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Health By Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/TlM3p9z via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Appointments and Executive Changes, Rumors and Misinformation, Measles, United States Politics and Government, Epidemics, Medicine and Health, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Processed and Ultraprocessed Foods, Diet and Nutrition The selection of Jim O’Neill, a former Silicon Valley executive, drew objections from Democrats, who noted his lack of medical or scientific training.

Health By Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/5NKtTZH via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Appointments and Executive Changes, Rumors and Misinformation, Measles, United States Politics and Government, Epidemics, Medicine and Health, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Processed and Ultraprocessed Foods, Diet and Nutrition The selection of Jim O’Neill, a former Silicon Valley executive, drew objections from Democrats, who noted his lack of medical or scientific training.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/17PbtBY via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Appointments and Executive Changes, Vaccination and Immunization, Government Employees, Medicine and Health After six months of turmoil, the loss of the new director and a round of high-profile resignations marks a new low, some employees said.

Health By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Apoorva Mandavilli and Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Z985TM0 via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, Vaccination and Immunization, Appointments and Executive Changes, Government Employees, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Politics and Government, Hepatitis Lawyers for the agency’s chief, Susan Monarez, insist that the impasse with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can only be resolved by President Trump.

Health By Reed Abelson and Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nFRxdCB via IFTTT Health Insurance and Managed Care, United States Politics and Government, Medicare, Elderly, Medicare Advantage, Artificial Intelligence, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care.

Health By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/POJ4Y9f via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, Appointments and Executive Changes, Layoffs and Job Reductions Susan Monarez’s brief tenure was roiled by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decisions to overhaul vaccine policy and gut a critical advisory panel.

Health By Christina Jewett and Jacey Fortin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/kHAgscU via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Disease Rates, United States Politics and Government, Children and Childhood, Medicine and Health, Drugstores, Pregnancy and Childbirth The agency’s fall recommendations underscore the goals of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to limit access to the vaccines, which he has long opposed.

Health By Alexa Robles-Gil from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Hu03Qqb via IFTTT Screwworm Fly, Agriculture and Farming, Livestock, Flies, Livestock Diseases The patient had traveled to Central America, where an outbreak of myiasis, an infection by screwworm larvae, has been ravaging livestock.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/pa6VMGh via IFTTT your-feed-science, Transplants, Kidneys, Genetic Engineering, Research, Pigs, Lungs, Clinical Trials, Organ Donation, Animals, Immune System Researchers in China placed a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain-dead man, with mixed results.

Health By Jan Hoffman from NYT Health https://ift.tt/0l18Khz via IFTTT your-feed-science, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Deaths (Fatalities), United States Politics and Government, Hypodermic Needles and Syringes, Homeless Persons, Medicine and Health, Fentanyl, Naloxone (Drug), Local Government San Francisco, Philadelphia and others are retreating from “harm reduction” strategies that have helped reduce deaths but which critics, including Trump, say have contributed to pervasive public drug use.

Health By Rebecca Robbins and Jonathan Corum from NYT Health https://ift.tt/XmyiPW5 via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, International Trade and World Market, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Customs (Tariff), Factories and Manufacturing, Antibiotics, Generic Brands and Products, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) President Trump’s planned pharmaceutical tariffs threaten to hit many of the most common and well-known drugs that Americans take.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/boqavcp via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Rumors and Misinformation, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), United States Politics and Government, Appointments and Executive Changes, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Children and Childhood Panel members have been given a broad mandate, despite pleas from C.D.C. employees asking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop spreading misinformation.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ih54FBn via IFTTT Fleas, Rodents, Plague, Bacteria, Pets, Cats, Rats, Bubonic Plague, Antibiotics, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare It is not just a scourge of the Middle Ages. Plague still exists, though it is rare. Here’s what to look for and how to protect yourself.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/FRsumVW via IFTTT Sex Crimes, War and Armed Conflicts, War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, Women and Girls The conflict that has put rebels in control of much of the east of the country has left victims with no legal recourse and dismantled many of the clinics that offered care.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/4gelq8V via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Federal Budget (US), Developing Countries, Politics and Government, Presidential Power (US), Foreign Aid, Medicine and Health Lawmakers allocated $6 billion this fiscal year for PEPFAR, the H.I.V. prevention and treatment program, but the administration has indicated it will release less than half of that.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/oSVZC81 via IFTTT Measles, Children and Childhood, Vaccination and Immunization, Minorities, Religion and Belief, History (Academic Subject) To understand the virus’s re-emergence in America in 2025, some experts are looking to a past epidemic that had a high death rate in Philadelphia.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ZgLp7oP via IFTTT Colon and Colorectal Cancer, Running, Colon, Digestive Tract, Ultramarathon Running, Marathon Running, Tests (Medical), Cancer, Research, Bowels, Exercise A small, preliminary study found that marathoners were much more likely to have precancerous growths. Experts aren’t sure why.

Health By Ellen Barry from NYT Health https://ift.tt/sRCq35y via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, Group Homes and Supportive Housing, Public and Subsidized Housing, Homeless Persons, Veterans, Federal Aid (US), Vouchers, Affordable Housing, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Mental Health and Disorders, audio-neutral-informative The administration has pledged to end support for Housing First, the approach behind the V.A.’s greatest housing success story.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/5k1FQN0 via IFTTT Mosquitoes, Chikungunya Virus, Global Warming, Disease Rates, Disabilities, Vaccination and Immunization, Joints (Body Part), Medicine and Health, Developing Countries, Viruses, your-feed-healthcare, your-feed-science Chikungunya, which can disable victims for years, is spreading rapidly, including in China and other places that have not seen it before.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ynvWw4T via IFTTT your-feed-science, Infant Mortality, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Children and Childhood, Grants (Corporate and Foundation), Foreign Aid Simply giving money to poor families at certain times reduced deaths among young children by nearly half, a new study found.

Health By Hannah Dreier, Christina Thornell, Gabriel Blanco, Nikolay Nikolov, Coleman Lowndes, June Kim and Lauren McCarthy from NYT Health https://ift.tt/qBQZWRJ via IFTTT Fires and Firefighters, Forests and Forestry, National Parks, Monuments and Seashores The U.S. Forest Service has been sending out crews to fight fires without the recommended masks for decades. Hannah Dreier, a New York Times investigative reporter, reveals the dangerous and sometimes deadly repercussions of sending firefighters into the field unprotected.

Health By Dani Blum, Benjamin Mueller and Alice Callahan from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Z52G1FY via IFTTT your-feed-science, Diet and Nutrition, United States Politics and Government, Food, Agriculture and Farming, Children and Childhood, Medicine and Health, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Chemicals, Pesticides, Processed and Ultraprocessed Foods, Defoliants and Herbicides, Food Additives A draft of an upcoming White House report on children’s health was not as harsh toward the agriculture industry as some of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s allies had hoped.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli and Taiwo Aina from NYT Health https://ift.tt/eE9qpWn via IFTTT your-feed-science, Foreign Aid, Malnutrition, Diet and Nutrition, Agriculture and Farming, Peanuts, Factories and Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Famine, Humanitarian Aid, Children and Childhood The dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has disrupted the global supply chain that provides a therapeutic food, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/8BJclDn via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Rumors and Misinformation, United States Politics and Government, Children and Childhood, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Anti-vaccine groups had sought the revival of the task force.

Health By Rebecca Robbins from NYT Health https://ift.tt/kRXYNg0 via IFTTT Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Customs (Tariff), Tax Shelters, Factories and Manufacturing, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Corporate Taxes, Medicine and Health, United States Politics and Government, International Trade and World Market Manufacturing in Ireland has long helped many American drug companies pay lower taxes. But that strategy was designed for a world without President Trump’s tariffs.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/tCAqWEa via IFTTT Brain, Research, Pain, Chronic Condition (Health) A guitarist in a death metal band was one of several people who found that personalized deep brain stimulation eased their pain and helped them reduce pain medication.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin and Irena Hwang from NYT Health https://ift.tt/uSzcIil via IFTTT your-feed-science, Income Inequality, Minorities, United States Politics and Government, Poverty, Research, Black People, Federal Aid (US), Pregnancy and Childbirth, Medicine and Health, Race and Ethnicity, Maternal Mortality, Rural Areas, Executive Orders and Memorandums, Women and Girls, Disabilities, Diversity Initiatives, Conservatism (US Politics), Anti-Semitism In its campaign against “woke” science, the Trump administration has closed down studies and programs focused on the gaps between racial and socioeconomic groups.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/n2gQFkW via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Children and Childhood, Disease Rates, Medicine and Health, Long Covid, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Epidemics, United States Politics and Government, Doctors Under Robert F. Kennedy Jr., federal officials may withdraw an endorsement for the vaccine in younger children.

Health By Christina Jewett and Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Gx3dBUL via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Rumors and Misinformation, United States Politics and Government, Compensation for Damages (Law), Disabilities, Children and Childhood, Autism, Law and Legislation, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Courts and the Judiciary, Medicine and Health, Federal Courts (US) The system for compensating people injured by vaccines needs significant reform. But the health secretary could alter it in ways that ultimately reduce vaccine access for everyone.

Health By Danielle Ivory, Julie Tate and Megan Twohey from NYT Health https://ift.tt/10wfpS8 via IFTTT Marijuana, Poisoning and Poisons, Cannabis Foods and Products, Children and Childhood, Teenagers and Adolescence, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Accidents and Safety, Labeling and Labels (Product), Medicine and Health As products like weed gummies proliferate, more children and teens are suffering symptoms including seizures and life-threatening breathing problems.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/V9dxNCA via IFTTT Brain, Elderly, Age, Chronological, Research, Computers and the Internet, Dementia, Smartphones, Artificial Intelligence, Mental Health and Disorders Overuse of digital gadgets harms teenagers, research suggests. But ubiquitous technology may be helping older Americans stay sharp.

Health By Elisabeth Rosenthal from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nmzNZ86 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Advertising and Marketing, Content Type: Service, Medicaid, Computers and the Internet, Finances, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Youth, States (US), Law and Legislation, United States Politics and Government, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), One Big Beautiful Bill Act (2025), Disability Insurance, Income, Insurance, Wages and Salaries, Content Type: Personal Profile It’s a difficult rite of passage for young adults without job-based insurance. Here are some tips for getting started.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/P5nWfRl via IFTTT your-feed-science, United States Politics and Government, Vaccination and Immunization, Rumors and Misinformation, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Medicine and Health, RNA (Ribonucleic Acid), Children and Childhood, Avian Influenza, Disease Rates While many officials and scientists embrace other parts of the secretary’s agenda, his stance on vaccines is alienating allies who fear a public health crisis.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/CMdDSjZ via IFTTT GLP-1 RAs (Drug), Obesity, Weight, Research, Clinical Trials, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) The company said it planned to seek Food and Drug Administration approval for the drug, orforglipron, before the end of the year.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ZltqPa5 via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Influenza, Whooping Cough That kind of shot was first used during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the health secretary has been sharply critical of the technology.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3JKSWfZ via IFTTT your-feed-science, Agriculture and Farming, Avian Influenza, Waste Materials and Disposal, Livestock, Influenza, Viruses, Milk, Cattle, Research, Dairy Products, Food Contamination and Poisoning In unpublished research, researchers found live virus on equipment, in wastewater and in the air in so-called milking parlors.

Health By Stephanie Nolen and Federico Rios Escobar from NYT Health https://ift.tt/rHiobpS via IFTTT Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, Death and Dying, Medicine and Health, Politics and Government, your-feed-healthcare, audio-neutral-informative, audio-negative-sad Tatiana Andia knew Colombia would permit her a medically assisted death. She took her country with her on the journey to dying.

Health By Sarah Kliff from NYT Health https://ift.tt/hQ3stbM via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Medicaid, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Conservatism (US Politics), Medicare, Polls and Public Opinion, Medicine and Health Like many Americans, Republicans believe that insurance should be tied to employment — and increasingly they don’t think it’s essential to have at all.