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Rules requiring advance notice of ACIP meeting agendas enable public input on vaccine policy decisions that impact people’s lives, experts say.
In places like Nigeria, with few psychiatrists, AI could help fill a need. But one researcher says it’s not a replacement for human care and the AI incentive structure is meant to keep you engaged.
The biggest longevity gains have come from improvements in water, sanitation, and hygiene, followed by medical interventions, such as vaccines and antibiotics.
There are likely more people who aren't in quarantine but should be, unaware they’ve been exposed during the normal course of their lives: Going to work, school, and church, shopping for groceries, dining out.
With schools closed for winter break, health officials couldn’t get critical information to identify and warn those exposed to measles of need to quarantine.
The toll could climb even higher if funding continues to drop. Here’s how some philanthropies see their role in this moment.
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The drug has become a symbol of resistance against the medical establishment among MAHA adherents and conservatives.
PHS doctors and nurses are being deployed to Guantánamo and other detention centers as Donald Trump escalates mass immigration arrests. Some have resigned in protest. Others offer a rare look into bleak conditions.
The Trump administration has told the global vaccine group Gavi to phase out shots containing thimerosal as a condition of funding. The preservative is at the center of conspiracy theories, but any link to autism has been debunked.
Prisma Health’s announcement came two days after Healthbeat revealed measles exposures in the labor and delivery unit at Prisma Health Greer Memorial Hospital and in the emergency department of Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital.
Two-thirds of the American public say they are somewhat or very worried about affording health care. Here are five ways to find affordable care without insurance.
Healthbeat exclusive: ‘Highly concerning’ measles exposure at hospital maternity unit plus exposures at BMW plant and Kentucky youth conference are among new details.
A global health expert said that with this move, the United States has 'made itself much more vulnerable to disaster and devastation when the next epidemic or pandemic hits.'
A growing body of research continues to reveal information about the virus and its ability to cause harm long after initial infections resolve, even in some cases when symptoms were mild.
From effective outbreak control to promising new research, a few developments that suggest key parts of the global health system are still functioning well, even under strain.
Ralph Abraham said vaccination remains the most effective way to prevent measles but that parents must have the freedom to decide whether to vaccinate their children.
Merging organizations that have overlapping mandates could do more than cut costs. 'One institution with a broader mandate could improve efficiency and be better at building health systems,' one expert said.
Other reasons for older people to be vaccinated are emerging. They are known, in doctor-speak, as off-target benefits, meaning that the shots do good things beyond preventing the diseases they were designed to avert.
Marketplace plans from the Affordable Care Act no longer feel very affordable to many people, because Congress did not extend a package of enhanced subsidies that expired at the end of 2025.