Health

What US adults think of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his views on vaccines, fluoride and raw milk

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine advocacy is outside the mainstream. His previous statements on abortion could alienate Republicans.

Jan 29, 2025 8:24 AM Read more >

What’s the healthiest way to prepare vegetables? The way that makes you eat them.

In Carlene Thomas’ experience, two types of people ask her advice as a dietitian about the healthiest way to prepare vegetables. Those looking to improve their diet are curious about how different cooking methods affect nutritional content.

Jan 29, 2025 7:41 AM Read more >

From anti-vaccine advocacy to raw milk, many of RFK Jr.'s views fall outside the mainstream

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine advocacy is outside the mainstream. His previous statements on abortion could alienate Republicans.

Jan 29, 2025 5:05 AM Read more >

Family files lawsuit after Toronto mother, son die on vacation in Dominican Republic

TORONTO — The family of a Toronto mother and son who died after getting food poisoning during their stay at a Dominican Republic resort are now suing a hotel and travel company, alleging they were negligent in their health and safety protocols and fa

Jan 29, 2025 2:00 AM Read more >

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation hearing to be health secretary: Five things to look for

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Jan 28, 2025 10:10 PM Read more >

Clinic ordered to pay B.C.'s costs after failure of 'marathon' private health lawsuit

VANCOUVER — A private medical clinic that launched an unsuccessful constitutional challenge of Canada's public health care system must pay the B.C. government's legal costs, after what a judge calls a "gruelling marathon" of a case.

Jan 28, 2025 6:42 PM Read more >

The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is alarming. It's not the biggest in US history though, CDC says

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state health official claimed last week.

Jan 28, 2025 5:50 PM Read more >

UNC and Duke Health will build North Carolina's first standalone children's hospital

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Two North Carolina-based university health systems plan to construct the state's first standalone children's hospital — an undertaking that its boosters said will change lives physically and economically for decades to come.

Jan 28, 2025 5:05 PM Read more >

Caroline Kennedy warns senators that cousin RFK Jr. is a 'predator'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “predator” who is addicted to power, Caroline Kennedy urged the U.S. Senate in a Tuesday letter to reject the nomination of her cousin to be President Donald Trump's health secretary.

Jan 28, 2025 3:59 PM Read more >

The tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is alarming. It's not the biggest in US history though, CDC says

A yearlong outbreak of tuberculosis in the Kansas City, Kansas area has taken local experts aback, even if it does not appear to be the largest outbreak of the disease in U.S. history as a state health official claimed last week.

Jan 28, 2025 3:34 PM Read more >