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27 Jun
Low Levels of A Common Drinking Water Contaminant Linked to Premature Birth
In a new study, nitrate levels well below the EPA limit for drinking water were associated with an increased risk of premature birth and low-birthweight babies.
25 Jun
Nearly 20% of Packaged Foods Sold in the U.S. Contain Synthetic Dyes
A review of the ingredients in 39,000+ packaged foods and drinks sold in the U.S. reveals many contain synthetic dyes, especially products marketed to kids.
From Transgender Care To Vaping: Key Takeaways From SCOTUS 2025 Term
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 decisions of 2025:
Birthright citizenship: I...
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
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- June 27, 2025
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U.S. Stops Funding for Gavi Global Vaccine Program, Sparking Backlash
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 Gavi summit in Brussels. In it, Kennedy said Gavi has not done enough to address vaccine ...
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- June 27, 2025
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RFK Jr.-Appointed Vaccine Panel Removes Flu Shot Ingredient
A U.S. vaccine advisory panel voted Thursday to stop recommending flu shots that contain thimerosal, a move that experts say may reduce access to vaccines without making them any safer.
The vote came from a newly appointed group of people that now make up the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), led by U.S. Health and Human...
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- June 27, 2025
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COVID Vaccine Labels To Warn of Rare Heart Risk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added new warnings to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines about a rare heart condition that mostly affects young men.
The update expands earlier warnings about myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation, The Associated Press reported.
The condition is still very rare ...
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- June 27, 2025
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Everyday Packaging May Shed Tiny Plastics Into Your Food, Study Finds
Opening a bottle or unwrapping a piece of deli meat could be adding tiny plastic particles to your food, new research reveals.
Microplastics and nanoplastics can enter food during packaging, processing and even normal use, like twisting a bottle cap or tearing off a plastic wrapper, according to a study published June 25 in NPJ Science...
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- June 27, 2025
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U.S. Gun Suicides Continue Record Rise
Gun-related suicides in the U.S. reached record highs for the third straight year in 2023, a new report on gun violence says.
About 27,300 gun-related deaths — 58% of all gun deaths — were suicides in 2023, according to research from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
That means an American used a gun to kil...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 27, 2025
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Fasting Might Not Be Necessary Prior To Surgery, Review Concludes
Fasting is a well-known hassle associated with surgery.
Patients are required to go without food or liquid for hours because of fears they’ll vomit while under anesthesia, potentially causing pneumonia if stomach contents are inhaled.
But this long-standing practice might not be necessary, a new evidence review says.
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- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 27, 2025
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Many Kids Unnecessarily Hospitalized Following Allergic Reactions
Many kids are spending a lot of unnecessary time under observation in a hospital following a sudden allergic emergency, a new study concludes.
About 17% of kids are admitted for overnight observation following a scary allergic reaction to food, medicine or insect bites, researchers reported.
But 95% of children treated for alle...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 27, 2025
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High-Fiber Diet Reduces Risk of Hardened Arteries
Noshing on veggies, grains, beans and other high-fiber foods can help your heart as well as your gut health, a new study says.
People with low-fiber diets are more likely to have narrowed arteries caused by the buildup of plaque, researchers reported recently in the journal Cardiovascular Research.
CT scans also revealed tha...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 27, 2025
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Body Fat Analysis, Waist Size Better Than BMI For Assessing Health
A person’s body fat percentage provides a better estimate of their risk for early death than their body mass index (BMI), a new study says.
People with a high body-fat percentage were 78% more likely to die within 15 years from any cause and 3.6 times more likely to die from heart disease, researchers reported June 24 in the Anna...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 27, 2025
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Ex-Vaccine Panelist Speaks Out on Firing, New Committee
The federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has been soberly and deliberately helping set U.S. vaccination policy for more than 60 years.
During that time, its members have been thoroughly vetted through a grueling nomination process, before they take up the work of protecting the nation against infectious diseases.
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- June 26, 2025
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Senate Grills CDC Nominee Susan Monarez on Agency Cuts
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, 50, told senators ...
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- June 26, 2025
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CDC Pulls Vaccine Slide After Expert Cites Study Doesn’t Exist
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 a 2008 paper titled "Low-level neonatal thimerosal exposure:...
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- June 26, 2025
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Illinois Reports First West Nile Virus Case of 2025
Illinois has confirmed its first human case of West Nile virus this year, health officials say.
The person, who lives in southern Illinois, was hospitalized with complications from the mosquito-borne virus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
This is the earliest West Nile virus case reported in Il...
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- June 26, 2025
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NIH Stops Canceling Research Grants Following Court Ruling
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 canceled grants. The ruling stemmed from a Boston case, in which researchers ...
- I. Edwards HealthDay Reporter
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- June 26, 2025
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Online Videos For Kids Rife With Junk Food Messaging
Kids watching YouTube videos are being hammered with messages promoting junk food like candy, sugary drinks, fast food and sweet or salty snacks, a new study says.
About 75% of 6- to 8-year-olds and 36% of 3- to 5-year-olds were fed promotions for junk food while watching YouTube or YouTube Kids videos they chose on their own mobile device...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 26, 2025
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Typos, Slang Trip Up AI Medical Assessments
Common human typing errors can trip up artificial intelligence (AI) programs designed to aid health care workers by reviewing health records, a new MIT study says.
Typos and extra white spaces can interfere with AI’s ability to properly analyze patient records, researchers reported this week at an Association for Computing Machinery ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 26, 2025
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Wastewater Can Accurately Predict COVID-19 Surges
Keeping tabs on COVID-19 outbreaks is as easy as tracking a city’s wastewater, a new study says.
Levels of the COVID virus, SARS-CoV-2, found in wastewater samples accurately predicted by a week the rise and fall of case counts in a community, researchers reported June 23 in the The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
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- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 26, 2025
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Updated COVID Vaccines Effective Against New Strains
Updated COVID-19 vaccines are keeping up with new coronavirus strains and remain effective for keeping people out of the hospital, a new study says.
The study, which examined the effectiveness of the 2023-2024 COVID vaccines against the XBB and JN.1 Omicron variant waves, found that the updated shots caused:
A 24% lower risk ...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 26, 2025
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Education Suffers After Even A Single Brush With Childhood Trauma
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 due to health problems, researchers reported in the journal Academic Pediatrics
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 26, 2025
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