1+ hour, 9+ min ago (81+ words) Dr. Sandro Galea, a distinguished professor in public health and dean of the Washington University School of Public Health, warns that the administration's turn toward alternative medicine risks sidelining science in federal health policy. Closed-door MAHA summit offers a glimpse into the administration's evolving health priorities Dr. Sandro Galea, a distinguished professor in public health and dean of the Washington University School of Public Health, warns that the administration's turn toward alternative medicine risks sidelining science in federal health policy....

1+ hour, 9+ min ago (173+ words) When the Zika crisis hit Brazil, women infected with the virus gave birth to babies with a debilitating condition. Some of the moms joined together to build a new life and to push for reparations. The Brazilian moms fighting for their children ten years after Zika When the Zika crisis hit Brazil, women infected with the virus gave birth to babies with a debilitating condition. Some of the moms joined together to build a new life and to push for reparations. The Brazilian moms fighting for their children ten years after Zika When the Zika crisis hit Brazil, women infected with the virus gave birth to babies with a debilitating condition. Some of the moms joined together to build a new life and to push for reparations. The Brazilian moms fighting for their children ten years after Zika When the…...

9+ hour, 22+ min ago (1527+ words) The George Rogers Clark Memorial bridge crosses the Ohio River to Louisville, Kentucky. Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption The Ohio River sends billions of gallons of water flowing past Louisville, Kentucky's pumping station every day, where the city's utility sucks it up to turn it into tap water. This story was produced in partnership with'KFF Health News. To ensure it tastes good and is safe to drink, a small team of scientists and technicians is constantly testing the water for pH, odors, heavy metals and microbes. But unlike many smaller municipal utilities across the U.S., the Louisville Water Company regularly checks for PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). That's a class of chemicals, used by manufacturers for decades to make things like nonstick pans, cosmetics, raincoats, food wrappers and firefighting foam. Research studies have…...

12+ hour, 22+ min ago (1004+ words) The snowcapped mountains surrounding northwest Montana's Flathead Reservation are a sign winter is coming. Mary Lefthand pulls her truck up to a warehouse in the valley below. This story was produced in partnership with'KFF Health News. She's driven over the town of St. Ignatius, to pick up free food from the commodity program run by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. Tribal commodity food programs are federally funded, but weren't impacted by the federal government shutdown. Mary Lefthand watches as workers at the commodity warehouse load food into her truck in St. Ignatius, Montana. Aaron Bolton/Montana Public Radio hide caption Unlike SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), which was very much under threat. During the government shutdown, SNAP's 41 million recipients didn't know if they would receive benefits for November. Lefthand receives SNAP. She prefers it to the commodities program, because…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago (41+ words) For Mohammed Ibrahim's family, this Thanksgiving was the moment they had been waiting for. A Palestinian-American teen freed from Israeli prison comes home needing urgent care For Mohammed Ibrahim's family, this Thanksgiving was the moment they had been waiting for....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago (896+ words) The Food and Drug Administration intends to get tougher on vaccine approvals, as top officials raised concerns about the risk of COVID vaccines for children. Speaking on Fox News Saturday morning, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said the agency would no longer "rubber-stamp new products that don't work," claiming it made a "mockery of science." Makary's comments came the day after FDA's top vaccine regulator, Dr. Vinay Prasad, told his team the agency would change its annual flu vaccine framework, update vaccine labels to be "honest," and make other changes to how it reviews vaccines, according to contents of an internal email reviewed by NPR and reported on first by a PBS News Hour correspondent and later by The Washington Post. Prasad wrote that the FDA would also no longer authorize vaccines for pregnant women without stricter requirements. And for pneumonia…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago (896+ words) The Food and Drug Administration intends to get tougher on vaccine approvals, as top officials raised concerns about the risk of COVID vaccines for children. Speaking on Fox News Saturday morning, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said the agency would no longer "rubber-stamp new products that don't work," claiming it made a "mockery of science." Makary's comments came the day after FDA's top vaccine regulator, Dr. Vinay Prasad, told his team the agency would change its annual flu vaccine framework, update vaccine labels to be "honest," and make other changes to how it reviews vaccines, according to contents of an internal email reviewed by NPR and reported on first by a PBS News Hour correspondent and later by The Washington Post. Prasad wrote that the FDA would also no longer authorize vaccines for pregnant women without stricter requirements. And for pneumonia…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1804+ words) Ruty Pereira sits with her daughter, Tamara, in their apartment in Macei, in eastern Brazil. Tamara, whose development was impacted in utero by the Zika virus, eats through a feeding tube. Ian Cheibub for NPR hide caption It's a bright Thursday morning in Macei, in eastern Brazil. Ruty Pereira has no shortage of tasks to keep her busy at home. But here she is, seated in the front row of a meeting at her local community center. Paintings of balloons and clouds decorate the walls. Pereira's 10-year-old daughter, Tamara, is perched on her lap. The girl's mouth hangs open slightly. Her arms are bent, locked at the elbows. There are other moms here, sitting beside their children who are around the same age and of similar affect. Many of them are in wheelchairs. Partway through the meeting, Pereira speaks up....

1+ day, 21+ hour ago (1731+ words) Derek McManus has ALS, but his insurer initially refused to provide an advanced medical ventilator. Each machine can cost insurers more than $10,000. An independent appeals reviewer ordered the insurer to provide one. Lauren Petracca for KFF Health News hide caption On vacation in Mexico last year, Michael DiPlacido passed out twice while scuba diving and again in his hotel. Back in St. Louis, Mo., doctors diagnosed him with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, an incurable disease that often requires mechanical ventilation. When his son Adam DiPlacido tried to find a permanent place to care for his father, who now needed a ventilator to breathe through a tracheostomy tube, he discovered none of Missouri's nearly 500 nursing homes could take him. "I never thought it would be easy, but I never thought it would be this hard," Adam said. A KFF Health…...

2+ day, 40+ min ago (227+ words) Food policy expert and nutritionist Marion Nestle's 2006 book, "What to Eat," became a consumer bible of sorts when it came out, guiding readers through the supermarket while exposing how industry marketing and policy steer our food choices. Now, two decades later, she's back with "What to Eat Now," a revised field guide for the supermarket of 2025. Also, film critic Justin Chang reviews the new film Hamnet.Science writer Mary Roach"s latest book, "Replaceable You," is about innovations in transplant medicine thanks to promising research and breakthroughs. She tells us about organs transplanted from pigs and attempts to replace bald spots on the scalp with hair from other parts of our bodies. Food policy expert and nutritionist Marion Nestle's 2006 book, "What to Eat," became a consumer bible of sorts when it came out, guiding readers through the supermarket while exposing…...