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CDC
Federal officials are weighing changes to the National Health Interview Survey, and disability advocates say trimming key questions could weaken how the U.S. tracks mobility, hearing, cognition and other health problems.
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Cardiology
AARP’s latest reader Q&A revisits a familiar worry: whether heart health can limit sexual activity. Medical guidance suggests the answer depends more on stability and symptoms than on age.
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Global Health
The agreement sets a five-year health financing package while removing disputed patient-data and specimen-sharing language that had delayed the deal.
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Artificial Intelligence
The FDA’s new fiscal 2027 guidance list shows that artificial intelligence will remain a major focus, with planned documents on AI-enabled device software, generative AI, and related evidence standards.
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Clinical Research
A small phase 1 study suggests optogenetic therapy may restore some light sensitivity in advanced retinitis pigmentosa, but the results remain preliminary and safety-focused.
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CDC
A reported plague death at a Siberian research institute prompted U.S. attention, but the diagnosis has not been confirmed. Here’s what is known, what is not, and how plague actually spreads.
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Brain Health
Karl-Anthony Towns used World Mental Health Day to talk publicly about grief after his mother’s death, offering a reminder that mourning can affect daily life long after a loss.
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Cancer Screening
Pope Leo XIV’s planned lung surgery highlights a common medical reality: a nodule can be harmless, but in some cases doctors remove it to get a clear diagnosis.
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Blast Injury
After a deadly Iranian drone strike in Kuwait, wounded U.S. soldiers say their care was delayed and fragmented. Hearing loss is one reason timely follow-up matters.
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Artificial Intelligence
A new AP-NORC poll finds broad concern that artificial intelligence is advancing too quickly, a worry that carries special weight as AI tools expand in medicine and public health.
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Canada
A U.S. customs change could make it harder and more expensive for some Americans to receive prescription medicines from Canada, raising fresh concerns about drug affordability and continuity of care.
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Brain Health
A new observational study suggests people with Parkinson’s disease who stayed more physically active had slower declines in movement and thinking skills, though the research does not prove exercise changed the disease course.
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