Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has floated a seismic idea: adding autism to the list of conditions covered by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The program, known as VICP, provides a system for families to file claims against vaccine providers in cases in which they experience severe side effects. ...Read more

A new engineered molecule shows promise as an antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning with fewer side effects than other remedies currently being tested, according to research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning sends about 50,000 Americans to the emergency room each year. In 2022, the CDC reported ...Read more

Cancer researchers with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital successfully boosted immune response to cancer tissue in a study that could dramatically improve survival and prevent tumor relapse.

Malignant tumors are challenging to treat because they typically avoid detection by the body’s immune system, preventing the immune response that ...Read more

Democrats Tuesday claimed they have grabbed the political upper hand in the fight over the government shutdown as Republican cracks are emerging on skyrocketing health insurance costs.

House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries spotlighted comments by outspoken right-wing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, that she is “absolutely ...Read more

About 1,500 federally funded health centers that serve millions of low-income people face significant financial challenges, their leaders say, as the government shutdown compounds other cuts to their revenue.

Some of these community health centers may have to cut medical and administrative staff or reduce services. Some could eventually close. ...Read more

“Democrats are threatening to shut down the entire government because they want to give hundreds of billions of dollars of health care benefits to illegal aliens.”

Vice President JD Vance in a Sept. 28, 2025, Fox News interview

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As the U.S. headed for a government shutdown, Republicans repeatedly accused Democrats of forcing the ...Read more

Hours into the federal government shutdown, Julio Fuentes stood steps from the U.S. Capitol to deliver an urgent message about the Hispanic voting bloc that helped the GOP sweep into power last year.

Those votes, he cautioned, are at risk if Congress doesn’t pass a law to preserve lower premiums on Affordable Care Act marketplace plans for ...Read more

MIAMI -- On a recent Friday morning, Pegasus slowly trots out of an elevator, surrounded by doctors and nurses. He’s ready to make his rounds and see the many sick children hospitalized at Holtz Children’s Hospital, located on Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Miami campus.

His owner, Alexandra Ramos, doesn’t need to say much to introduce the...Read more

ATLANTA — Raising a child is never easy, and for many parents, the journey is made even harder by the quiet weight of mental health struggles. New research shows that mental health conditions often affect both partners — and can deeply influence their children’s well-being.

October is a significant month for mental health awareness, ...Read more

Quinn Cochran-Zipp went to the emergency room three times with severe abdominal pain before doctors figured out she had early-stage cancer in the germ cells of her right ovary. After emergency surgery four years ago, the Greeley, Colorado, lab technician is cancer-free.

The two hospitals that treated Cochran-Zipp at the time determined that she...Read more

Millions of Medicaid enrollees may have a way out of the new federal work requirement — if they live in a county with high unemployment.

By January 2027, President Donald Trump’s far-reaching domestic policy law will require many adult, nondisabled Medicaid enrollees in 42 states and Washington, D.C., to work or volunteer 80 hours a month ...Read more

Thankfully, California’s medical-aid-in-dying law isn’t like old milk, to be tossed out when the expiration date passes.

Why the End of Life Option Act had an expiration date at all is thanks to a near-extinct political impulse: compromise. Opponents feared that vulnerable people would be pushed towards death, exterminated for being too ...Read more

The new acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced changes to the recommended vaccination schedule for adults against COVID-19 and for kids against chickenpox.

The changes were expected and were already previewed by recommendations made two weeks ago by the CDC’s powerful Advisory Committee on ...Read more

Taking a page from the private insurance industry’s playbook, the Trump administration will launch a program next year to find out how much money an artificial intelligence algorithm could save the federal government by denying care to Medicare patients.

The pilot program, designed to weed out wasteful, “low-value” services, amounts to a ...Read more

Of all the finger-pointing and recriminations that come with the current federal government shutdown, one of the most striking elements is that the Trump administration blames it on Democratic support for granting taxpayer-funded health care coverage to undocumented immigrants. The White House has called out California specifically, saying the ...Read more

Millions of Americans who buy their own health insurance face higher premiums in 2026. Just how much higher will depend on who blinks first in the government-shutdown fight.

Enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies put in place by Democrats in 2021 made health insurance basically free for many people during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read more

Not long after California surgeon Andrew S. Hsu landed a job with a cosmetic surgery chain in Georgia, several of his patients suffered disfiguring injuries, and even his new employer had doubts about his competence, court records allege.

Hsu, a board-certified general surgeon, was one of six out-of-state doctors who joined the Atlanta Goals ...Read more

The health care sector is a bright spot in the economy this year, driving nearly half of the nation’s employment gains, but economists and experts say immigration crackdowns and looming Medicaid cuts pose a threat to future job growth.

Employers added 487,000 jobs from January to August, according to the latest nonfarm payroll data from the ...Read more

Wearing a straitjacket has long been associated with asylums, stage escapes, and pop culture caricatures. Yet in recent years, some clinicians, therapists, and researchers have begun to examine the garment with more nuance. In therapeutic, experimental, and recreational contexts, carefully controlled use of straitjackets may offer surprising ...Read more

Rough-skinned and oddly shaped, jicama is rather humble looking. A peek inside reveals a creamy white flesh with the crisp and juicy texture of a pear and the mild sweetness of a water chestnut.

The folklore

Also known as yam bean or Chinese potato, jicama remains a popular ingredient in global cuisine, known for its uniqueness and versatility...Read more