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As health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wields one of the louder megaphones the federal government has. Yet he insists he doesn’t want to impose his opinions on Americans. “I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me,” Kennedy told a Democratic congressman in May. Kennedy once expressed different views…
Alejandro Santillan-Garcia is worried he’s going to lose the aid that helps him buy food. The 20-year-old Austin resident qualified for federal food benefits last year because he aged out of the Texas foster care system, which he entered as an infant. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — commonly referred to as food stamps, or…
En un hospital propiedad de una tribu en Anchorage, Alaska, el especialista en hígado Brian McMahon ha pasado décadas enfrentando las secuelas de la hepatitis B. Antes de que existiera una vacuna en los años 80, vio cómo el virus cobraba vidas jóvenes en comunidades del oeste del estado con una rapidez alarmante. Una de…
Working out of a tribal-owned hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, liver specialist Brian McMahon has spent decades treating the long shadow of hepatitis B. Before a vaccine became available in the 1980s, he saw the virus claim young lives in western Alaskan communities with stunning speed. One of his patients was 17 years old when he…
Medication-delivering drones and telehealth at local libraries are among the ideas state leaders revealed in November for spending their share of a $50 billion federal rural health program. The Trump administration, which has promised “radical transparency,” said in an FAQ that it plans to publish the “project summary” for states that win awards. Following the…
Drones que entregan medicamentos y telesalud en bibliotecas locales son algunas de las ideas que líderes estatales acaban de presentar para gastar su parte de un programa federal de salud rural de $50.000 millones. El gobierno de Trump, que ha prometido “transparencia radical”, afirmó en un documento de preguntas frecuentes que planea publicar el “resumen…
WARRENTON, Mo. — Distributing food stamps soon could get even harder for Missouri’s food aid system, which a federal judge has already called “broken and inaccessible.” States depend heavily on federal funds to operate their food stamp programs, which help feed about 42 million people nationwide. But a new federal law has restructured the nation’s…
The city of Calgary and surrounding area have become one of several hot spots for flu outbreaks across the country in recent weeks according to Health Canada.
Más de tres cuartas partes de los adultos en Estados Unidos no se vacunaron contra covid la temporada pasada y expertos en salud advierten que esa cifra podría aumentar este año debido a las nuevas recomendaciones del gobierno federal. Al principio, la vacuna contra covid fue popular. En los primeros meses de 2022, alrededor del…
Elisabeth Yoder’s son, Darragh, was 15 months old in August when he developed what at first looked to his parents like hand, foot, and mouth disease. The common viral infection generally clears up in less than a week, but Darragh’s condition worsened over several days. His skin turned bright red. Blisters gave way to skin…