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THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Electric cars are increasingly common due to their potential environmental benefits, but a new study suggests that high levels of pollutants may cluster around fast-charging stations. Levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the air near 50 electric vehicle fast-charging stations across LosContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — There are three common health emergencies for which all U.S. schools should be prepared, a new study says. Brain-related crises like seizures, psychiatric conditions or substance abuse, and trauma-related injuries are the three main reasons paramedics respond to schools, according to a newContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A federal judge has stopped the Trump administration from implementing more layoffs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), saying the job cuts likely went against the law. The decision came Tuesday from U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose in responseContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court said it will not hear a case brought by a group once led by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that claimed Facebook censored its vaccine-related content. The Children’s Health Defense sued Meta Platforms, the parentContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — From allowing states to ban gender-transition care and sales of flavored vapes to minors to rolling back the landmark Clean Air Act, the U.S. Supreme Court had a consequential term. The Washington Post cites these as among the high court’s most consequential decisionsContinue Reading
FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The United States will stop sending money to Gavi, a global group that helps vaccinate children in low-income countries, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday. The decision was made public in a video shared at a GaviContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The woman tapped to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says she supports science, vaccines and public health programs — but she dodged key questions about recent cuts to the agency during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. Susan Monarez,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A presentation scheduled for a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine meeting today claimed that a vaccine preservative could cause long-term brain effects — but the study it cited doesn’t appear to exist. The slide, posted online Tuesday, cited aContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has stopped canceling biomedical research grants after a federal judge said hundreds of those cuts were illegal. This decision comes just days after U.S. District Judge William Young ordered the NIH to restore more than 900 canceledContinue Reading
THURSDAY, June 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Violence, addiction and abuse can keep children a step behind other kids when it comes to their education, a new study says. Children who’ve experienced only a single traumatic event are more than twice as likely to be chronically absent from school dueContinue Reading