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Before being confirmed, RFK Jr. told U.S. senators he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation’s official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
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The updated shot is recommended for everyone 6 months and older.
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California voters likely will see a mental health ballot measure on the March 2024 election. One would issue a $6 billion bond to create housing for people with mental illnesses.
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April Valentine’s partner and maternal health advocates say these consequences don’t yet amount to justice for her or other families harmed by the Black maternal health crisis.
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A panel of doctors and scientists advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend that people 6 months of age and older get new COVID boosters this fall.
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The vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech were approved Monday for people 12 and older and under an emergency use authorization for children ages 6 months to 11 years old.
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At a recent medical gathering, researchers presented their latest hypotheses about what causes – and what could treat — the lingering disease.
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Narcan is now available over the counter, but many immigrants are unfamiliar with it.
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The resolution, however, doesn't appear to carry much legal power behind it.
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Studies suggest official numbers vastly underestimate heat-related injuries and illness on the job. To institute protections, the government must calculate their cost — and the cost of inaction.
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The medication can help reverse opioid overdoses.
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A new project invited a group of young people to tell their stories of mental health resilience on camera — and become advocates in the process.
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The use of systems to analyze opioid-prescribing data has sparked questions over whether they have undergone enough independent testing outside of the companies that developed them, making it hard to know how they work.
