As millions lose health insurance, Trump offers little help
WASHINGTON — As millions of people lose jobs in the coronavirus outbreak, jeopardizing their health benefits, the Trump administration and many states are doing little…
The UK’s NHS to roll out free antismoking pill. Will it work? | Health News
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is rolling out a free antismoking pill called varenicline for British smokers. Research has shown that varenicline is more…
Opinion: Trump’s initial choices could make for a Cabinet of avengers
As Donald Trump rolled out his Cabinet choices last week, the strategy that consigliere Steve Bannon described during the president-elect’s first term naturally popped to…
RFK Jr.’s nomination as top health officer raises alarm
With President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, numerous public health…
‘Stripped of our human dignity’: What it means to be hungry in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
Khan Younis, Gaza – What does it mean to be hungry for months? In Gaza, where more than 43,000 of us have been killed by…
How controversial is Trump’s pick of RFK Jr as US health secretary? | Donald Trump News
On Thursday, US President-elect Donald Trump nominated vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr to head up the country’s top health agency, the Department of Health…
Croatian PM sacks health minister accused of corruption | Politics News
Prosecutors accuse suspects of ‘accepting and giving bribes, abuse of position and authority and money laundering’.Croatia’s prime minister has fired Health Minister Vili Beros following…
Children Facing Polio: Call For the Right to Vaccination and Health
Pakistan is a country where C.S. Lewis’s saying does not apply. Lewis wrote thatchildren are not a distraction from more important work. It is the…
Could weight loss drugs fix UK’s unemployment problem? | Unemployment News
The United Kingdom will study whether the use of weight loss drugs could get people back to work. UK Health Minister Wes Streeting announced last…
Trump chooses Robert F Kennedy Jr for Health and Human Services | News
United States President-elect Donald Trump has picked controversial politician and vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, a…
Trump picks vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting…
WHO warns of measles resurgence as cases exceed 10 million in 2023 | Health News
The disease killed 107,500 people in 2023, most of them under the age of five.Approximately 10.3 million people caught measles last year, a 20 percent…
LeBron James’ mind is on Gregg Popovich’s health, not Lakers vs. Spurs
LeBron James had San Antonio on his mind Wednesday night, but not because the Lakers face the Spurs on Friday. He was thinking of something…
US overdose deaths continue downward trend, giving experts hope | Drugs News
Experts aren’t sure what is causing fewer overdose deaths, but they are hopeful the decline is sustainable.Drug overdose deaths in the United States appear to…
I'm A Celebrity's Coleen Rooney issues health update as she breaks silence on trial exemption
While the first celebrities ready for their stint in I'm A Celebrity have landed in Australia, Coleen Rooney stayed behind in the UK, announcing her…
Wildfires spread in New York, New Jersey, prompting health advisories | Environment News
The blaze kills one parks employee and prompts air quality alerts. Meanwhile California wildfire semi-contained.Fire crews in the United States are working to contain large…
‘Rare event’: Canada records its first human bird flu case | Health News
A teenager from British Columbia tested positive for the H5 avian flu, and health authorities are investigating.Canada has confirmed its first human case of bird…
Unseen paths: Young and visually impaired in Costa Rica | Health
About 18 percent of the population of Costa Rica, a country of about five million, lives with a disability. These individuals face difficulties when it…
How the next Trump administration could affect health in California
Donald Trump’s return to the White House stands to significantly shape the health of Californians — the foods they eat, the medicines they take, the…
Beyond abortion rights: Why did Kamala Harris lose women’s votes? | News
Donald Trump’s defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 United States presidential election has signalled women’s rights – specifically the right to an…