Four Red Flags and One Truth Amid the Peptide Hype
Experimental peptides are all the rage on longevity and āoptimizationā podcasts, but a lot of the chatter is misleading.
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GOP Focuses on Fraud, Seeking To Redirect Votersā Ire Over Healthcare Costs
The anti-fraud efforts highlight a broader political fight ahead of the midterms. Republicans say theyāre protecting taxpayer dollars by going after bad actors. Democrats contend the administration is ā with insufficient evidence ā targeting blue states to cut programs the GOP has long sought to shrink.
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After Booting 760K People From ACA Plans, Trump Administration Has Added Some Back
The Trump administration has provided few details about its process for canceling hundreds of thousands of Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollments ā even as the next stage of the anti-fraud effort is underway.
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People Say These Peptides Hurt Them. Their Stories Are Muffled in MAHAās Push for Medical Freedom.
People who have taken experimental peptides, such as BPC-157, complain of migraines, eye pain, fatigue, and more. Learning whether these popular but unproven drugs are to blame may become harder if Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fulfills a promise to make them more accessible.
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AI, Tech Leaders Are Lobbying Trump Health Officials in a Government-Run Chat Room
A Slack workspace managed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has served as an extraordinary war room for AI industry insiders and Trump administration officials to launch a rapid campaign aimed at persuading Americans to manage their healthcare and medical records on apps.
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Journalists Evaluate Rural Voter Sentiment, MAHA Movement, and Gene-Editing Finding
³Ō¹Ļ²»“ņģČ journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
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Food Safety Finds a Place Among āKitchen-Tableā Political Issues
Recent outbreaks of foodborne illness and high-profile recalls have made this issue a concern of voters.
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Journalists Discuss What RFK Jr. Recently Told the Anti-Vaccine Group He Founded
³Ō¹Ļ²»“ņģČ journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Hereās a collection of their appearances.
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Cost-Saving Medicaid Meal Deliveries Threatened by Cuts, Policy Uncertainty
An experiment to provide meals to some Medicaid recipients shows food can be cost-effective medicine. But even as federal officials tout the power of nutrition, Medicaid budget cuts could lead states to think twice about covering healthy food for sick residents. One has already reconsidered.
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The Drugs and Devices Have Been on the Market for Years. But FDA-Ordered Studies Still Arenāt Done.
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 āpostmarketā studies are behind schedule or overdue, records show.
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Trump and Kennedyās Health Industry Deals Havenāt Been Enforced and Are at Risk of Vanishing
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 itās not clear whether theyāll result in lasting change.
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$50B Rural Health Transformation Program Needs More Transparency, Groups Say
States must submit Rural Health Transformation Program progress reports to the federal government, but they arenāt required to proactively post those reports, or related information, publicly.
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You Want To Join a Clinical Trial. Hereās What To Know About the Hurdles.
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.
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Kennedyās Quiet Hunt for Autism Culprits Stalls as Trump Orders Baseless Changes to Childhood Shots
The Trump administration is working to implement the presidentās new order on childhood vaccines, which he publicly faulted for a rise in autism ā even as health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.ās closed-door research has yet to produce evidence linking them.
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Kennedy, Oz Contend Fraud Crackdown, Not Skyrocketing Prices, Led Millions To Leave Obamacare
Rising premiums forced many people in Affordable Care Act plans to give up their coverage. But the Trump administration claims a huge drop in enrollment is almost entirely due to its fraud crackdown.
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People With Disabilities Fear Service Cuts as Trumpās DOJ Questions Legal Protections
The Department of Justice in June issued a legal opinion saying states arenāt required to provide services that help people with disabilities remain in their homes. The new position has added momentum to statesā existing legal challenges to the requirement and triggered worries among people who rely on these services.
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Under Trump, Federal Agencies Are Collecting Massive Sets of Medical Records
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They Worked To Protect Public Health. Now They Want the Publicās Votes.
Theyāre known for touting pandemic precautions, Affordable Care Act plans, and testing for lead in schools. This year, some former public health officials are touting themselves ā for governor or senator.
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Trump Has Quietly Throttled an Agency Devoted to the Safety of American Healthcare
Congress appropriated $345 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality for the 2026 fiscal year, but the agency has spent less than $15 million on grants. AHRQ hasnāt issued a new one in over a year.
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Cyclospora Boosts Fears That Worse Foodborne Outbreaks Are Ahead
The recent outbreak of a foodborne parasite sickened thousands and hospitalized hundreds across the U.S. before federal investigators identified the suspected source. Food safety experts say cuts to the public health system hobbled the response ā and that the next outbreak could be much worse.
By Kate Wells and Stephanie Armour