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A look at how some of Trump's picks to lead health agencies could help carry out Kennedy's overhaul
Read full article: A look at how some of Trump's picks to lead health agencies could help carry out Kennedy's overhaulDonald Trump's health team picks include a retired congressman, a surgeon and a former talk-show host.
Doctor at the heart of Turkey's newborn baby deaths case says he was a 'trusted' physician
Read full article: Doctor at the heart of Turkey's newborn baby deaths case says he was a 'trusted' physicianThe Turkish doctor at the center of an alleged fraud scheme that led to the deaths of 10 babies says he was a “trusted” physician.
People on breathing machines struggle without power after weather disasters
Read full article: People on breathing machines struggle without power after weather disastersExtreme weather is making power outages longer and more frequent across the U.S. People with health conditions who depend on medical devices powered by electricity are particularly vulnerable.
‘Full of life’: Student dies after first day of basketball practice at Cy-Fair ISD middle school
Read full article: ‘Full of life’: Student dies after first day of basketball practice at Cy-Fair ISD middle schoolA family and community are mourning after a student athlete died on the first day of basketball practice at Cy-Fair ISD’s Thornton Middle School.
Trump taps a Fox News personality, a surgeon and a former Congressman to lead public health agencies
Read full article: Trump taps a Fox News personality, a surgeon and a former Congressman to lead public health agenciesPresident-elect Donald Trump has nominated a critic of COVID-19 health measures to lead the Food and Drug Administration.
Listeria outbreak tied to Yu Shang Food leaves California infant dead and 10 people sick
Read full article: Listeria outbreak tied to Yu Shang Food leaves California infant dead and 10 people sickU.S. health officials said a California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that include chicken feet, duck neck and pork hock, feet and tongue.
Navigating Medicare: Essential Tips for Choosing the Right Plan
Read full article: Navigating Medicare: Essential Tips for Choosing the Right PlanChoosing a Medicare plan is a pivotal decision that impacts both your health and financial well-being. Each year, from October 15 to December 7, individuals have the opportunity to review and adjust their coverage for the upcoming year during the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period. Taking advantage of this time is essential, especially if your health situation, current plan, or budget has changed.
Houston Zoo Lights offers sensory-friendly options
Read full article: Houston Zoo Lights offers sensory-friendly optionsThe Houston Zoo Lights, opening November 22, offers sensory-friendly options, including quiet paths and calming nooks, to accommodate children who may get overstimulated. December 2nd will feature a special sensory-friendly day with smaller crowds, softer music, and static lights.
Second Australian teen dies in tainted alcohol case in Laos that has killed 6 tourists
Read full article: Second Australian teen dies in tainted alcohol case in Laos that has killed 6 touristsA second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died, according to a family statement sent to Australian media.
Athletes see climate change as threatening their sports and their health. Some are speaking up
Read full article: Athletes see climate change as threatening their sports and their health. Some are speaking upPragnya Mohan has been a professional triathlete for nearly a decade, but summers in her native India are now so hot that she can’t train there anymore.
Many in Gaza are eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues
Read full article: Many in Gaza are eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issuesPalestinian families in the Gaza Strip are often eating just once a day, even in areas where aid groups have relatively more access than the isolated and heavily destroyed north.
A growing number of Oregon cities vote to ban psychedelic mushroom compound psilocybin
Read full article: A growing number of Oregon cities vote to ban psychedelic mushroom compound psilocybinDrug reform advocates hailed Oregon as a progressive leader when it became the first in the nation to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, the compound found in psychedelic mushrooms.
How nurdles and microplastics in Texas’ waterways are impacting your health
Read full article: How nurdles and microplastics in Texas’ waterways are impacting your healthIn a new report, the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) unveiled growing health and environmental risks as plastics production facilities release toxic wastewater into Texas waterways.
Faulty fentanyl tests spurred NYC’s push to ban mail on Rikers Island
Read full article: Faulty fentanyl tests spurred NYC’s push to ban mail on Rikers IslandA push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was based on faulty fentanyl test strips that overstated the influx of contraband sent through the mail.
Seizure or sinister? Man’s death in north Houston under investigation
Read full article: Seizure or sinister? Man’s death in north Houston under investigationInvestigators said the man's family lives nearby and likes to hang around the area, so when someone recognized him they initially believed he had a seizure — but police said he has head and neck trauma.
Pakistan reports new polio case in northwest, raising nationwide tally to 50 cases this year
Read full article: Pakistan reports new polio case in northwest, raising nationwide tally to 50 cases this yearOfficials say Pakistan has detected one more polio case in the restive northwest bordering Afghanistan, raising the country’s tally of the infectious disease to 50 cases this year.
What to know about Transgender Day of Remembrance and violence against trans people
Read full article: What to know about Transgender Day of Remembrance and violence against trans peopleVigils and other events are being held to draw attention to transgender people who have lost their lives due to violence in the past year.
Health advocates in Africa worry Trump will reimpose abortion 'gag rule' governing US aid
Read full article: Health advocates in Africa worry Trump will reimpose abortion 'gag rule' governing US aidWomen's health advocates in Africa are worried that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will again invoke the so-called global gag rule, a policy that cuts off U.S. government funding for groups that offer abortion-related services.
What to know about Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump's pick to lead Medicare and Medicaid
Read full article: What to know about Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump's pick to lead Medicare and MedicaidMehmet Oz, a celebrity heart surgeon turned talk show host and lifestyle guru, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the massive federal health care bureaucracy that covers more than a third of Americans.
Transform Your Health: A Cypress Woman’s Inspiring 30-Pound Weight Loss Journey
Read full article: Transform Your Health: A Cypress Woman’s Inspiring 30-Pound Weight Loss JourneyJoy Gardner from Cypress, Texas, is on a health journey. In the last six weeks, she has already lost 30 pounds and has more energy than ever. Gardner credits the Innovative Lasers of Houston team for helping make her weight loss journey so simple.
UTMB Health study says erectile dysfunction meds associated with reductions — but not where you might think 😅
Read full article: UTMB Health study says erectile dysfunction meds associated with reductions — but not where you might think 😅The health study found medications commonly prescribed for erectile dysfunction are associated with significant reductions in deaths, cardiovascular disease, and dementia
The World Food Prize Foundation announces changes to expand international reach
Read full article: The World Food Prize Foundation announces changes to expand international reachAn Iowa-based group that strives to alleviate world hunger is announcing a leadership change as it works to expand its international focus.
Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy
Read full article: Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancyA judge has struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.
If 23andMe goes bankrupt its 15 million customers and their families may be at risk, experts say
Read full article: If 23andMe goes bankrupt its 15 million customers and their families may be at risk, experts say23andMe, the popular at-home genetic testing company, has helped millions of people uncover their family roots and health risks through DNA analysis. Experts fear as the company faces financial issues they may sell the data.
Health workers go on trial in Turkey accused of private care scheme linked to 10 infant deaths
Read full article: Health workers go on trial in Turkey accused of private care scheme linked to 10 infant deathsDoctors, nurses and an ambulance driver are among health care workers on trial accused of causing at least 10 infant deaths linked to a scheme to defraud Turkey's social security system.
Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action as progress on a deal slows
Read full article: Protesters gather at UN climate talks in global day of action as progress on a deal slowsHundreds of activists formed a human chain outside one of the main plenary halls at the United Nations climate summit on what is traditionally their biggest protest day during the two-week talks.
Impact of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s possible appointment as Secretary of Health and Human Services
Read full article: Impact of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s possible appointment as Secretary of Health and Human ServicesPresident-elect Donald Trump has quickly begun assembling his administration ahead of his anticipated inauguration.
A Croatian corruption investigation snares the health minister and several others
Read full article: A Croatian corruption investigation snares the health minister and several othersCroatia’s health minister and several others were detained on Friday on suspicion of corruption as part of an investigation launched by the European prosecutor’s office.
Frustration grows at fossil fuel influence and structure of UN climate talks. Some call for reform
Read full article: Frustration grows at fossil fuel influence and structure of UN climate talks. Some call for reformEnvironmental advocates released reports Friday decrying fossil fuel industry influence at these climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, called COP29.
Navy didn't understand well-documented risks posed by Hawaii fuel tanks, watchdog says
Read full article: Navy didn't understand well-documented risks posed by Hawaii fuel tanks, watchdog saysA U.S. military watchdog says Navy officials lacked sufficient understanding of the risks of maintaining massive fuel storage tanks on top of a drinking water well at Pearl Harbor where spilled jet fuel poisoned more than 6,000 people.
Earth's projected warming hasn't improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushing
Read full article: Earth's projected warming hasn't improved for 3 years. UN climate talks are still pushingFor the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven’t lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — even as countries gather for another round of talks to curb warming, according to an analysis Thursday.
Virginia Democrats advance efforts to protect abortion, voting rights, marriage equality
Read full article: Virginia Democrats advance efforts to protect abortion, voting rights, marriage equalityDemocratic lawmakers who wield control of the Virginia Legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail, including becoming the first Southern state to expand constitutional protections for abortion access.
Bill on school bathroom use by transgender students clears Ohio Legislature, heads to governor
Read full article: Bill on school bathroom use by transgender students clears Ohio Legislature, heads to governorThe Republican-led Ohio Senate has approved a bill banning transgender students from using bathrooms that fit their gender identities.
Birth control and abortion pill requests have surged since Trump won the election
Read full article: Birth control and abortion pill requests have surged since Trump won the electionDoctors say requests for permanent sterilizations and long-term birth control like IUDs have surged across the nation since Donald Trump was elected president last week.
Trump pledged to roll back protections for transgender students. They're flooding crisis hotlines
Read full article: Trump pledged to roll back protections for transgender students. They're flooding crisis hotlinesTransgender youth in the United States have been flooding crisis hotlines since the election of Donald Trump, who made anti-transgender themes central to his campaign.
Women suing over Idaho's abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming 'medical refugees'
Read full article: Women suing over Idaho's abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming 'medical refugees'Four women suing over Idaho’s strict abortion ban told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy complications would put their own health in danger.
Top 5 health issues Houston men should look out for during Men’s Health Awareness Month
Read full article: Top 5 health issues Houston men should look out for during Men’s Health Awareness MonthOn average, men live 5 years less than women and more than 12% of men over 18 are in fair or poor health, according to Movember US. Men are also 24% less likely than women to have visited a doctor within the past year.
WHO says mpox cases in Congo's epicenter where the new variant was detected may be 'plateauing'
Read full article: WHO says mpox cases in Congo's epicenter where the new variant was detected may be 'plateauing'The World Health Organization says mpox cases in the region of Congo where a new and more infectious variant was first detected appear to be “plateauing,” even as the virus continues to increase in other regions of the country, as well as in Burundi and Uganda.
Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon's children struggle with wounds both physical and emotional
Read full article: Traumatized by war, hundreds of Lebanon's children struggle with wounds both physical and emotionalFour-year-old Hussein Mikdad survived an Israeli airstrike on his home in a Beirut suburb last month.
'I got my life back.' Veterans with PTSD making progress thanks to service dog program
Read full article: 'I got my life back.' Veterans with PTSD making progress thanks to service dog programAfter working at a crowded and dangerous internment camp in Iraq, Air Force Staff Sgt. Heather O’Brien brought home with her anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state's 175-year-old abortion ban is valid
Read full article: Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state's 175-year-old abortion ban is validAn attorney representing a conservate prosecutor is struggling to convince Wisconsin's liberal-leaning Supreme Court to reactivate the state's 175-year-old abortion ban.
Here are new guidelines for preventing stroke, the nation's 4th biggest killer
Read full article: Here are new guidelines for preventing stroke, the nation's 4th biggest killerThe majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that.
Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike
Read full article: Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spikeAnti-abortion advocates say they will quickly dismantle some of President Joe Biden's abortion policies once President-elect Donald Trump makes his return to the White House next year.
Shriners Children’s Texas opens residential building, new parking garage for patients
Read full article: Shriners Children’s Texas opens residential building, new parking garage for patientsThe facility looks less like a hospital room with beautiful colors and the comforts of home. Patients attest to how children can thrive in a familiar, less clinical setting.
Health care worker gets 2 years for accessing Ruth Bader Ginsburg's medical records
Read full article: Health care worker gets 2 years for accessing Ruth Bader Ginsburg's medical recordsA former health care worker who illegally accessed the health records of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before she died has been sentenced to two years in prison.
CDC calls for expanded testing for bird flu after blood tests reveal more farmworker infections
Read full article: CDC calls for expanded testing for bird flu after blood tests reveal more farmworker infectionsFederal health officials are calling for more testing and treatment of workers on farms with bird flu.
Don't wait for a holiday surge. Now is a good time to get your flu and COVID-19 vaccines
Read full article: Don't wait for a holiday surge. Now is a good time to get your flu and COVID-19 vaccinesHealth officials say it's important to get flu and COVID-19 vaccines ahead of the holidays when respiratory bugs tend to spread.
“Transform Your Life: Innovative Lasers of Houston Opens New Location in The Woodlands with Special Offers!”
Read full article: “Transform Your Life: Innovative Lasers of Houston Opens New Location in The Woodlands with Special Offers!”Innovative Lasers of Houston celebrated the opening of their newest location in the Woodlands! With their services extending to The Woodlands, Conroe, New Caney, Cleveland, Spring, and other nearby regions, it has never been a better time to try laser technology as part of your weight loss plan. The Innovative Lasers of Houston team says they are driven to help their clients transform their lives. Using a combination of laser technology that co-founder Laura Alexis describes as something akin to a fat-melting machine, along with nutrition planning and accountability, clients say they are getting results.
UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside Africa
Read full article: UK identifies 4 cases of new mpox variant, the first cluster outside AfricaBritish health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, more infectious version of mpox that first emerged in Congo, marking the first time the variant has caused a cluster of illness outside of Africa.
Cutting-edge tool ‘liquifies,’ destroys liver cancer tumor without surgery
Read full article: Cutting-edge tool ‘liquifies,’ destroys liver cancer tumor without surgeryTraditional liver tumor treatments include surgery, chemo, and radiation. Now, doctors have a new tool in their toolbox to fight it, with a non-invasive procedure.
UK doctor gets 31 years for poisoning mother's partner with fake COVID vaccine
Read full article: UK doctor gets 31 years for poisoning mother's partner with fake COVID vaccineA British doctor who was disgruntled about his inheritance and injected his mother’s boyfriend with poison presented as a COVID-19 vaccine has been sentenced to 31 years in prison.
UK introduces a bill that would eventually make the purchase of cigarettes illegal
Read full article: UK introduces a bill that would eventually make the purchase of cigarettes illegalLegislation intended to ban today’s British children from ever legally being able to smoke has begun its journey through Parliament.
Abortion rights advocates win in 7 states and clear way to overturn Missouri ban but lose in 3
Read full article: Abortion rights advocates win in 7 states and clear way to overturn Missouri ban but lose in 3Abortion rights advocates lost on Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota ballot measures but prevailed in seven other states, including Missouri, where an amendment clears the way to undo one of the nation's strictest bans.
Still wrecked from past Israeli raids, hospitals in northern Gaza come under attack again
Read full article: Still wrecked from past Israeli raids, hospitals in northern Gaza come under attack againThe last three hospitals still partially functioning in northern Gaza have been encircled by Israeli troops and caught amid fighting for weeks.
Abortion rights at forefront of Women's March rallies in runup to Election Day
Read full article: Abortion rights at forefront of Women's March rallies in runup to Election DayThousands of women have rallied in the U.S. capital and elsewhere with abortion rights at the forefront of their demonstrations.
Debate over abortion rights leads to expensive campaigns for high-stakes state Supreme Court seats
Read full article: Debate over abortion rights leads to expensive campaigns for high-stakes state Supreme Court seatsThe debate over abortion rights is leading to expensive campaigns for state Supreme Courts in several states this year.
Correction: COVID Vaccines-Idaho story
Read full article: Correction: COVID Vaccines-Idaho storyIn a story published Nov. 1, 2024, about COVID-19 vaccines in Idaho, The Associated Press, citing Southwest Health District statistics, erroneously reported the number of COVID-19 vaccines the district provided in 2021 and 2024.
Bomb targeting police assigned for polio drive kills 9 people, including 5 children, in SW Pakistan
Read full article: Bomb targeting police assigned for polio drive kills 9 people, including 5 children, in SW PakistanA powerful bomb attached to a motorcycle has exploded near a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in restive southwest Pakistan, killing nine people including five nearby children.
Louisiana’s new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claims
Read full article: Louisiana’s new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claimsLouisiana’s new law categorizing two widely used abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances is being challenged in a state court lawsuit by a physician, a pharmacist, two women who had difficult pregnancies and others.
A promising schizophrenia drug showed mixed results. What does that mean for patients?
Read full article: A promising schizophrenia drug showed mixed results. What does that mean for patients?Some people who took a new schizophrenia drug for one year improved with only a few side effects, but many dropped out of the research.
'Obamacare' enrollment opens, as Republicans threaten the health insurance program used by millions
Read full article: 'Obamacare' enrollment opens, as Republicans threaten the health insurance program used by millionsAmericans can start signing up Friday for health care coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplace for 2025.
EU Commission fines Teva $500 million for trying to stop rival's multiple sclerosis drug
Read full article: EU Commission fines Teva $500 million for trying to stop rival's multiple sclerosis drugThe European Commission has fined Israeli generic drugmaker Teva more than 460 million euros ($500 million) for improperly seeking to protect the patent for its multiple sclerosis drug and for disparaging a rival company’s development of a competing medicine.
Gen Z leading alcohol “sober curious” movement, but reports rise in drug use
Read full article: Gen Z leading alcohol “sober curious” movement, but reports rise in drug useNew research shows Generation Z is on track to become the most sober generation, with young adults increasingly choosing to abstain from alcohol.