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White House: Insurance Should Cover Over-the-Counter Birth Control

WHO Declares Egypt 'Malaria-Free'

Report: US Startup Offers IQ Screening for Embryos

US Opens Probe Into Tesla's 'Full Self-Driving' System After Fatality

Evidence is growing that microbes in your mouth contribute to cancer

New Scientist5 days

Enjoy Holiday Food without the Anxiety

Scientific American5 days

Georgia Dismissed All Members of Maternal Mortality Committee After ProPublica Obtained Internal Details of Two Deaths

ProPublica6 hrs

[Out of the Shadows] Drug addiction is illness, not moral failing, experts say

Korea Herald5 days

Study: Eli Lilly Pill Cuts Genetic High Cholesterol 86%

Nigeria Begins Mpox Vaccination Program After Delays

Report: Measles Cases Increased 20% Worldwide in 2023

Study: Over 800M Adults Worldwide Have Diabetes

Trump Transition: Trump Names Agriculture Secretary, Rounding Out Main Cabinet Picks

New York Times3 hrs

A First-of-Its-Kind Explainable AI Model Detects Brain Cancer

Psychology Today6 hrs

Trump’s Cabinet And Key Jobs: Brooke Rollins Tapped For Agriculture Secretary

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

Associated Press7 hrs

Dave Coulier and when everyone in your family gets cancer

USA Today12 hrs

New York Hospital Performs First Fully Robotic Double-Lung Transplant

Trump Nominates Dr. Mehmet Oz to Oversee Medicare and Medicaid

Trump Picks RFK Jr. as Health Secretary

UK: Details of Assisted Dying Bill Published

Food recalls galore: Does America have a worsening food safety problem?

RFK Jr. Cabinet Nomination News: Trump Says His FDA Pick Will Work With RFK To 'Course-Correct'

Trump picks Dr. Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon, for FDA chief

Infant dies and 10 others sick in latest listeria outbreak tied to ready-to-eat meat

NPR Online News13 hrs

Anxiety drug Clonazepam recalled for mislabeling; could cause a 'life-threatening' event

India: New Delhi Pollution Hits 50 Times WHO Limit

India: New Delhi Shuts Primary Schools as Air Quality Worsens

Pakistan: Schools Close in Lahore as Air Pollution Hits Record Level

Serbia Roof Collapse Kills At Least 14

Nations at COP29 Agree Compromise Climate Finance Deal

With talks teetering, climate negotiators struck a controversial $300 billion deal

NPR Online News5 hrs

Trump names a Fox News personality, a COVID mandate critic and an anti-vaccine doctor to key public health roles

PBS NewsHour5 hrs

Los Angeles officials still on ‘progressive warpath’ despite overwhelming voter rebuke of leftist policies

Hyundai and Kia recall 208,000 EVs

TechCrunch1 day

Los Angeles County Sues Coca-Cola and Pepsi Over Plastic Bottles

McDonald's Pulls Onions That Likely Caused E.coli Outbreak

Newsom Signs California School Ban on Artificial Additives

UK to Ban Junk Food TV Ads

Trump taps Rollins as agriculture chief, completing proposed slate of Cabinet secretaries

Associated Press3 hrs

Trump picks former White House aide Brooke Rollins to lead the USDA

Trump picks former adviser Brooke Rollins for Agriculture Secretary

New York Post3 hrs

Listeria Outbreak Kills Infant: Ready-To-Eat Meat And Poultry Face Latest Recall

Kimchi mac and cheese, please: Swap in banchan for your typical Thanksgiving sides

Ecuador: 60-Day Emergency Declared Over Drought, Wildfires

Wildfires Burn on Both US Coasts

Report: Wildfires Damaging Peru's Ecosystems

Portugal Requests Help From Europe as Wildfires Rage

Kayaker's leg amputated at Tasmania river after 20-hour rescue to free him from rocks

Fire at Posco plant in Pohang extinguished, but raises safety concerns

Korea HeraldNov 10

Crews battle large fire at manufacturing business' petroleum tank farm in Tulsa, Oklahoma

USA Today4 days

India’s Capital Chokes Under ‘Severe Plus’ Pollution—Emergency Measures Enacted Including School Shutdowns

Fire in a Northern India Hospital Kills 10 Newborn Babies

Biden Administration Announces First Medicare-Negotiated Drug Prices

Walmart Shutting Down All Health Clinics and Virtual Care Service

Senior Doctors in England Accept Pay Offer, End Strikes

75K Kaiser Permanente Workers Strike Across US

One of the First Things Elon Musk, Vivek Plan to Cut Under DOGE

Oregon Poised To Force Health Insurers To Cover Trans Genital Surgeries for Children—or Risk Losing Their Licenses

Washington Free Beacon1 hr

How Trump Could Weaken the Affordable Care Act

Scientific American11 hrs

Trump taps Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Business Insider4 days

How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk

ProPublica5 hrs