by News Feed Editor | Nov 16, 2024 | Health
California has reported the first US case of mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – that is part of a new outbreak.The state’s department of health, the CDPH, said the new case was from the Clade I strain – different from the Clade II strain that...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 15, 2024 | Health
[embedded content] The United States has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities despite promises, research shows. The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit. KFF Health News undertook a yearlong examination of how...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 14, 2024 | Health
The Host Come January, Republicans will control the House of Representatives, Senate, and White House, regaining full power for the first time since 2018. That will give them significant clout to dramatically change health policy. But slim margins in Congress will...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 14, 2024 | Health
Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his team. Trump has promised he would allow...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 14, 2024 | Health
Folic acid is to be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour in the UK to help prevent birth defects. Adding folic acid to flour could prevent around 200 cases of neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, every year, and improve the health of pregnant women, says the...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 14, 2024 | Health
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California public health officials are dipping into state and federal stockpiles to equip up to 10,000 farmworkers with masks, gloves, goggles, and other safety gear as the state confirms at least 21 human cases of bird flu as of early November....
