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(WASHINGTON) -- As Republicans work to pass President Donald Trump's reconciliation bill by his July 4 deadline, many are worried about the changes that could be coming to Medicaid.Medicaid is a joint federal and state health insurance program for disabled and low-income Americans. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services works with state programs to administer Medicaid, which enrolls more than 71.2 million people.The original measure passed by the House made around $600 billion […]

(NEW YORK) -- Rising temperatures, amplified by climate change, are contributing to an increase in cases of sleep apnea, a condition in which breathing repeatedly stops during sleep, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications."If temperature keeps rising the way they project it to, the burden and prevalence of sleep apnea may double, increasing by 20-100%, depending on greenhouse gas emission reduction," Bastien Lechat, the study's author and a […]

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), made up of members recently hand-selected by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted 5-1 on Thursday to recommend against flu vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal.One committee member, Vicky Pebsworth, abstained on each vote.A few moments before, the CDC's vaccine advisory committee voted 6-0 to recommend all Americans aged 6 months and older receive an […]

(WASHINGTON) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee voted on Thursday to recommend infants receive a newer monoclonal antibody shot for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 5-2 to recommend clesrovimab, made by Merck, for infants 8 months and younger who are not protected by a maternal vaccine.In a second vote, the committee voted unanimously to update the resolution for the […]

(WASHINGTON) -- In a major policy change, the Food and Drug Administration has announced a plan to limit access to future COVID-19 shots only to people over 65 years old or those with an underlying health condition.This change would apply to any future updated versions of the vaccine, a spokesperson at the department of Health and Human Services told ABC News. For the past several years, COVID shots have been […]

(OHIO) -- Republican lawmakers in Ohio are planning on introducing a bill on Wednesday that would ban almost all abortions and criminalize the procedure.The "Ohio Prenatal Equal Protection Act" would overturn the amendment to the Ohio constitution, voted on in 2023, that establishes "an individual right to one's own reproductive medical treatment, including but not limited to abortion" before viability.Reproductive medical treatment includes contraception, fertility treatments and miscarriage care.Abortions are […]

(NEW YORK) -- Kraft Heinz announced on Tuesday that it would be removing artificial food dyes from its products within the next two years.The company said 10% of its products currently contain FD&C color additives, which are approved for use in food by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including brands such as Crystal Light, Jell-O and Kool Aid.Pedro Navio, North America president at Kraft Heinz, said in a statement that […]

(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled on Monday that directives from the Trump administration that led to the cancellations of several research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were "void" and "illegal."U.S. District Judge William Young said the cancellation of the grants -- related to studies involving LGBTQ+ issues, gender identity and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) -- violated federal law, saying it was a […]

(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded its approval of Moderna's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine on Thursday to include adults under the age of 60 at increased risk of the disease.Previously, the vaccine, known as mRESVIA, had been licensed for use for those aged 60 and older.Approval for mRESVIA came after Moderna conducted a late-stage clinical trial showing the vaccine helped boost immune responses in younger […]