NPR Health
APRIL 15, 2025
In a new memoir, French Gates writes about the end of her marriage to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and her ongoing philanthropic work, directing funds and attention to women's health initiatives.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
APRIL 16, 2025
Researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids bombarding its surface; Scientists have analyzed a meteorite analogous to the early Earth to understand the origin of hydrogen on our planet. The research team demonstrated that the material which built our planet was far richer in hydrogen than previously thought.
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The Hill
APRIL 13, 2025
Former Food and Drug Administration vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks weighed in on Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.s remarks about finding a cause of autism , saying giving people false hope is wrong. Marks joined CBS Newss Face the Nation on Sunday, where host Magaret Brennan asked him about Kennedys claim that the world will find the cause of the autism epidemic by September.
Environmental Health News
APRIL 15, 2025
This article was originally published by U.S. Right To Know and is republished here with permission under a Creative Commons license. Chemicals found in common food packaging plastics like cling film and snack pouches may interfere with the bodys natural 24-hour sleep-wake cycle, increasing the risk of sleep disorders, diabetes, immune problems, and even cancer, new research shows.
NPR Health
APRIL 14, 2025
'/> The program, Charting My Path for Future Success, aimed to help teens with disabilities transition from high school to the real world. It abruptly ended when DOGE terminated its federal contract.
Public Health Blog
APRIL 14, 2025
Tell us what you thought of this episode – send us a text!Networking isn’t about schmoozing with random people or handing out business cards—it’s about building genuine relationships rooted in curiosity, generosity, and mutual benefit that can transform your public health career journey.
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Science Daily: Pharmacology News
APRIL 16, 2025
An international team has discovered the most distant spiral galaxy candidate known to date. This ultra-massive system existed just one billion years after the Big Bang and already shows a remarkably mature structure, with a central old bulge, a large star-forming disk, and well-defined spiral arms. The discovery was made using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and offers important insights into how galaxies can form and evolve so rapidly in the early Universe.
NPR Health
APRIL 14, 2025
The federal program is the biggest source of money for long-term care for the elderly and disabled. Republican proposals to cut its budget could jeopardize supports family and caregivers rely on. (Image credit: Michael M.
NC Health News
APRIL 18, 2025
By Grace Vitaglione and Rose Hoban The North Carolina Senates proposed budget for the next two fiscal years is packed with policy around new health care initiatives, including repealing North Carolinas hospital capacity regulation laws, trimming vacant state job openings and increasing rates for child care subsidies. The spending plan just over 1,000 pages calls for allocating about $32.6 billion in the coming fiscal year and $33.3 billion in the next.
The Hill
APRIL 14, 2025
Seven U.S. service members exhibited COVID-19-like symptoms during or after their return from the 2019 World Military Games in Wuhan, China, according to a Pentagon report recently made public. The report indicates the service members had symptoms between Oct. 18, 2019, and Jan. 21, 2020. The symptoms all resolved within six days, according to the report, which is dated December 2022.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
APRIL 14, 2025
Scientists use small peptides to enhance symbiosis between plants and fungi, offering a sustainable alternative to artificial fertilizers. Plant biologists discover new plant molecule, CLE16, as well as a fungal CLE16 mimic, that encourage the beneficial symbiotic relationship between plants and fungi. CLE16 supplementation in crop fields could help reduce harmful chemical fertilizer use by replacing it with sustainable, long-lasting symbiotic plant-fungus relationships for important crops like
NPR Health
APRIL 15, 2025
For the first time since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became health secretary, vaccine advisers to the CDC are meeting to discuss vaccines for RSV, HPV, COVID and more.
NC Health News
APRIL 17, 2025
By Jennifer Fernandez A bill that would further shorten the practice period for young drivers stalled Wednesday in the Transportation Committee of the N.C. House. Sponsors of House Bill 584 asked to rescind a motion that would have pushed it closer to a final vote in the House of Representatives, citing the need to address committee members concerns at a future meeting.
The Hill
APRIL 16, 2025
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that the agency will launch a series of new studies aimed at finding the environmental toxins he believes are causing increasing rates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This is coming from an environmental toxin and somebody made a profit by putting that environmental toxin in our air, our water, our medicines, our food, Kennedy said during a Wednesday press conference on a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control a
Black Health Matters
APRIL 16, 2025
It’s Black Maternal Health Week, and the Leapfrog Group’s 2025 Maternity Report clarifies that Black women still face significant gaps in maternity care. Hospitals have been trying to cut back on unnecessary C-sections for years, but progress has stalled. The national rate for low-risk first-time mothers was 26.4% in 2015, and nearly a decade later, it’s barely moved, sitting at 25.3%.
NPR Health
APRIL 16, 2025
They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate overuse of CT scans is increasing the U.S. cancer burden.
NC Health News
APRIL 16, 2025
By Jennifer Fernandez When North Carolina implemented a year of practice as part of a new graduated drivers licensing for 16- and 17-year-olds in the 1990s, the state saw an almost immediate plunge in fatal crashes for those kids. But during the pandemic, lawmakers temporarily shortened the time required for teens to drive with supervision from from 12 months to six.
The Hill
APRIL 17, 2025
Kevin Hall, a top nutrition researcher at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said he is retiring early, claiming his work was censored after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Hall, who examined food environments and chronic diseases, said there were bipartisan goals to examine diet-related chronic diseases and highlighted Kennedys goal of tackling ultra-processed foods.
Managed Care Matters
APRIL 15, 2025
Your business has 3 really large customers; the second largest is about to drastically cut its spending. What are you going to do? Three things: try to make a lot more $ from remaining customers, slash your workforce and operational costs, if/when those don’t work, go belly up. That, dear readers, is the future of healthcare in rural and small town America.
NPR Health
APRIL 15, 2025
The National Center for Environmental Health was hollowed out in the cuts of 10,000 federal health workers on April 1. That's the same day an assessment of people hurt in floods was set to begin.
Public Health Insider
APRIL 16, 2025
To help provide information about the measles, we've created a number of resource materials for schools, workplaces, organizations, healthcare, and anyone to share. The post Measles resources for schools, workplaces, healthcare, and organizations appeared first on PUBLIC HEALTH INSIDER.
The Hill
APRIL 15, 2025
New research has found that paper receipts from major retailers in the United States have a high level of bisphenol S , which has been linked to cancer and reproductive problems. Some receipts reportedly have such a high level of bisphenol S that holding one for 10 seconds can cause the skin to absorb the toxic chemical and violate California's safety threshold.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
APRIL 14, 2025
Whether for cooking, heating, as a light source or for making tools -- it is assumed that fire was essential for the survival of people in the Ice Age. However, it is puzzling that hardly any well-preserved evidence of fireplaces from the coldest period of the Ice Age in Europe has been found so far. A group of scientists has now been able to shed some light on the mystery of Ice Age fire.
NPR Health
APRIL 14, 2025
Republicans hope to save a lot of tax dollars by cutting Medicaid. Drug policy experts say as many as a million Americans in treatment for addiction could lose coverage.
National Council on Urban Indian Health
APRIL 18, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. (April 18, 2025) The National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) sent a letter to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), expressing deep concern over the proposed budget cuts to the Indian Health Service (IHS) and HHS as outlined in the Office of Management and Budgets (OMB) Fiscal Year 2026 Discretionary Budget Passback.
The Hill
APRIL 16, 2025
Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), 66, was admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) at a New Jersey hospital and was said to be dealing with "an extended recovery that could require physical rehabilitation, according to a Tuesday press release from his office. Norcross was transferred to Cooper University Health Care on April 7 "following a medical incident that necessitated his hospitalization" in Raleigh, N.C., Eric Kupersmith, Cooper University Health Care chief physician executive, said in the p
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
APRIL 15, 2025
Extreme cosmic events such as colliding black holes or the explosions of stars can cause ripples in spacetime, so-called gravitational waves. Their discovery opened a new window into the universe. To observe them, ultra-precise detectors are required. Designing them remains a major scientific challenge for humans. Researchers have been working on how an artificial intelligence system could explore an unimaginably vast space of possible designs to find entirely new solutions.
NPR Health
APRIL 14, 2025
Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.
Black Health Matters
APRIL 18, 2025
Preparing a neurodivergent young person for college is about more than choosing the right-sized sheets and pillowcases for their dorm room. When students transition from high school to college, they are expected to know how to manage their entire educational experience independently. According to Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders students may suddenly be expected to seek out the type out of support and accommodations they may have relied on in their primary educational experiences, “Au
The Hill
APRIL 17, 2025
A daily pill from drugmaker Eli Lilly has shown similar effectiveness at helping people reduce blood sugar levels and lose weight compared to leading injectable GLP-1 drugs Mounjaro and Ozempic, the company announced. The once-daily pill, called orforglipron, helped patients with Type 2 diabetes during late-stage trials and has shown comparable safety results to the injectables, the drugmaker said.
News Medical Health Sciences
APRIL 14, 2025
Healthy sleep includes multiple components, such as number of hours of sleep per night, how long it takes to fall asleep, daytime functioning and self-reported sleep satisfaction, and addressing these different dimensions of sleep may help to reduce cardiometabolic health and related risk factors, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
NPR Health
APRIL 16, 2025
Researchers and advocates have pushed back at what they consider inaccurate and stigmatizing comments made by the health secretary, and note the causes of autism are complex.
Exploring Health
APRIL 17, 2025
The Role of Nutrition in Fetal Development and Beyond Development from fetus to child to adult depends on maternal nutrition and health long before conception. By Alexa Morales A babys early years of life can look different in every family. One thing, however, remains the same: their baby is vulnerable. Malleable and fragile. Delicate. Easily damaged if not cared for appropriately.
The Hill
APRIL 17, 2025
The question of when children should get smartphones and whether these devices are harmful has sparked debate for years, but new research from the University of South Florida challenges some long-held assumptions. Leading up to the study , researchers expected to find negative outcomes tied to smartphone use among children. Instead, they found the devices may not be as damaging to kids mental health as some believe and could, in fact, be beneficial.
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