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PBS News Hour - Health
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A look at the latest advances in breast cancer prevention and treatment
For the past 40 years, pink ribbons have sprouted every October as the symbol of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. To take stock of the latest in breast...
What to know about RFK Jr.’s efforts to address long COVID research and treatments
More than two years after the WHO's COVID-19 public health emergency ended, millions of Americans are still living with long COVID. Symptoms vary from...
Demand for egg freezing is rising as more people delay parenthood. Here’s what to know
More people than ever are putting their hopes for parenthood on ice, literally. Egg freezing is a costly procedure that had primarily been used by peo...
How West Virginians are navigating the state’s new artificial food dye ban
Earlier this year, West Virginia became the first of a number of politically conservative states to ban artificial food dyes. It’s part of the larger...
Federal funding cuts to pediatric brain cancer research ‘taking away hope’ from families
Brain tumors are the leading cause of pediatric cancer-related death. In August, the Trump administration announced it would stop supporting a federal...
News Wrap: Vaccine panel declines to recommend COVID shots this fall
In our news wrap Friday, Health Secretary Kennedy's overhauled panel of vaccine advisers declined to recommend COVID shots for this fall, Estonia says...
Comedians use laughter as a new tool for suicide prevention
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, claiming more than 49,000 lives in 2023 alone, according to the latest CDC data. O...
States face hard choices after major cuts to federal health care funding
The Trump administration is planning sweeping cuts to health care funding across the country. Some of those cuts have already taken effect, while othe...
A look at what’s in RFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report – and what’s missing
The Trump Administration released its plan for improving health outcomes and tackling chronic childhood illnesses. The strategy came from Health Secre...
MAHA report ‘not about actions,’ food policy expert says
For a deeper dive into the implications that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again report could have on the U.S. food sy...
What to know about ‘AI psychosis’ and the effect of AI chatbots on mental health
The parents of a teenager who died by suicide have filed a wrongful death suit against ChatGPT owner OpenAI, saying the chatbot discussed ways he coul...
Protein is everywhere amid a new cultural obsession. How much do we really need?
It used to be that only fitness buffs and bodybuilders thought about how much protein they were getting. But now, everybody seems to be looking for mo...
Why the American Academy of Pediatrics is diverging from CDC vaccine guidelines
The American Academy of Pediatrics released new COVID vaccination guidelines, and for the first time, they diverge significantly from the recommendati...
How a White House plan to overturn a key EPA regulation threatens children’s health
In July, the Trump administration proposed revoking a landmark 2009 finding that’s been the basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under...
Brooks and Capehart on Trump’s summit with Putin
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump's summ...
CDC shooting highlights increasing rhetoric and hostility against health professionals
The shooting at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta has shaken many in the field of public health. Authorities say the 32-year-old gunman fired nearly 200...
How Trump’s immigration policies are affecting caregivers and nursing homes
More than one million immigrants work in healthcare and make up an increasing share of caregivers for elderly and disabled Americans. That includes no...
A Brief But Spectacular take on revolutionizing women’s health care
After struggling to find doctors who properly treated her own menopause symptoms, Joanna Strober created Midi Health, a virtual clinic designed for th...
Scientists face ecological and economic hurdles to save Mississippi River Delta
The iconic Mississippi River Delta is of enormous importance to the country, especially near the Gulf Coast. It's an economic engine and a key wildlif...
Louisiana’s high Medicaid reliance places state on frontlines of health care cuts
President Trump's big budget law is expected to make the largest cuts ever to Medicaid, a program that currently provides health insurance for some 70...
Federal mRNA funding cut is ‘most dangerous public health decision’ ever, expert says
Many public health experts and scientists say they are stunned by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s decision to cancel nearly half a billion dol...
Overwhelmed and stressed: Mothers open up about worrying decline in mental health
The U.S. fertility rate hit another record low last year, with families having fewer children and a growing number of women opting out of motherhood a...
Gates Foundation pledges $2.5B for women’s health worldwide
The Gates Foundation has announced a new $2.5 billion pledge through 2030 for women’s health initiatives worldwide. It comes at a time when the Trump...
Why American children are less healthy now than nearly two decades ago
As the Trump administration works to reimagine public health, a new study paints a stark picture of the challenges facing the nation’s kids. American...
New book explores the science behind ‘super aging’ and longer, healthier lifespans
Imagine a future where the aging process can be delayed and more people live active, healthy and disease-free lives well into their 90s. That reality...
Medicaid recipients in Louisiana brace for impact of work requirements and cuts
Members of the U.S. House have left Washington for their summer break, and Republicans are working to promote the tax and spending cuts President Trum...
Study reveals simple lifestyle changes could help prevent dementia
An estimated 42% of Americans over 55 will eventually develop dementia. A new study revealed the strongest evidence yet that a balanced diet, consiste...
A look inside the pronatalism movement encouraging Americans to have more children
The U.S. fertility rate reached an all-time low in 2024, according to the CDC. This trend has sparked fear among many on the right, from Elon Musk to...
AMA president warns against preventive services task force cuts
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly intends to remove all 16 members of the United States Preventive Services Task Force. The highly inf...
Why uterine fibroid awareness is low despite affecting a large percentage of women
From unbearable pain to feeling no symptoms at all, women with uterine fibroids can have vastly different experiences. While these growths affect a la...
Examining the facts about contraceptives as birth control misinformation spreads online
The birth control pill is one of the most common forms of contraception in the U.S. But in recent years, claims of side effects of the pill have fille...
After fall of Roe, anti-abortion activists take aim at birth control
Earlier this year, the Trump administration scrubbed CDC guidance on birth control from government websites and froze $65 million in funding to family...
What to know about the rise of mental health misinformation on social media
In recent years, people have become more comfortable sharing their personal experiences about mental health, a sign that stigma around it is diminishi...
How National Cancer Institute funding cuts could affect the fight against the disease
For decades, the National Cancer Institute has spearheaded breakthrough advancements against the disease. Cancer deaths have been reduced by a third s...
Planned Parenthood CEO says blocking it from Medicaid funding is ‘devastating to patients’
Since President Trump signed his sweeping domestic policy bill into law, a key provision that prevents Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving Medic...
AIDS program PEPFAR may escape White House attempt to cut its budget
The White House backed off $400 million in immediate cuts it was proposing in the global fight against HIV and AIDS and potentially other high-profile...
Trump administration’s NIH funding cuts threaten research on sickle cell disease
So far in 2025, the Trump administration has cut more than $1 billion in NIH grants. That includes a study on sickle cell disease, a blood disorder th...
Who will be affected by Trump administration’s Medicaid, SNAP work requirements
President Trump’s big tax law includes a major provision the GOP has endorsed for years: work requirements for Medicaid recipients and for food stamp...
Why tick season is worse than usual and how to protect yourself
Every year, nearly 31 million people in the U.S. are bitten by a tick. Tick-related illnesses like Lyme disease are on the rise, a trend experts attri...
The long-term health risks as extreme heat becomes a new normal
Extreme heat is becoming a dangerous new normal that brings with it a number of health risks. From severe burns to accelerated aging, the effects of l...