Health & Reproductive Rights

An elementary school in Loudoun County, Virginia is nearly surrounded by 11 data centers and community members are concerned about the pollution that be might produced and what their kids might be breathing. NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports for

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Opposition to the rapid emergence of data centers in states such as Ohio and Arizona has ginned up activism and unified voters. A range of public health issues have played into the resistance.

House progressives are planning to use their growing power to force votes next year on their most sweeping and divisive policies, including Medicare for All, abolishing ICE and cutting aid to Israel. Why it matters: The ultimate goal is to

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Director Kevin Greutert made one of the best political horror films of all time. The premise? Health insurance executives are forced to endure death panels like those to which they subject real-life patients. I've extensively discussed how

—Getty ImagesThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will not take action against licensed pharmacists who dispense certain unapproved peptides to consumers, according to a new policy published Oct. 28 in the Federal Register

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Insulin is a peptide. So is semaglutide. Both went through clinical trials, FDA review, and manufacturing oversight before anyone injected them. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now moving to let a far wider market of peptide injec

Six people familiar with the policy's development say most FDA scientific staff opposed it, and that those same scientists had limited input in writing it. The document HHS posted Wednesday eases access to a set of injectable peptides marke

Seven days. That is the gap between Representative Roger Marshall dropping $250,000 on shares of a privately held Irish medical research firm and the FDA greenlighting clinical trials for that firm's American subsidiary. Marshall bought 1,2

The sitting Secretary of Health and Human Services stood at Kent County GOP headquarters in Grand Rapids on Monday and told a room of Michigan voters that 500 million Arabs "don't produce science, they don't win the Nobel Prize... they don'

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to expand access to injectable peptide drugs faced overwhelming opposition from a group of Food and Drug Administration scientists, prompting the Trump appointee’s department to change tactics.

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The Guardian - The number of people with dementia in the United States is projected to increase dramatically over the next 25 years, which will place increasing strain on a healthcare system already struggling to help them amid cuts by the

USA: COVID-19 Trend Summary: October 23, 2026 As of October 21, 2026: 🔹10 states have COVID-19 infections growing or likely growing 🔹15 states have infections declining or likely declining 🔹24 states show no change Source: cdc.gov/cfa-model

Hospitals nationwide are cutting intensive services for kids in critical care. Many cite too few patients, staffing shortages, and money problems. As a result, kids who need lifesaving care must travel farther. Pediatricians expect more cut

The Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine or specific treatment, and confirmed cases now extend to Kenya and Nigeria.

Hospital units dedicated to treating the nation’s sickest kids are disappearing nationwide. In the past year alone, hospitals have closed pediatric intensive care units for critically ill kids in Montana, Oregon, and Missouri. Overnight hos

Read the top story of the day in your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Prospect newsletter here. The reason Tucson resident Garrett Newell can walk is because of Medicaid. Speaking before reporters last week, he described how the program has al

Amy Littlefield In her new book “Side Effects,” the “Politico” reporter shows that the impact of abortion bans goes far beyond reproductive health care. The post How the End of “Roe” Is Reshaping Medical Care: A Q&A With Alice Miranda Ollst

Research looked at prevalence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in 2,362 players who died in 2008-2023 A new study published on Wednesday estimates that about 75% of former NFL players who died over a 15-year period had evidence of chroni