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In January, President Biden wrote that he wouldn’t “…allow extreme Republicans to hand out massive giveaways… while raising your costs and cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.” He’s doing exactly that just months later. Despite warnings from both Republicans and Democrats, the Bidenadministration’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized cuts to the popular and effective Medicare Advantage (MA) program. …

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in the U.S. — with one in five Americans developing the disease by the age of 70. Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, expected to take the lives of more than 8,200 people in the U.S. this year. This May, for Skin Cancer Awareness Month, two melanoma patients are …

EXCLUSIVE: A Utah mother says she was left with “no choice” but to sue a pharmaceutical company on the basis of a breached contract that promised to provide compensation for injuries caused by a clinical trial for the COVID-19 vaccine. Brianne Dressen, a mother of two, enrolled in a clinical trial for AstraZeneca in November 2020, taking only one dose …

If you’ve been feeling hungrier than usual, it could be due to your sleeping habits. Human hunger is tied to circadian rhythm, according to experts, which means not sleeping enough can cause a greater appetite. Dr. Christopher Rhodes, a nutritional biologist in California, explained in a conversation with Fox News Digital that a body deprived of sleep “seeks out energy …

As bird flu continues to spread among cattle in the U.S., WebMD and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) joined forces on Thursday to present a live-streamed briefing on the status of the outbreak. The presentation, called “WebMD and CDC Presents, 2024 Bird Flu: What You Need to Know,” was moderated by Neha Pathak, M.D., chief physician editor …

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expires this summer. The initial bill passed the Senate earlier this year but has yet to be considered in the House. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., has been pushing to expand and extend the initiative and has tried to add it as an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bill. “If we’re not going to …

The Biden administration on Thursday submitted a proposal seeking to begin the formal process of reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Attorney General Merrick Garland submitted the proposal to the Federal Register, with the intent of having the drug dropped to a Schedule III drug from Schedule I, as classified under the …

Catholic groups and other conservative organizations are going after Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra after a GOP lawmaker accused him of withholding federal funds from hospitals that do not perform transgender surgeries on religious grounds. Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., clashed with Becerra at a heated House hearing on Wednesday, demanding that he commit to not blocking federal …

Dozens of pro-cannabis advocates gathered Thursday at the health ministry on the outskirts of the Thai capital, Bangkok, to oppose the government’s plan to relist the plant as a narcotic, two years after it was decriminalized. The rally came after Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin last week said he would like the plant to be relisted as a narcotic again by …

A Chicago nurse has been liberated from her own mind, thanks to a brain-tapping technology called deep TMS. Gulden, who requested to omit her surname for privacy reasons, worked as a nurse for more than 40 years before COVID-19 rocked the hospital system and took a toll on her mental health. The mother of four worked at Advocate South Suburban …