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Staff raced against rising floodwater to evacuate 36 residents from a nursing home in New Richland, Minnesota. It鈥檚 one of 100 facilities 51视频 Health News identified as facing some of the nation鈥檚 worst flood risk.
Recent outbreaks of foodborne illness and high-profile recalls have made this issue a concern of voters.
Healthcare in general, and health costs in particular, are a top issue for voters in 2026. But it remains unclear exactly how voters want lawmakers to fix the problem. Meanwhile, the Trump administration doubled down on its fraud-fighting efforts. Tami Luhby of CNN, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Sarah Jane Tribble of 51视频 Health News join 51视频 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
The disease has long been a risk of coal mining, an industry the Trump administration is trying to reinvigorate.
To get drugs and devices out faster, the FDA lets companies conduct studies of safety or efficacy after the products are approved. In many cases, such 鈥減ostmarket鈥 studies are behind schedule or overdue, records show.
Reports from a top AI company that it found and stopped attempted uses of its product to manufacture a potential bioweapon caught the attention of lawmakers in Washington this week. Meanwhile, President Trump wants to send $500 checks to about a million Obamacare enrollees. Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join 51视频 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Sabrina Corlette of the Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms.
California is crafting weaker heat protections for prisons than other workplaces, citing billions in costs to cool aging institutions as climate and health risks increase. It鈥檚 a second-class standard, health and safety advocates say, and would leave correctional workers more susceptible to heat illness.
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Amid a campaign already focusing on affordability, anxious voters are unlikely to be assuaged by headlines about healthcare costs rising even more next year. And a lawsuit that could cut off access nationwide to the abortion pill mifepristone gets a hearing in federal court. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, Sandhya Raman of Bloomberg Law, and Amanda Seitz of 51视频 Health News join 51视频 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Rovner also interviews Lauren Sausser, who wrote the latest 51视频 Health News 鈥淏ill of the Month.鈥
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The agreements, covering issues like drug pricing, reducing the use of synthetic food dyes, and cutting back on insurance prior authorization rules, were announced with fanfare and touted as victories. But it鈥檚 not clear whether they鈥檒l result in lasting change.
Opioid settlement cash was meant to abate the addiction crisis. But a new investigation reveals millions in Louisiana was spent on law enforcement gear and police technology instead of lifesaving treatment.
An analysis of hospital claims data in Florida found that firearm injuries of children disproportionately hit families in a handful of ZIP codes, almost all of them in Jacksonville, Orlando, Miami, or Tampa Bay.
Health workers are continuing to treat patients and train caregivers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak on record continues.
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Evelyn Griffin is pushing for more emphasis on wellness and prevention. She has also aligned with the MAHA movement in fighting government mandates and questioning the safety of some vaccines.
President Trump is nominating Heidi Overton, a physician and White House policy adviser, to lead the FDA, which has been without a Senate-confirmed leader since May. Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, Shefali Luthra of The 19th, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join 51视频 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss this story and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews billionaire businessman Mark Cuban.
The Department of Health and Human Services has launched an effort to streamline clinical research, and legislation is pending in Congress. But patients and providers face participation challenges.
Federal efforts to revive uranium mining in the West and decrease reliance on Russian uranium are raising concerns about drinking water for tribal communities reckoning with the industry鈥檚 deadly legacy.
The Trump administration is working to implement the president鈥檚 new order on childhood vaccines, which he publicly faulted for a rise in autism 鈥 even as health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.鈥檚 closed-door research has yet to produce evidence linking them.
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