Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday that the vaccine would no longer appear on the childhood immunization schedule. C.D.C.’s update counters his policy. Days after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that Covid shots would be removed from the federal immunization schedule for children, the CentersContinue Reading
Joe Walsh, who has Alzheimer’s disease, is accompanied by his wife, Karen Walsh, to an appointment at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Joe is receiving an experimental therapy to treat Alzheimer’s. Jodi Hilton/for NPR Jodi Hilton/for NPR Joe Walsh, 79, is waiting to inhale. He’s perched on a tanContinue Reading
After weeks of discomfort, the 25-year-old man got a shocking explanation for his abdominal pain. The 25-year-old man was shivering. Although the weather in Milwaukie, Ore., was cold and rainy that March evening, his apartment was too warm to explain his chills. He had been having abdominal pain for theContinue Reading
You don’t need to hit 10,000 daily steps to reap benefits. I love a meandering walk, but sometimes I need a little motivation to get up and go. Lately, I’ve been tempting myself outside by visiting a dove that’s nesting in my yard: Every morning, I check to see ifContinue Reading
A report on children’s health released by the Make America Healthy Again Commission referred to scientific papers that did not exist. The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, fromContinue Reading
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly questioned the safety of mRNA technology, which is used in the company’s shot. The Trump administration has delivered its latest blow to vaccines, canceling a nearly $600-million contract to the drugmaker Moderna that was intended to develop a shot for humans againstContinue Reading
If a friend is struggling with a big challenge or feels defeated, it’s usually our first instinct to offer words of comfort and understanding. But often it’s not so easy to do this for ourselves. We can be our own harshest critics. Practicing a little self-compassion, though, goes a longContinue Reading
The first game of tennis after a long break can feel like a revelation. The birds sing, the air is crisp and your serve isn’t half bad after three months off. The day after, however, is a different story. If you took the winter off, you can expect some achesContinue Reading
Creatine has long been a popular supplement among athletes and body builders, who say it supplies them with quick bursts of energy needed for high-intensity workouts and helps them build muscle. But on social media, claims about creatine go beyond the weight room, with some users saying it can improveContinue Reading
Oona Zenda, KFF Health News Earlier this year, as President Donald Trump was beginning to reshape the American government, Michael, an emergency room doctor who was born, raised, and trained in the United States, packed up his family and left the country. Michael now works in a small-town hospital inContinue Reading
