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Federal funding uncertainty threatens HIV/STI screenings at Coastal Bend Wellness Foundation
The non-profit provides essential services—often free to the public—but said it is now in limbo after two critical grants ...
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Metro Health to keep vaccination clinics open in San Antonio despite federal funding cuts
San Antonio's Metropolitan Health District was set to halt its regular childhood vaccination clinics starting July 1 due to ...
Deadly Virus Infects Thousands Across Europe, Prompting Urgent Travel Warning
A hepatitis A outbreak tied to food and person-to-person transmission has sickened over 2,000 people and killed nine across ...
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Hypertension is most common chronic condition among Americans 85 and older, CDC study reveals
A comprehensive new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics shows that chronic health conditions are nearly universal among Americans age 85 ...
Senator says CDC vaccine advisory meeting should be postponed amid bias concerns
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy on Monday night called for federal health officials to postpone this week’s meetings of outside ...
Cassidy calls for postponing RFK Jr’s vaccine advisory panel meeting
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) called for the delay of this week’s meeting of a federal vaccine advisory panel handpicked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, citing ...
Maps show heat wave forecast across much of U.S. Here's when it starts and how long it will last.
More than 150 million Americans are under the highest level extreme heat alerts during a wave of above-average temperatures.
'Rare' and 'dangerous': Record-smashing heat wave to scorch tens of millions across US
An "extremely dangerous heat wave" is continuing to scorch a huge area of the eastern United States June 23, affecting tens ...
Kennedy’s new vaccine panel lacks experience and shouldn’t meet, Sen. Cassidy says
La., criticized Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s picks for a key federal vaccine advisory committee and called for ...
CDC vaccine advisory meeting should be postponed amid bias concerns, senator says
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy on Monday night called for federal health officials to postpone this week’s meetings of outside ...
Sen. Cassidy calls for delay of vaccine meeting after RFK Jr. overhauls panel
The call for the delay marks one of the first time Sen. Bill Cassidy has directly asked Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services to alter how it’s handling vaccine policy.