UnitedHealth makes a bet on AI. What does it mean for us?
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What the peptide craze reveals about Americans’ relationship with risk
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tends to favor health choices he sees as natural — whether that means eating “real food” like meat and vegetables instead of ultra-processed food or suggesting, falsely, that
STAT+: White House proposes 12% cut to federal health agencies in 2027 budget request
WASHINGTON — The White House wants Congress to cut spending on the Department of Health and Human Services by more than 12%, according to its proposed 2027 federal budget, released Friday. The
Thursday was World Autism Awareness Day. HHS celebrated with…a workout?
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Supreme Court conversion therapy decision could ripple through medicine
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling this week against Colorado’s ban on licensed mental health providers engaging in gender and sexuality “conversion therapy” could narrow the authority of state medical boards to regulate
EPA to put microplastics on study list of contaminants in drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed including microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could eventually lead to new limits on those
STAT+: Proposed ‘preclinical obesity’ diagnosis ignites global debate among experts
Love it or hate it, BMI is back in the news. But that’s just the starting point in a debate over how to define obesity. Critics have long faulted the weight-divided-by-height-squared measure
CDC stops testing for rabies, pox viruses
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Supreme Court rules against conversion therapy ban
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Why an ovary syndrome may get a new name: Men seem to have PCOS, too
Few things will give a man as much of an insight into the female body as growing up with sisters. Painful, irregular periods, body hair, skin trouble: Al Barrus, a 43-year-old veteran