10 million pounds of meat recalled over listeria concern: What to know

BrucePac, which produces precooked meat and poultry items, is recalling some products from retailers including Walmart, Target, Aldi, Trader Joe’s and Kroger.

By Kelsey AblesOctober 15, 2024

After years of spinning on his head, a breakdancer grew a scalp tumor

Copenhagen neurosurgeons said in a case study that a tumor created a cone-shaped bump atop a breakdancer’s head.

By Kyle MelnickOctober 14, 2024

Sacklers lay out strategy for defending opioid-related lawsuits

The billionaire family that owns Purdue Pharma is signaling they intend to fight lawsuits against them by challenging the use of public nuisance laws.

By David OvalleOctober 14, 2024

IV fluid shortage due to hurricane prompts hospitals to postpone surgeries

Flooding of the Baxter manufacturing plant in North Carolina during Hurricane Helene prompted the FDA to declared a shortage for several IV fluid products

By Fenit Nirappil and Rachel RoubeinOctober 14, 2024

Why your skin needs sunscreen all year long

Beyond the cancer risk, most of the skin changes we see as we get older don’t come from the aging process but from the sun’s UV rays.

By Sally WadykaOctober 14, 2024

Kids and teens who get covid more prone to diabetes, study finds

As the public heads into another viral season, health experts said the findings highlight how the virus continues to reveal ways to pose long-term consequences.

By Sabrina MalhiOctober 14, 2024
Health BriefAnalysis

Health issues motivating Black women voters for Harris

Harris is seeing an uptick in support from Black women voters who support her efforts to protect abortion and expand prenatal and postnatal care.

By Stephanie Armour and McKenzie BeardOctober 14, 2024

Are high deductible health insurance plans a good deal for you?

Are high deductible health insurance plans a good deal for you?

By Kerry Dooley YoungOctober 14, 2024

Nutrition should play bigger role in medical training, panel asserts

Nutrition is “limited or completely absent” from most medical education programs in the United States, the new consensus statement says.

By Ian McMahanOctober 14, 2024

Most ERs aren’t fully prepared to handle children’s emergencies

Increasing pediatric readiness would reduce mortality, increase life expectancy and improve young patients’ lives, the researchers write.

By Erin BlakemoreOctober 13, 2024

JD Vance’s mom got health coverage under Trump — by using Obamacare

The vice-presidential nominee’s story about family members’ new health coverage illustrates how Republicans inherited — and benefited — from the current system.

By Dan Diamond and Isaac Stanley-BeckerOctober 12, 2024

Racism was called a health threat. Then came the DEI backlash.

A growing number of institutes exploring the nexus between racism and health — and their researchers — are under attack.

By Akilah JohnsonOctober 11, 2024
Health BriefAnalysis

As drug middlemen influence grows, independent pharmacies face fresh challenges

We spoke with the senior vice president of government affairs at the National Community Pharmacists Association about the debate over pharmacy benefit managers.

By McKenzie BeardOctober 11, 2024

What Trump and Harris could do to your health care

Today, we cut through the political noise and learn how the presidential candidates’ competing agendas could affect our health care.

By Elana Gordon, Reena Flores, Sean Carter, Stephen Smith, Emma Talkoff and Rennie SvirnovskiyOctober 10, 2024
Health BriefAnalysis

Cash shortages and complex rules impede Native American health-care access

Patients face daunting bills, skip care when Indian Health Service doesn’t pay for specialty treatment.

By Arielle Zionts and McKenzie BeardOctober 10, 2024

Florida officials rush to evacuate vulnerable patients ahead of Milton

State officials said 352 health-care facilities had reported evacuations, including 16 hospitals and seven hospice facilities.

By David Ovalle and Sabrina MalhiOctober 9, 2024

Florida threatens to criminally charge TV stations airing abortion rights ad

The Florida health department is demanding stations pull the ad, which urges voters to defeat the state’s six-week abortion ban at the polls.

By Ben BraschOctober 9, 2024

‘Office’ star Jenna Fischer had triple-positive breast cancer. What is it?

Fischer said she was diagnosed with an “aggressive” but treatable form of breast cancer, and has recovered after treatments, including chemotherapy and radiation.

By Adela SulimanOctober 9, 2024
Health BriefAnalysis

Florida’s hospitals and health-care workers brace for Milton

Health-care workers in Florida are bracing for a monstrous storm, less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene wrecked havoc.

By Sabrina Malhi and McKenzie BeardOctober 9, 2024

Florida health-care workers exhausted as Hurricane Milton approaches

“It gets stressful. You don’t know if you’re going to come back to a home,” a Florida paramedic says.

By David Ovalle and Sabrina MalhiOctober 8, 2024