Multiple CDC officials familiar with the situation said the change was made by political appointees without input from relevant agency staffers.

By 2030, more than 70 million Americans will have osteoporosis or low bone mass.

The message is hammered over and over, in news conferences, hearings and executive orders: President Donald Trump and his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., say they want the government to follow “gold standard” science. Scientists say the problem is that they are often doing just the opposite by relying on preliminary studies, fringe science or just hunches to make claims, cast doubt on proven treatments or even set policy. This week, the nation's top public health agency changed its we

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A CDC webpage that once stated that vaccines do not cause autism has been rewritten to suggest that health authorities “ignored” possible links between vaccines and the disorder.

() -The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control on Thursday urged people eligible ​for influenza shots to get vaccinated without delay, ‌warning that flu cases are rising weeks ahead of the last two seasons. Influenza ‌detections are rising three to four weeks ahead of the usual schedule in European Union and European Economic Area countries driven by a newly emerged strain, the ECDC said.

Multiple CDC officials familiar with the situation said the change was made by political appointees without input from relevant agency staffers.

The CDC said the claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not evidence-based.

People looking to lose weight and lower their blood sugar may someday be able to get a single injection that turns their cells into tiny factories that churn out a protein that is essentially the active ingredient in drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound and Mounjaro.

Life-changing advances in cardiovascular medicine enabled Cheney to live a productive life well beyond what many heart patients experience. But prevention is the most effective tool of all.

Americans have been boosting their protein intake for years; even Pop-Tarts and Starbucks are selling protein-enhanced products. Hundreds of videos on social media celebrate the benefits of dietary fiber and share recipes to help viewers get more of it. There’s even a term for trying to meet or exceed the recommended daily fiber intake: fibermaxxing.

Autoimmune diseases like lupus, myositis and forms of arthritis can strike children, too. At a sleepaway camp in upstate New York, some young patients got a chance to just be kids. “It’s really fun,” said Dylan Aristy Mota, thrilled he was offered this rite of childhood along with the reassurance that doctors were on site.

The NIH cuts affected over 115 clinical trials studying cancer and nearly 100 studying infectious disease, researchers found.

Michael Jordan is giving $10 million to a North Carolina regional medical center in honor of his mother. With the donation, the medical center will name its neuroscience institute after Deloris Jordan. “My mother taught me the importance of compassion and community, and I can’t think of a better way to honor her than by helping to ensure those in need can obtain the most advanced neurological care available,” Jordan said about his donation.

“It’s really fun,” said Dylan Aristy Mota, thrilled that he got a chance at the rite of childhood — thanks to doctors reassuring his mom that they'd be at this upstate New York camp, too. Dylan felt good knowing if “anything else pops up, they can catch it faster than if we had to wait til we got home.” It may sound surprising but diseases like lupus, myositis and some forms of arthritis — when your immune system attacks your body instead of protecting it — don't just strike adults.

Autoimmune diseases like lupus, myositis and forms of arthritis can strike children, too. At a sleepaway camp in upstate New York, some young patients got a chance to just be kids. “It’s really fun,” said Dylan Aristy Mota, thrilled he was offered this rite of childhood along with the reassurance that doctors were on site.

(Reuters) -Researchers monitoring the brain activity of a patient with a severe binge-eating problem reported that Eli Lilly's GLP-1 weight-loss drug appeared to temporarily suppress food-craving ​signals in the "reward center" of the brain. These are the first direct measurements of brain activity ‌in a person receiving tirzepatide, sold as Mounjaro for diabetes and Zepbound for weight loss, shedding light on the treatment's impact on so-called ‌food noise.

Studies have linked ticks on 6 continents to alpha-gal syndrome and its unusual symptoms. An entomologist explains what this frustrating illness is.

As the holiday season approaches, here are some Thanksgiving tips on how to safely thaw, prepare, and cook the turkey this year.

A new heart calculator for young adults predicts 30-year disease risk, showing that factors like high blood pressure, diabetes and bad cholesterol can begin decades earlier.

Your body is home to more than 50 hormones — chemical messengers that compose the endocrine system — and hormonal imbalances may reflect any number of medical conditions.

Medical workers navigate their own moral and religious beliefs, professional standards, the law and the realities of clinical work – which can be especially complicated in abortion care.

Colostrum supplements aren’t made of human breast milk. Most are made from cow’s milk and sold as bovine colostrum. Some colostrum supplements are made from goat’s milk.

Some hospitals are taking a dramatic step to save mothers and babies after studies have shown too many doctors fail to follow guidelines for preventing preeclampsia.

Health officials in Washington state said a resident has contracted bird flu, marking the first human case in the U.S. since February.

Eating ultra-processed foods could lead to an increased risk of being diagnosed with precancerous colorectal growths for women under 50, according to new research.

Nicole Hansen said she was diagnosed with breast cancer in February.

Nasal irrigation has been used to treat the common cold for thousands of years, and modern science shows that it works.

The latest season of “The White Lotus” delivered big ratings for HBO - and fueled a surge of Google searches for a risky antianxiety prescription drug featured on the show, according to research published Friday. The paper, published in JAMA Health Forum, highlights Hollywood’s outsize cultural influence and the common use of benzodiazepines, a class of anxiety-relieving medications that can cause physical dependence and agonizing withdrawal symptoms.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the

Nicole Hansen said she was diagnosed with breast cancer in February.