Measles math: What to know about 1,001 measles cases across the country
A measles advisory is shown tacked to a bulletin board outside Gaines County Courthouse on April 09, 2025 in Seminole, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images North…
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An Insider’s View of the Texas Measles Outbreak
Instructions for a Measles vaccination is seen outside of the Lubbock Public Health facility on April 09, 2025 in Lubbock, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images North…
Casey Means, Trump’s new pick for surgeon general, faces pushback
Means has undergraduate and medical degrees from Stanford University, but her Oregon medical license is currently inactive. Ben Curtis/AP hide caption toggle caption Ben Curtis/AP…
Former CDC staff warn of ‘a five-alarm fire’
Michael Beach, former deputy director of the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne and Environmental Diseases at CDC, attends a weekly protest outside the agency’s main campus…
Medicaid payments barely keep hospital mental health units afloat. Federal cuts could sink them
Spencer Hospital CEO Brenda Tiefenthaler (second from left) vows to maintain the facility’s mental health services, with help from behavioral health services director Kerri Dandy…
Cancer-causing chemicals are in many beauty products women use, a study finds
A study recruited Black and Latina women and asked them to log all the beauty products they use in a week. More than half of…
Meet the Florida group chipping away at public benefits one state at a time
Stewart Whitson, a senior director at the Foundation for Government Accountability, testified before Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s DOGE subcommittee in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 12.…
Trump restricts funding for ‘gain-of-function’ research — calling it dangerous
Gain-of-function research became especially controversial and politically polarized during the COVID-19 pandemic. One theory states the SARS-CoV-2 virus spilled out of a Chinese laboratory in…
With disability rights under attack, history offers hope and a possible playbook
If Congress cuts Medicaid funding, health policy researcher Ari Ne’eman says people with disabilities face a “unique threat.” zeljkosantrac/Getty Images/E+ hide caption toggle caption zeljkosantrac/Getty…
Talk therapy is up, and use of psych meds without therapy is down, a study finds
The study found that more people who start psychotherapy stick with it than in previous years. simplehappyart/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption simplehappyart/iStockphoto/Getty Images More…