The ordinance under consideration would limit syringe service providers to a 1-to-1 needle exchange, something state public health officials and recovery advocates have opposed.

Jay Bhattacharya, director of the US National Institutes of Health, appears before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for his confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, on March 5, 2025.

New research published July 9 in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that though the state’s life expectancy is improving, it hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic levels. In 2024, the average life expectancy in California was 80.54 years, nearly one year shorter than in 2019, when it was 81.4 years, The New York Times reported.

The federal government is filled with scientific advisory committees of one sort or another. The typical purpose is to provide a summary of the best scientific consensus for a policy

The US health secretary, a vaccine sceptic who has been criticised by health experts, said the panel was 'plagued' with conflicts of interest.

A new study found that the gap in life expectancy between American Indians and Alaska Natives and the national average was 2.9 times greater than official U.S. statistics.

Yet greater awareness of sleep deprivation’s consequences hasn’t translated into a better-rested populace. Data from the CDC show that the proportion of Americans reporting insufficient sleep held constant from 2013 through 2022, at roughly 35 percent. (From 2020 to 2022, as anxiety about the pandemic eased, the percentage actually climbed.)

The interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia has sent letters to several leading medical journals asking for information about their editorial practices.

The digestive tract serves as the primary interface between the human body and its external environment, intricately regulated by genetics, immunity, the

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