Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is quickly expanding its reach through the federal government.It recently accessed systems at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Musk and his team now are looking at key payment and contracti…
Patients who bought stockpiles of alternative GLP-1 drugs online aren’t sure what to do with them after learning that the compounding pharmacy that made them didn’t have the right license.
An experimental treatment that stimulates the spinal cord may help people with a paralyzing genetic disorder called spinal muscular atrophy.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced senators today in a contentious confirmation hearing to serve as Health and Human Services Secretary under President Trump. He’s a former Democrat — turned independent presidential candidate — turned Trump loyalist.
He’s also someone who has pushed vaccine misinformation, something he was repeatedly questioned about during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
HHS is a massive system that oversees everything from the Food and Drug Administration to vaccine funding to the Affordable Care Act. What do we know about how Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. would run it?
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Loneliness is at epidemic levels across the U.S. and is correlated with higher risks of many chronic diseases. Some doctors and therapists are writing their patients prescriptions for socializing.
People displaced by the LA wildfires found themselves needing help with basic health care — like getting medications lost in the fires. In El Monte, a pop-up health event provided some assistance.
If you’re going to have surgery, “prehabilitation” focused on nutrition, exercise and social support in the month before can significantly cut the risk of complications, according to a new study.
A group of more than 1,000 Kaiser Permanente mental health workers are coming up on three months of strike, asking for better working conditions.
A group of more than 1,000 Kaiser Permanente mental health workers are coming up on three months of strike, asking for better working conditions.
Trump issued a flurry of executive orders and other actions on health care this week. Other than signaling he intends to reverse many of Biden’s moves, the orders will have little immediate impact.
