What To Know About the CDC’s Baseless New Guidance on Autism
A reshaped CDC website suggesting that vaccines cause autism has appalled the medical community.
Under Trump policies, cancer registries in 2026 will have to classify sex data strictly as male, female, or unknown, a change scientists and advocates say will harm the health of one of the nation’s most marginalized populations.
After Series of Denials, His Insurer Approved Doctor-Recommended Cancer Care. It Was Too Late.
Eric Tennant’s doctors recommended histotripsy, which would target, and potentially destroy, a cancerous tumor in his liver. But by the time his insurer approved the treatment, Tennant was no longer considered a good candidate. He died in September.
Cancer Stole Her Voice. She Used AI, Curse Words, and Kids’ Books To Get It Back.
After a total glossectomy and laryngectomy to treat her cancer, Sonya Sotinsky can no longer speak. She searched for a way to sound like herself again and now pays out-of-pocket for an artificial intelligence app that can replicate her old voice — emotion, inflection, and all.
Complaints About Gaps in Medicare Advantage Networks Are Common. Federal Enforcement Is Rare.
Health systems drop out of Medicare Advantage plans all the time. Yet government documents obtained by ¹ú²úÂ鶹¾«Æ·Health News show that federal regulators rarely warn plans that their networks of health providers are so skimpy they violate legal requirements.
What the Health? From ¹ú²úÂ鶹¾«Æ·Health News: The GOP Circles the Wagons on ACA
Waning Immunity and Falling Vaccination Rates Fuel Pertussis Outbreaks
A Small Texas Think Tank Cultivated Covid Dissidents. Now They’re Running US Health Policy.
A Hidden Health Crisis Following Natural Disasters: Mold Growth in Homes
Ticked Off Over Preauthorization: Walk-In Patient Avoided Lyme Disease but Not a Surprise Bill
Breast Cancer and Birth Control: A Huge New Study Shows How Science Can Be Distorted
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Once a Patient’s in Custody, ICE Can Be at Hospital Bedsides — But Detainees Have Rights
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So Your Insurance Dropped Your Doctor. Now What?
Patients sometimes find themselves scrambling for affordable care when a contract dispute causes a hospital — and most of the doctors and other clinicians who work there — to be dropped from an insurance network. Here are six things to know if that happens to you.
