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Trying to Quit Smoking? These Expert-Backed Tips Can Help

David Hill, MD, Chair, Board of Directors, American Lung Association

Jul 10, 2025

3 min read

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Wildfire Survivors Still Struggle With Basic Needs and Support

Apr 19, 2025

2 min read

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Infectious Disease

Experts Warn Bird Flu Could Pose Growing Risk to Human Health

Apr 05, 2025

2 min read

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Simple Ways to Protect Your Health While Traveling This Spring Break

Mar 23, 2025

2 min read

Sore throat in flu season. Young asian woman touching her neck and feeling pain in throat in the bedroom at home.

Infectious Disease

Flu and Stomach Bugs Are Spreading Fast—Are You Prepared?

Feb 16, 2025

2 min read

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Infectious Disease

Bird Flu Is Spreading: What You Need To Know

Feb 02, 2025

2 min read

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Infectious Disease

How To Fight Common Wintertime Respiratory Viruses

Carole Tanzer Miller

Jan 25, 2025

2 min read

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Newborn Screening: What It Is, What It Covers and Why It’s Important

Wendy Chung, MD, PhD, Chief of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital

May 13, 2024

3 min read

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Public Health News

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Doctors 'Cringe' At Possibility Of Documenting Which Medicaid Enrollees Are Too Sick to Work

3 hours ago

5 min read

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FDA: Iceberg Lettuce Recall Stands After False Positive For Cyclospora

Ellyn Vohnoutka

21 hours ago

3 min read

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Trump's CDC Nominee Praises Vaccines, Without Vowing Independence From RFK Jr.

Jul 20, 2026

4 min read

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CDC Warns Of Parasite Outbreak Tied To Taco Bell Lettuce In 5 States

Ellyn Vohnoutka

Jul 17, 2026

3 min read

Facing Funding Losses, States Call Out Big Businesses With Employees On Medicaid

Facing Funding Losses, States Call Out Big Businesses With Employees On Medicaid

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez

Jul 16, 2026

5 min read

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Wildfire Smoke Puts Millions At Risk Across Midwest, Northeast

Ellyn Vohnoutka

Jul 15, 2026

2 min read

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Public Health Professional News

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2018 to 2024 Saw Rise in Insurance Denials for Brand-Name Drugs

16 hours ago

2 min read

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Irritable Patients Make Emergency Medicine Physicians More Stressed

Jul 15, 2026

2 min read

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Most U.S. Adults Report Health-Related Engagement With Social Media

Jul 13, 2026

2 min read

Young woman talks to doctor, thyroid cancer

Young Adults Missing Out on Having a Primary Care Clinician, Annual Checkups

Jul 08, 2026

1 min read

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CDC: Overall U.S. Death Rate Reduced From 2024 to 2025

Jul 07, 2026

1 min read

nursing home senior caregiver

Study Looks at Drivers of Nurse Turnover

Jul 07, 2026

1 min read

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