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Shots to prevent respiratory syncytial virus recommended only for high-risk babies even as experts hail jabs’ successAs US officials move to restrict vaccines, including the shots to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), more evidence is emerging …
Seventeen Republicans join Democrats to pass a three-year extension of tax credits cutting ACA premiumsThe US House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation to re-establish tax credits that lowered premiums for Affordable Care Act (ACA) health…
Health department’s decision to freeze money for childcare and for families in need could lead to disaster, experts sayThe Trump administration’s sudden decision to freeze $10bn worth of federal funding for childcare and needy families has not only alr…
Scientists predict increased disease outbreaks after Trump officials no longer recommend third of childhood vaccinesThe bombshell announcement that the Trump administration no longer fully recommends a third of childhood vaccines means the US moved fro…
Costs, insurance delays and difficult-to-obtain mental health treatment plague the US health system A record 23 % of Americans believe the United States healthcare system is “in a state of crisis” and 47% think it has “major problems,” according to a r…
Alliance Defending Freedom has ramped up its global spending on litigation and other campaigns to push its ultra conservative Christian valuesAlliance Defending Freedom, the conservative legal advocacy group behind the overturning of Roe v Wade, has ra…
Change will loosen limits on research and certain regulations but stops short of making marijuana legalDonald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to move cannabis out of the most restrictive drug category, a change that would loosen limits on r…
Proposal would prohibit Medicaid funds from being used to cover puberty blockers, hormone treatments or surgical proceduresUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration unveiled new actions aimed at eliminating transition-related medical ca…
Drop is cause for public health concern, but news isn’t all bad as acknowledging struggles is ‘a good sign’, experts sayA record low proportion of Americans rate their mental health as “good” or “excellent” according to a Gallup poll released on Thursd…
Cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including early identification of autism, made without prior notice to AAPThe US department of health and human services (HHS) has terminated several multi-million-dollar grants to the American Academy of P…