public health

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on "The President's 2026 Health Care Agenda" at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2025.
Politics

Hundreds of CDC ‘disease detectives’ fired—then reinstated—in mass layoffs tied to Trump shutdown

By Ali Swenson, Jonel Aleccia and The Associated Press
October 14, 2025
A Buffalo Bills player holds Gatorade cups on the sidelines during an NFL preseason football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium on August 23, 2025 in Tampa, Florida.
Health

Inside PepsiCo’s beverage overhaul: A Gatorade reboot, the $2 billion Poppi buy, and a gut-health play, all under activist scrutiny

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October 8, 2025
Davenport, Florida, Starbucks Coffee, outside exterior drive thru through.
Retail

Starbucks hops on the health craze with protein coffee weight-loss influencers had been concocting in its drive thru for months

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September 4, 2025
Walking
Health

What if 10,000 steps per day was never the magic number? Bombshell scientific study says you need far less for health benefits

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July 28, 2025
Forever chemicals are in your drinking water: Here’s how worried to be—and what to do about it
Health

Forever chemicals are in your drinking water: Here’s how worried to be—and what to do about it

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June 26, 2025
Howard Dean: Slashing public health funding is a national security disaster in the making
Commentary

Howard Dean: Slashing public health funding is a national security disaster in the making

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June 10, 2025
‘We dissent’: NIH workers protest Trump policies that ‘harm the health of Americans’
Health

‘We dissent’: NIH workers protest Trump policies that ‘harm the health of Americans’

By KFF Health News and Rachana Pradhan
June 9, 2025
Eating more fiber could help reduce the amount of forever chemicals in your blood, study finds
Health

Eating more fiber could help reduce the amount of forever chemicals in your blood, study finds

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June 3, 2025
State and local health departments that do invisible but critical work are being hollowed out by cuts
Health

State and local health departments that do invisible but critical work are being hollowed out by cuts

By Laura Ungar, Michelle R. Smith and The Associated Press
May 31, 2025
Patient's view of masked dentist approaching with tools in hands
Health

Removing fluoride from public water systems would result in dental disaster for millions of Americans, study warns

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May 30, 2025
RFK Jr.’s ‘MAHA report’ revealed to have cited studies that don’t exist, and misinterpreted others
Lifestyle

RFK Jr.’s ‘MAHA report’ revealed to have cited studies that don’t exist, and misinterpreted others

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May 29, 2025
RFK Jr. says COVID vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women
Lifestyle

RFK Jr. says COVID vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women

By Mike Stobbe and The Associated Press
May 27, 2025
Measles is highly contagious. Here’s how to protect yourself
Lifestyle

Measles is highly contagious. Here’s how to protect yourself

By The Associated Press, Devi Shastri and Laura Ungar
May 21, 2025
The ‘plastic spoon’ of microplastics in your brain could stem from these foods that are wrecking your health, researchers say
Health

The ‘plastic spoon’ of microplastics in your brain could stem from these foods that are wrecking your health, researchers say

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May 21, 2025
How much mercury is too much? Here’s what experts want you to know
Lifestyle

How much mercury is too much? Here’s what experts want you to know

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May 18, 2025

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