Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s visit to the FDA Friday was supposed to introduce him as a trusted leader to agency employees. It did anything but. In a 40-minute address to staffers at the FDA headquarters MORE
Vaccine experts are gobsmacked to learn that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has appointed David Geier — who does not have a medical degree and who was disciplined by the State of Maryland’s Board of Physicians MORE
Dairy cows in Nevada have been infected with a new form of bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Wednesday. The new strain, known as the D1.1 genotype, was discovered through an agency MORE
A ProPublica investigation finds that health insurers are relying on an exclusive group of psychiatrists who are denying mental health coverage during reviews for coverage, even while court cases are being criticized or overturned in MORE
The Wild Felid Advocacy Center in Shelton, Washington, is under quarantine after losing 20 resident big cats over the last month to bird flu. The virus has claimed more than half its animals, including four cougars MORE
While many Americans haven’t heard of Make America Healthy Again — a rallying cry for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Donald Trump’s pick as the next Director of Health and Human Services (HHS) — most do MORE
Robert Kennedy Jr., the nominee for Health and Human Services secretary, said in an interview in July that he became a star student in high school after he started taking heroin. Before the heroin use MORE
Although brain worms, bear carcasses, and whale heads are weird topics that have brought Robert Kennedy Jr into our headlines, there are some serious issues that should come up in any Senate confirmation hearings, where MORE
For the first time since the FDA approved oral contraceptives, (The Pill), women can now purchase an over the counter version online without a prescription, well until the Fundie Freaks find someway to ban them. MORE
As outbreaks of measles spread throughout the world, anti-vaccine activists aren’t just urging people not to get vaccinated — they’re taking a page from a well-worn playbook, falsely downplaying the dangers from the highly contagious respiratory MORE
A grand jury is set to decide whether an Ohio woman who miscarried a nonviable fetus should face criminal consequences. Brittany Watts, who was reportedly turned into the police after her September miscarriage, has been charged with MORE
Y’all know that if I’m not glued to MSNBC, I’m listening to PBS. And because I want all of us to stay safe this season of your chance of getting ill, I’m posting a PBS MORE
John Fetterman is grateful to be here, and in a series of interviews over several months, the Pennsylvania Senator speaks about his stroke, depression and his recovery in a Men’s Health spotlight article by Ryan MORE
“Last summer, Eloise Reynolds paid the bill for her husband’s final stay in the hospital.” He died in March of 2022 at the age of 62. After insurance paid its portion, the Reynolds owed $823.15. MORE
Father Taylor Treveon Isaiah and mother Jessica Ross According to the complaint, 20-year-old Jessica Ross’s water broke at 10 a.m. July 9 and she went to the emergency department at Prime Healthcare Service, Inc. d/b/a Southern MORE
So, DeFacist wants to make America…Florida. NOPE, hard pass! Based on the way the state handled COVID-19, their misinformation/gaslighting, no thanks. Now, the state has seen a rise in cases of both Leprosy and Malaria. MORE
Known as “tranq” or “tranq dope” on the streets, xylazine has become increasingly present in the illicit drug supply. The drug can be cooked down into a powder form and mixed with illicit opioids such as MORE
“When they came in to get me, I was asleep. I thought something had happened. I said, ‘Already? Surely not.’ I hadn’t finished my book,” the 50-year-old Spanish athlete said, according to the Reuters news MORE
“Depression can absolutely convince you that you actually lost” From The Insider The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat, who was discharged from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday, told CBS “Sunday Morning” host Jane Pauley two MORE
Several different U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that the symptoms of “Havana Syndrome” were not likely caused by a foreign adversary weaponizing energy waves. This new assessment caps a years-long effort by the CIA and MORE
Taking a contraceptive pill every day could soon be a thing of the past for women as a pill that men can take just before sex has been created (AT LAST). The male contraceptive pill MORE
For the first time since 2012, (the Ghost of Michelle Obama), the school lunch program will see some major changes to promote healthier eating habits. On Friday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack publicly announced schools across the country MORE
A handful of congressional Democrats have encouraged federal probes into Abbott’s handling of the contamination of formula products, which ultimately triggered a major recall and shut down a key plant located in Sturgis, Mich. last MORE
The third Monday of January is said to be the saddest day of the year as folks grapple with holiday debt, failed New Year’s resolutions and dreary days. Known as “Blue Monday,” it falls on MORE
Researchers hope the vaccine, which blocked the drug from entering rats’ brains, could help reduce overdoses in humans A research team led by the University of Houston has developed a vaccine targeting the dangerous synthetic MORE