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Kaiser in the Hot Seat as CA Lawmakers Blast Company for Skipping Mental Health Hearing

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Mia Bonta held the two-page letter in front of her. From h...

Kaiser in the Hot Seat as CA Lawmakers Blast Company for Skipping Mental Health Hearing

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Mia Bonta held the two-page letter in front of her. From h...

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. discusses the findings of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network survey, Washington, D.C., U.S., April 16, 2025. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo)

US Health Chief Kennedy Launches Autism Project Using Medicare and Medicaid Data

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President Donald Trump listens to remarks during a swearing-in ceremony for Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz in the Oval Office in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 18, 2025. (REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo)

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From Left, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jayanta Bhattacharya, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary, during a news conference at the Health and Human Services Department in Washington, April 22, 2025. In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals. (Al Drago/The New York Times)

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How the State Sent Californians’ Personal Health Data to LinkedIn

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The website that lets Californians shop for health insuran...

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Is It Bad to Chew Gum All Day?

Q: Mint gum is the only thing that gets me through the workday. Is all that chewing bad for my health? A: If you’re a regular gum chewer, yo...

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U.S. dollar banknote and medicines are seen in this illustration taken, June 27, 2024. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo)

US Pharma Tariffs Would Raise US Drug Costs by $51 Billion Annually, Report Finds

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WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. escalated his war against the food industry on Tuesday, declaring that “sugar is poison....

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