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In a study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers revealed the structural underpinnings of memory formation across a broad network of neurons in the mouse brain.
Meal delivery apps are reshaping how people access food but may undermine global nutrition goals by promoting unhealthy eating. Researchers call for targeted regulation, monitoring, and new digital health policies.
Pulmonary rehabilitation significantly improves physical capacity, lung function, and quality of life in long COVID patients, with the greatest benefits seen in 4-8 week programs combining breathing and multicomponent exercises.
A measles outbreak in Western Texas has now climbed to 309 cases, surpassing the total number of infections from the virus in the entire United States last year.
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A narrative review highlights dance’s unique role in stress regulation, enhancing mental well-being through social interaction and creative expression.
Since 2021, when lung cancer screening guidelines began to include younger people and those with a lower smoking history, the number of screenings climbed, but significant gaps remain, especially among people with limited access to healthcare, according to a new study led by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/03/031925HHICERAIDS.mp3 A policy change by the Trump administration allows federal immigration officials to make arrests at or near sensitive locations, including health care facilities. To respond, some health providers are scrambling to give their staff legal training. In a memo to health care providers, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown advises health workers that they need not record a patient’s immigration status unless it relates to insurance coverage and that they should ask for credentials if someone claiming to be an ICE official shows up. He also said providers should not interfere with an investigation. KFF Health News reporting fellow Jackie Fortiér appeared on WAMU’s “Health Hub” on March 19. The segment included voices from Nicole Lamoureux, president of the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, and Matt Lopas, director of state advocacy for the National Immigration Law Center. KFF Health News producer Taylor Cook contributed reporting to this segment.
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A to Z,” now in its third edition. Two months into the new administration, federal workers and contractors remain off-balance as the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to cancel jobs and programs — even as federal judges declare many of those efforts illegal and/or unconstitutional. As it eliminates programs deemed duplicative or unnecessary, however, President Tweety McTreason’s Department of Government Efficiency is also cutting programs and workers aligned with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of KFF Health News, Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Rachel Roubein of The Washington Post. Panelists Jessie Hellmann CQ Roll Call @jessiehellmann Read Jessie’s stories. Sarah Karlin-Smith Pink Sheet @SarahKarlin Read Sarah’s stories. Rachel Roubein The Washington Post @rachel_roubein Read Rachel’s stories. Among the takeaways from this week’s episode: Kennedy’s comments this week about allowing bird flu to spread unchecked through farms provided another example of the new secretary of health and human services making claims that lack scientific support and could instead undermine public health. The Trump administration is experiencing more pushback from the federal courts over its efforts to reduce and dismantle federal agencies, and federal workers who have been rehired under court orders report returning to uncertainty and instability within government agencies. The second Trump administration is signaling it plans to dismantle HIV prevention programs in the United States, including efforts that the first Trump administration started. A Texas midwife is accused of performing illegal abortions. And a Trump appointee resigns after being targeted by a Republican senator. Plus, for “extra
Decades of road salt use is taking a toll on New York City’s water reservoirs
This is a MedPage Today story. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend vitamin A for all patients with measles — not just severe cases — but experts warn that this shouldn’t be seen as a replacement for vaccination. In a recent opinion piece for Fox News, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote that studies support the administration of vitamin A “under the supervision of a physician for those with mild, moderate, and severe infection” and that it can reduce mortality from the disease. He also indicated that the CDC had recently broadened its recommendation to use vitamin A in all measles cases, not just severe disease. While Kennedy appeared to support measles vaccination in that opinion piece — he wrote that vaccines “contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated due to medical reasons” — he also noted that the choice to vaccinate is a personal one. Taken together, experts…
The coroner at newborn baby Ida Lock’s inquest highlights eight opportunities that were missed.
Parkinson’s disease patients and advocates are marking Friday as the start of a new era for treatment of the illness as a doctors deploy a breakthrough neurological device for the first time in the United States.
Critics say the AI tool – which made people look overweight – was a form of body-shaming.
