President Donald Trump speaks during an event on prescription drug prices in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec. 19. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Donald Trump said he takes a higher dose of daily aspirin than his doctors recommend and he has been doing so for 25 years. […]
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Why Medicaid programs are cutting back on a popular therapy for autism : Shots
Just months ago, Gaile Osborne (left) didn’t expect her adoptive 3-year-old daughter, Aubreigh, would make friends at school. Aubreigh was diagnosed with autism at 14 months old. After struggling to control outbursts and sometimes hurting herself, she started a therapy program called applied behavior analysis. “It’s not perfect,” Osborne says. “But the growth in under […]
ICE agent fires shots at man after being hit by SUV
ST. PAUL, Minn. — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fired shots Sunday at a Cuban immigrant living in the U.S. illegally after the man struck the agent and another one with an SUV in Minnesota’s state capital, the Department of Homeland Security said. The man also bit an ICE agent as officers subdued him […]
More Trump deals to lower drug prices : Shots
President Trump unveiled deals with nine pharmaceutical companies on drug prices in a White House event Friday. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images President Trump said the administration has reached agreements with nine more drugmakers to bring their U.S. drug prices more in line with what other […]
Pediatricians object to Trump’s push to ban care for transgender kids : Shots
A display at the Gender Health Program of Children’s Minnesota hospital. Under a proposed rule announced Thursday, a hospital will lose all its Medicaid and Medicare funding if it continues to provide gender-affirming care for trans people under age 18. Selena Simmons-Duffin/NPR hide caption toggle caption Selena Simmons-Duffin/NPR Dr. Kade Goepferd watched the Trump administration’s […]
Tanning bed users are at higher risk for skin cancer : Shots
People who regularly use tanning beds are more likely to have DNA damage that can lead to melanoma across nearly the entire surface of their skin. Getty Images/iStockphoto hide caption toggle caption Getty Images/iStockphoto Hop onto TikTok and you’ll find lots of videos of young people — mostly women — fake baking under the glowing […]
Transgender health leader’s name changed on her official HHS portrait : Shots
Admiral Rachel L. Levine, pictured at HHS headquarters last year, led the Public Health Corps during the Biden administration. Her official portrait was changed during the government shutdown to her previous name. Maansi Srivastava for NPR hide caption toggle caption Maansi Srivastava for NPR As you walk down a particular hallway on the seventh floor […]
More cities are seeing PFAS pollution in drinking water. Here’s what Louisville found : Shots
The George Rogers Clark Memorial bridge crosses the Ohio River to Louisville, Kentucky. Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Visions of America/Joseph Sohm/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The Ohio River sends billions of gallons of water flowing past Louisville, Kentucky’s pumping station every day, where the city’s […]
FDA blames COVID shots for 10 kids’ deaths and will tighten vaccines reviews : Shots
Food and Drug Administration officials say they are going to scrutinize vaccines more stringently. JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial/Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration intends to get tougher on vaccine approvals, as top officials raised concerns about the risk of COVID vaccines for children. Speaking on Fox News Saturday morning, […]
Louisiana’s top health official, a critic of the COVID vaccine, will be CDC deputy : Shots
Dr. Ralph Abraham spoke at a Trump re-election rally in Lake Charles, La., on Oct. 11, 2019. At the time, Abraham was a Republican congressman running for governor of Louisiana. He lost that race, but was named the state’s first surgeon general in 2024. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption toggle caption Gerald Herbert/AP The second-highest ranking […]