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Trump administration nixes plan to cover anti-obesity drugs through Medicare

Trump administration nixes plan to cover anti-obesity drugs through Medicare

President Donald Trump’s administration has decided not to cover expensive, high-demand obesity treatments under the government-funded Medicare program

April 04, 2025 at 7:43 pm EDT

Mexico confirms country's first human case of bird flu in a 3-year-old girl

April 04, 2025 at 6:26 pm EDT

Nearly half of National Weather Service offices have 20% vacancy rates, and experts say it's a risk

Nearly half of National Weather Service offices have 20% vacancy rates, and experts say it's a risk

April 04, 2025 at 6:00 pm EDT

Chemical industry seeks exemptions from US pollution rules as part of Trump administration offer

Chemical industry seeks exemptions from US pollution rules as part of Trump administration offer

April 04, 2025 at 4:26 pm EDT

Nigeria has received more than 1 million vaccines to fight an ongoing meningitis outbreak

April 04, 2025 at 3:09 pm EDT

US has twice as many measles cases so far this year than in all of 2024

April 04, 2025 at 1:36 pm EDT

Trump administration fires staff of program that helps low-income households pay for heat

Trump administration fires staff of program that helps low-income households pay for heat

April 03, 2025 at 8:13 pm EDT

Federal judge says she will temporarily block billions in health funding cuts to states

Federal judge says she will temporarily block billions in health funding cuts to states

April 03, 2025 at 5:56 pm EDT

Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to take lead of Medicare and Medicaid agency

Senate confirms Mehmet Oz to take lead of Medicare and Medicaid agency

April 03, 2025 at 4:45 pm EDT

What you do before and during a tornado could mean the difference between life and death

What you do before and during a tornado could mean the difference between life and death

April 03, 2025 at 3:03 pm EDT

Kennedy remains quiet on 10,000 jobs lost at the nation's top health department

Community, mentors and skill-building: Experts weigh the role of employee resource groups

Supreme Court appears divided over whether states can cut off Planned Parenthood funding

Georgia Democrats' frustration with anti-transgender bills boils over into a walkout

Shingles is awful, but here's another reason to get vaccinated: It may fight dementia

Health department layoffs mean that data on drug use and mental health could sit unused

Scientists sue NIH, saying politics cut their research funding

Supreme Court sides with the FDA in its dispute over sweet-flavored vaping products

Truck driver can seek triple damages in lawsuit over THC content in CBD product, Supreme Court says

Mass layoffs are underway at the nation's public health agencies

Trump administration pauses some family planning grants as it investigates compliance with laws

States sue Trump administration for rescinding billions in health funding

There's a new push to put whole milk back in school meals. Here's what you should know

Here's where jobs and programs are being cut at the nation's top health agencies

With tears and tail wags, San Quentin inmates reunite with puppies they raised into service dogs

UN agency closes its remaining Gaza bakeries as food supplies dwindle under Israeli blockade

FDA tobacco official is removed from post in latest blow to health agency's leadership

Thousands of workers at nation's health agencies brace for mass layoffs

A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant

Scientists shielding farming from climate change need more public funding. But they're getting less

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New sex trafficking charges filed against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

Tourist in custody for trying to access one of world’s most isolated tribes, brings Diet Coke

Michelle Williams, Thomas Kail welcome third child

Recall alert: Shampoo voluntarily recalled due to potential bacterial contamination

Adam Devine says doctors told him he was dying, trying to explain why he was having spasms