Kennedy's Vaccine Hypocrisy Is Unsustainable

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. struggles with his anti-vaccine stance amidst a measles outbreak, complicating his role as Health and Human Services Secretary.
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