What former CDC officials will say at today’s Senate hearing

Today’s a C-SPAN morning. Former CDC officials will testify before the Senate health committee about how health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is endangering Americans’ health. Here’s a sneak peek at ... Read More

Sen. Ron Wyden: RFK Jr.’s narrative on children and chronic illness is ‘delusional’

Several years ago, the late Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and I came together to begin the transformation of Medicare, shifting the program’s focus from acute care like pneumonia or a broken ankle to ... Read More

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s MAHA Road Map Offers Lengthy List of Ideas But Few Details

The second iteration of the Make America Healthy Again Commission report offers 128 ideas to tackle childhood chronic disease but comes up short on the details of how they would be implemented. Read More

New 'MAHA' report calls for overhaul of health policy to address childhood chronic diseases

The new report identifies poor diets, lack of exercise, chemical exposure and over consuming medications as key contributors to childhood chronic diseases, including obesity and diabetes. Read More

For the first time, there are more children in the world who are obese than underweight

Global childhood obesity rates tripled from 2000-2022 according to UNICEF, with ultra-processed foods and junk food marketing fueling the epidemic in 190 countries. Read More

RFK Jr. faces the music in Senate after vaccine flip-flop

Democrats have called for the Health and Human Services secretary to resign after concerns about political meddling with vaccine access prompted a series of high-profile departures from the government ... Read More

The second MAHA report has dropped

Click in for more news from The Hill{beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story The second MAHA report is outThe White House released its long-awaited second report on fighting ... Read More

Opinion: Gutting safety nets is a political choice. CT families are paying the price

Food insecurity and the fear of losing health coverage are forms of trauma. They fuel anxiety, depression, and hopelessness. Read More

Final MAHA report backs voluntary industry action over stricter rules on food, pesticides

The report advises more research and voluntary industry action on ultra-processed food, synthetic food dyes, and pesticide use. Read More

Dementia threatens to swamp health systems and devastate families, but almost half of cases are preventable

Australia must act now to slow the rising tide of dementia cases that threaten to swamp the nation’s health system and devastate families, as the country’s foremost experts call for a national rollout ... Read More