What is gender-affirming care? Your questions, answered
The right of transgender minors to access gender-affirming care has sparked debate in many parts of the United States, and it’s now heading to the …
Supreme Court hears major case on banning transgender care for minors
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I don’t have diabetes, but I wore a glucose monitor for six weeks. Here’s what I learned about food (and anxiety)
One day in September, I stood in front of my open refrigerator, ravenous but unable to figure out what I should eat. I was worried …
More testing underway after another California raw milk recall due to bird flu virus
California health officials are warning not to drink another lot of raw milk from Fresno-based Raw Farm after it tested positive for bird flu virus. …
How long can a Thanksgiving buffet sit out? A doctor explains
Nearly 80 million Americans are expected to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday, including many of you. As family and friends gather together to share meals, …
One major challenge facing Trump’s chosen health leaders: Keeping politics separate from science
The announcements came Friday night, one after another, President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for the country’s premier health leadership roles: a New York family physician and …
7.4 million Americans could gain Medicare or Medicaid coverage for anti-obesity drugs under Biden proposal
Millions more senior citizens and lower-income Americans could obtain coverage for costly anti-obesity drugs under a proposal being unveiled Tuesday by the Biden administration. Some …
In the US, young and middle-aged women are being diagnosed with lung cancer at higher rates than men
Susan Wojcicki, the late CEO of YouTube, had a message for the world just weeks before she passed. “Although lung cancer overall is decreasing because …
Bird flu virus isolated from hospitalized Canadian teen shows signs of human adaptation
The avian flu virus isolated from a hospitalized teenager in Vancouver has mutations in key areas that could help the virus spread more easily in …
Less-potent fentanyl pills may be playing a role in decrease of US overdose deaths, DEA says
The US Drug Enforcement Administration says that less fentanyl is present in the nation’s illicit pill supply and that is helping drive down overdose deaths …