Washington — The Trump administration on Wednesday released the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, urging reduced consumption of ultraprocessed foods and added sugars while promoting protein and healthy fats. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and officials presented a reversed food-pyramid graphic elevating...
Washington, officials announced Monday that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved Rural Health Transformation Program plans, allocating first-year awards from a five-year $50 billion fund to strengthen rural hospitals, clinics, workforce, technology and access. States submitted applications detailing proposed investments; CMS awarded first-year amounts ranging from about $147...
Lincoln, Neb. Former U.S. senator Ben Sasse on Tuesday announced he has been diagnosed with metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer and said the prognosis is terminal. Sasse, 53, wrote that he learned of the disease last week and that he is 'gonna die,' while noting he will pursue treatment and referenced...
Washington, former Nebraska senator Ben Sasse announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with terminal stage-four pancreatic cancer. Sasse posted on X that he learned last week his cancer has metastasized and wrote, "and am gonna die." He served in the U.S. Senate from 2015 to 2023, resigned to become...
Washington — The U.S. House passed a Republican health care bill Wednesday while enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits are set to expire December 31, 2025. Republican leaders blocked an amendment to extend the credits; four Republicans later signed a discharge petition to force a vote on a clean...
United States — State governments and federal agencies enacted and proposed regulatory policy changes to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program rules this year. Multiple states, including Indiana and Louisiana, will bar SNAP purchases of sugary drinks, candy and certain processed foods beginning in 2026 after state approvals and USDA waivers in...
Washington — Lawmakers, enrollees and analysts are preparing for the year-end expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that could sharply raise marketplace premiums. KFF polls show many enrollees could not afford modest increases, while senators proposed a GOP bill capping eligibility and requiring minimum premiums. House Republicans...
The Maldives began enforcing a generational tobacco prohibition on Saturday, becoming the only country to bar anyone born on or after January 1, 2007—including visitors—from buying, using, or being sold tobacco, the Health Ministry said. Retailers must verify age, and the measure, initiated by President Mohamed Muizzu earlier this year,...
Natalie Rowntree, 38, describes her early IVF treatment as intense, juggling seven appointments in eight weeks by using sick days and holidays to avoid telling her employer. New research by Fertility Matters at Work says 63% of employees undergoing IVF take sick leave to hide treatment, and warns of lost...
A long-running study in Nature Medicine reports that older adults at heightened risk of Alzheimer’s who walk a few thousand steps a day show slower cognitive decline, linked to fewer tau tangles rather than changes in amyloid. Tracking nearly 300 people ages 50 to 90 for about nine years, researchers...
