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FDA Expands Heart Risk Warning Labels on COVID-19 Shots; Moderna Pauses Combo Vaccine Request
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA: The FDA updated labels for Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to include more detailed myocarditis and...
House GOP Bill Proposes Sweeping Changes to Medicaid, SNAP, and Health Savings Accounts
Washington, D.C., USA: The new “One Big Beautiful Bill” affects key health and nutrition programs, moving up Medicaid work requirements to...
States Expand Obesity Drug Coverage Despite Federal Inaction
Columbia, South Carolina, USA: With the Trump administration declining to mandate Medicaid coverage for costly new anti-obesity medications,...
FDA Shifts COVID Booster Policy, Mandates New Trials for Younger Adults
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA: The FDA announced it will recommend further COVID-19 boosters primarily for older adults and high-risk groups,...
Are Food Additives Messing with Our Guts?
Washington, D.C., USA: A new exposé from KFF Health News warns that common food additives—like polysorbate 80—may disrupt the gut microbiome and...
Multistate Cucumber Recall in Salmonella Outbreak
Florida, USA: A salmonella outbreak traced to fresh cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers has sickened at least 26 people across 15 states. Federal...
FDA Limits COVID Boosters to Seniors and High-Risk
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA: Citing a shift in pandemic conditions, the FDA will reserve COVID-19 booster shots primarily for seniors over 65 and...
Surgeons Announce World’s First Successful Human Bladder Transplant
Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Doctors revealed a groundbreaking surgery performed two weeks ago—a human bladder transplant that restored normal...
FDA Clears First Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Disease Detection
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA: The FDA approved a blood test that identifies amyloid plaque markers associated with Alzheimer’s, offering a...
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