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Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified on Wednesday before the Senate lawmakers who arguably hold the most power in advancing or hindering his Make America Healthy Again agenda.  The Senate Health,

After the U.S. launched 988, a new shortened phone number for the national suicide and crisis hotline, suicide deaths among adolescents and young adults dropped 11% compared to projected rates, according to

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Vani Hari has 2.3 million followers on Instagram, and about as many ideas for healthy food swaps. An entrepreneur and influential food activist in the Make America Healthy Again movement, Hari gives

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WASHINGTON — Both Democratic and Republican senators who oversee federal spending seemed skeptical of proposed cuts to health research and public health in the White House’s budget, potentially teeing up a congressional

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will ask states to create new plans to verify medical providers paid by federally funded health care programs as part of a broad effort to combat fraud

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In outpatient medicine, decisions move quickly. A prescription is sent to a pharmacy. A referral goes out to a specialist. A test is ordered. From the patient’s perspective, the process feels immediate.