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Health By Aimee Ortiz from NYT Health https://ift.tt/TFZ7rwx via IFTTT Food Contamination and Poisoning, Salmonella (Bacteria), Recalls and Bans of Products, Cucumbers, Agriculture and Farming At least 68 people have fallen ill in the outbreak believed to be linked to cucumbers sold in the United States and Canada, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Health By Richard Sandomir from NYT Health https://ift.tt/BzM520v via IFTTT Deaths (Obituaries), Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Minorities, Black People, Epidemics, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Working inside the government and out, he lobbied to improve the lives of people with H.I.V. and AIDS, particularly those who belonged to minority groups.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli and Benjamin Mueller from NYT Health https://ift.tt/6SbwNah via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Conflicts of Interest, Autism, United States Politics and Government, Children and Childhood, Abortion, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Presidential Transition (US), Measles But over the years, the former congressman’s views have often aligned with those of his potential boss, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — particularly on vaccine safety.

Health By Jordan Rau from NYT Health https://ift.tt/WO0jt48 via IFTTT Nursing Homes, Elder Care, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Presidential Election of 2024, United States Politics and Government, Labor and Jobs, Nursing and Nurses, Wages and Salaries, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Nonprofit Organizations, Attorneys General, Elderly, Medicare, Long-Term Care Insurance A Biden administration rule that imposed minimum rules on nursing levels may not survive, even though many homes lack enough workers to maintain residents’ care.

Health By Rebecca Robbins, Christina Jewett and Kate Kelly from NYT Health https://ift.tt/zSUO9Ek via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Appointments and Executive Changes, Vaccination and Immunization, United States Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2024, Presidential Transition (US), Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Lobbying and Lobbyists, Stocks and Bonds, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Dietary Supplements and Herbal Remedies, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicare, Politics and Government, Medicine and Health, Medicaid Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other candidates for top health posts are at odds with the drug industry, setting the stage for tense battles over regulatory changes.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner from NYT Health https://ift.tt/w1Cgn4U via IFTTT your-feed-science, United States Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2024, Diet and Nutrition, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Food, Politics and Government, Agriculture and Farming, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Appointments and Executive Changes, Processed and Ultraprocessed Foods, your-feed-healthcare When it comes to weeding out corporate influence, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ideas often align best with some of Trump’s loudest critics.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/uoq3Q7p via IFTTT Weight, GLP-1 RAs (Drug), Obesity, Clinical Trials, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), your-feed-science The drug, which is named MariTide and delivered in a monthly injection, is years from being sold, but caused an average of up to 20 percent weight loss in a small group of patients.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2h0KB9E via IFTTT your-feed-science, Falsification of Data, Clinical Trials, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Alzheimer's Disease, Decisions and Verdicts, Research, Securities and Commodities Violations Cassava Sciences said that its drug did not significantly reduce cognitive decline in 1,900 people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease.

Health By Emily Anthes and Emily Baumgaertner from NYT Health https://ift.tt/WzfUuvC via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Medicine and Health, Presidential Transition (US), United States Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2024, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), your-feed-healthcare, Surgeon General (US), Appointments and Executive Changes The picks to oversee public health have all pushed back against Covid policies or supported ideas that are outside the medical mainstream.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner from NYT Health https://ift.tt/TYdGgSf via IFTTT Federal-State Relations (US), Presidential Election of 2024, United States Politics and Government, Doctors, Politics and Government, Presidential Transition (US)

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/JBiY2L3 via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Appointments and Executive Changes, Doctors, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Disease Rates, Presidential Election of 2024, Food, United States Politics and Government, Medicine and Health, Presidential Transition (US) A frequent Fox News commentator, Dr. Makary has a penchant for challenging the medical establishment, and stirred pandemic concerns with his views on Covid immunity and vaccine mandates.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/eN73OWw via IFTTT Ozempic (Drug), GLP-1 RAs (Drug), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Presidential Election of 2024, United States Politics and Government President-elect Donald J. Trump is set to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Health and Human Services Department, where he would have limited power over drugs.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/vx6bacl via IFTTT your-feed-science, Alcoholic Beverages, Weight, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Anxiety and Stress, Loneliness, Alcohol Abuse, Deaths (Fatalities), Obesity, Asian-Americans, Blood Pressure Americans are dying of illnesses related to alcohol at roughly twice the rate seen in 1999.

Health By Jan Hoffman and Noah Weiland from NYT Health https://ift.tt/OAkSY2f via IFTTT your-feed-science, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Deaths (Fatalities), Fentanyl, Opioids and Opiates, Research, Medicine and Health, Methamphetamines, Naloxone (Drug), Addiction (Psychology), your-feed-healthcare Experts are puzzling over which interventions are saving lives. The evolving illicit supply itself may hold important clues.

Health By Johnny Diaz from NYT Health https://ift.tt/xBNE3p8 via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Teeth and Dentistry, Bacteria, Cosmetics and Toiletries, Microbiology, Toothbrushes and Toothpaste The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter, but not a recall, after microorganisms were found in water samples and finished toothpaste products.

Health By Sarah Kliff and Noah Weiland from NYT Health https://ift.tt/OAQsMTz via IFTTT your-feed-science, Medicaid, your-feed-healthcare, Conservatism (US Politics), Health Insurance and Managed Care, United States Politics and Government, Federal-State Relations (US), Law and Legislation, Federal Budget (US), Politics and Government, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Federal Aid (US) Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid, which could threaten health coverage for tens of millions of poor Americans.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ximBzn3 via IFTTT Civil War (US) (1861-65), Census, Deaths (Fatalities), Research An analysis of newly released 19th-century census records offers more insight into the conflict’s costs.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/31teNgR via IFTTT Presidential Election of 2024, Abortion, Plan B (Contraceptive), Birth Control and Family Planning, Mifeprex (RU-486), Abortion Drugs, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare Some women are stocking up on the medications, saying they are concerned that the new administration could take steps to restrict access.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/PIjXe09 via IFTTT Abortion, Decisions and Verdicts, Law and Legislation, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Women's Rights, Abortion Drugs, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare The ruling found that two state laws — one barring use of abortion pills, and one banning all forms of abortion — violated the state Constitution’s “fundamental right to make health care decisions.”

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/J7rEGBy via IFTTT Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreas, Tumors, Endocrine Gland, Research A rise in the disease in younger people was not followed by an increase in deaths, a study found, and might be a sign of overdiagnosis.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/fYMBJe9 via IFTTT Artificial Intelligence, Doctors, ChatGPT, Medicine and Health, Research A small study found ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, even when those doctors were using a chatbot.

Health By The New York Times from NYT Health https://ift.tt/z0SsC7f via IFTTT your-feed-science, Disease Rates, Monkeypox, Medicine and Health, Epidemics, Viruses The unidentified patient had recently returned from Africa, where the virus has caused a deadly epidemic, health officials said.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/L5IGnCl via IFTTT your-feed-science, Children and Childhood, Diet and Nutrition, Vaccination and Immunization, Hazardous and Toxic Substances, Chronic Condition (Health), Appointments and Executive Changes, Presidential Election of 2024, Diabetes, Disease Rates, Research, Chemicals, Food, Autism, Medicine and Health, Depression (Mental), Anxiety and Stress, Obesity, Pesticides, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Teenagers and Adolescence, Presidential Transition (US), Hormones, Mental Health and Disorders Trends in child health are in fact worrisome, and scientists welcome a renewed focus on foods and environmental toxins. But vaccines and fluoride are not the cause.

Health By Christina Jewett and Julie Creswell from NYT Health https://ift.tt/grElM5f via IFTTT Food, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, United States Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2024, Processed and Ultraprocessed Foods, Labeling and Labels (Product), Diet and Nutrition, Appointments and Executive Changes, Politics and Government, Cereals, Corruption (Institutional), Food Additives, Lobbying and Lobbyists, Factory Farming Processed foods are in the cross hairs of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but battling major companies could collide with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s corporate-friendly goals.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/hHag6Jy via IFTTT your-feed-science, Research, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Polls and Public Opinion, Presidential Election of 2024, Science and Technology, United States Politics and Government, Presidential Transition (US) A sharp partisan divide remains over how involved researchers should be in policy decisions.

Health By Reed Abelson from NYT Health https://ift.tt/qPZUuG8 via IFTTT Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Attorneys General, United States Politics and Government, Elder Care, Hospice Care The Justice Department and four Democratic state attorneys general argued that United’s takeover would limit competition and harm consumers needing home or hospice care.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/cHhIa2z via IFTTT your-feed-science, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Syphilis, Disease Rates, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Infant Mortality, Antibiotics, Sex, Stillbirth Rates of gonorrhea declined in 2023, while diagnoses of syphilis and chlamydia held roughly steady, according to new C.D.C. data.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/LOrqbNa via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Federal-State Relations (US), Avian Influenza, Autism, Law and Legislation, Medicine and Health, Presidential Election of 2024, United States Politics and Government, Viruses, Stem Cells, Milk, Hydroxychloroquine (Drug) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers on health, is taking aim at the agency’s oversight on many fronts.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/bOHIpnt via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Alcohol Abuse, Anxiety and Stress, Quarantines, Alcoholic Beverages, Research, Depression (Mental), Disease Rates, Liver, Men and Boys, Asian-Americans, Addiction (Psychology), Women and Girls Excessive drinking persisted in the years after Covid arrived, according to a new data.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/GJisp2k via IFTTT Single Persons, Elderly, Living Wills and Health Care Proxies, Marriages, Happiness, Divorce, Separations and Annulments, Age, Chronological What should be expected of an intimate partner when a companion suffers a health crisis? Seniors and their families increasingly confront the question.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/iaETRjB via IFTTT Single Persons, Elderly, Living Wills and Health Care Proxies, Marriages, Happiness, Divorce, Separations and Annulments, Age, Chronological What should be expected of an intimate partner when a companion suffers a health crisis? Seniors and their families increasingly confront the question.

Health By Jan Hoffman from NYT Health https://ift.tt/7A3LqKi via IFTTT your-feed-science, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Marijuana, Law and Legislation, States (US), Psychedelic and Hallucinogenic Drugs, Elections, Mayors, Referendums, your-feed-healthcare Californians voted for tougher penalties for dealers. Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota rejected proposals to legalize marijuana. Massachusetts denied a measure allowing possession of psychedelics.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/d6o7Its via IFTTT Cancer, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Clinical Trials Dr. Richard Pazdur for 25 years has overseen innovations in the treatment of deadly diseases at the agency.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/H0ldE3Y via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Colds, Phenylephrine (Drug) It was added to cold and flu remedies in the 1990s when another ingredient went behind the counter over illicit meth lab concerns.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/qJ6bZhk via IFTTT your-feed-science, Monkeypox, Vaccination and Immunization, Disease Rates, Children and Childhood, Stockpiling, Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Epidemics, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Viruses, Sexually Transmitted Diseases The epidemic in Africa continues to grow, prompting fears of another outbreak in the U.S. But the vaccine is no longer free, and vulnerable people are going without.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ASJIeZH via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Ethics and Official Misconduct, Medical Devices, Brain, Artificial Intelligence, Research, Presidential Election of 2024, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Medicine and Health The new director overseeing medical devices will confront criticisms about hasty approvals as she ushers in revolutionary technology.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner from NYT Health https://ift.tt/X15s3UK via IFTTT your-feed-science, Emergency Medical Treatment, Research, Deaths (Fatalities), Children and Childhood, Babies and Infants, Hospitals, your-feed-healthcare If every emergency room in the United States were fully prepared to treat children, thousands of lives would be saved and the cost would be $11.84 or less per child, researchers found.