THURSDAY, March 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A growing measles outbreak has led to 222 reported cases across Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma in 2025, with health officials urging more people to get vaccinated. During an interview with Fox News, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. KennedyContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Red wine has been thought to potentially offer protection against cancer, given its high levels of the anti-inflammatory antioxidant resveratrol. But there’s no clear evidence that red wine lessens cancer risk, a new evidence review has concluded. In fact, neither red nor whiteContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Concussion damage could linger in an athlete’s brain for at least a year, long after they’ve rejoined their sport, a new study says. Concussed college athletes had brain changes that remained visible in brain scans up to a year after they’d been clearedContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — People with a higher genetic risk for type 2 diabetes also have a higher risk of heart attack, stroke and other heart-related diseases. But controlling that risk could be as simple as picking up a TV remote and hitting the “off” switch, aContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 13, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The COVID-19 pandemic set kindergarteners’ development back in several ways, a new study says. Post-pandemic kindergarten students on average scored significantly lower in language and thinking skills, social competence, and communication and general knowledge, when compared to pre-pandemic kids, researchers reported March 10Continue Reading
Nearly half the population polled think funding should either increase or be kept about the sameContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A group of former U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) employees is fighting to get their jobs back after being abruptly laid off last month. In a letter sent Monday to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The nation’s top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is taking steps to tighten oversight of chemicals in the U.S. food supply, a key component of his “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. On March 10, Kennedy directed the U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Two key federal advisory committees on food safety have been shut down, raising concerns among food safety advocates. The move was part of a Trump administration push to cut costs and shrink the government. Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) eliminatedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Well-to-do and better-educated Americans have far lower rates of heart disease than the rest of the population, a new study says. The top 20% of high-income, college-educated Americans have less heart disease risk than others, and this gap has widened over the pastContinue Reading