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A look at how some of Trump's picks to lead health agencies could help carry out Kennedy's overhaul

Nov. 23, 2024 12:34 PM EST

The people that president-elect Donald Trump has selected to lead federal health agencies in his second administration include a retired congressman, a surgeon and a former talk-show host. All of them could play pivotal roles in fulfilling a new political agenda that could change...

Even with access to blockbuster obesity drugs, some people don't lose weight

Nov. 23, 2024 09:09 AM EST

Unlike scores of people who scrambled for the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy to lose weight in recent years, Danielle Griffin had no trouble getting them. The 38-year-old information technology worker from New Mexico had a prescription. Her pharmacy had the drugs in stock. And...

Trump taps a Fox News personality, a surgeon and a former Congressman to lead public health agencies

Nov. 22, 2024 22:51 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday nominated Dr. Marty Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration, selecting a surgeon and author who gained national attention for opposing vaccine mandates and some other public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

An Idaho health department isn't allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines anymore. Experts say it's a first

Nov. 20, 2024 13:17 PM EST

A regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow decision by its board. Southwest District Health appears to be the first in the nation to be restricted from giving COVID-19 vaccines. Vaccinations are an...

UN authorizes first mpox vaccine for children in an attempt to control Congo outbreak

Nov. 20, 2024 09:32 AM EST

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization has authorized the first mpox vaccine for children, a decision experts hope will help make immunizations more widely available to one of the hardest-hit populations during the ongoing outbreaks of the disease in Congo and elsewhere in Africa. ...

Here's how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised to remake the nation's top health agencies

Nov. 15, 2024 21:23 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and environmentalist, for years gained a loyal and fierce following with his biting condemnations of how the nation’s public health agencies do business. And that's put him on a direct collision course with some of...

New FDA rules for TV drug ads: Simpler language and no distractions

Nov. 14, 2024 18:17 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Those ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a different look: New rules require drugmakers to be clearer and more direct when explaining their medications' risks and side effects. The U.S. Food and...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a long record of promoting anti-vaccine views

Nov. 14, 2024 18:10 PM EST

Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was building up a following with his anti-vaccine nonprofit group, Children’s Health Defense, and becoming one of the world’s most influential spreaders of fear and distrust around vaccines. Now, President-elect Donald...

European committee takes a second look at Alzheimer's drug and now says it should be approved

Nov. 14, 2024 14:22 PM EST

A European regulatory committee now recommends approval of the Alzheimer’s treatment lecanemab a few months after rejecting the drug. Biogen said Thursday that the drug, known in the U.S. as Leqembi, received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for...

Here are new guidelines for preventing stroke, the nation's 4th biggest killer

Nov. 09, 2024 10:36 AM EST

The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that. Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than half a million...