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Trump reveals he had MRI after questioning Jasmine Crockett and AOC’s IQ, raising concerns about health

U.S. President Donald Trump revealed on Monday that he underwent an MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, earlier this month, raising immediate questions about his health. “I got an MRI. It was perfect,” he told reporters on Air Force One on his way to Japan after being asked about his visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center earlier this month. When asked to elaborate about the MRI, he falsely said, “I gave you the full results.” While the White House […]

October 27, 2025

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Schumer warns of a shutdown if Republicans don’t accept Democrats’ health care demands

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer weathered backlash from Democrats earlier this year when he voted with Republicans to keep the government open. But he’s now willing to risk a shutdown at the end of the month if Republicans don’t accede to Democratic demands. Schumer says he and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries are united in opposing any legislation that doesn’t include key health care provisions and a commitment not to roll them back. He argues that the country is in a […]

September 12, 2025

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Trump’s health becomes major focus, sparking online conspiracy theories. Some point out the Biden irony

After a week of limited public sightings and interaction with the press, conspiracy theories about President Donald Trump‘s health—and potential demise—permeated online, particularly among liberal corners of the internet. The chatter about the president’s rumored declining health got so loud that Trump, who appeared before the press in the Oval Office on Tuesday to announce a new U.S. Space Command headquarters in Alabama, responded to the hearsay on Truth Social over the Labor Day weekend, writing, “NEVER FELT BETTER IN […]

September 2, 2025

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White House digital tools intended to improve health outcomes could leave aging Black Americans behind, advocacy group says

As part of its “Make America Healthy Again” agenda, the Trump administration announced last month that it was partnering with tech companies to build digital tools designed to make access to health care data easier for patients and providers. President Donald Trump praised the developing digital ecosystem as a “major step” to bring “health care into the digital age.” “[We’re] moving from clipboards and fax machines into a new era of convenience, profitability, and speed, and frankly, better health for […]

August 12, 2025

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HHS Secretary RFK Jr.’s reversal on fluoride in water could worsen health disparities for Black Americans

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has made a reversal on decades-long guidance from the CDC to recommend the fluoridation of water. The stance is concerning to public health experts who say the practice has reduced the occurrence of oral disease. Kennedy, who has long been a skeptic of the safety of fluoride in water, announced on Monday that he will order the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) to halt its advisory recommendation […]

April 8, 2025

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Health advocates in Africa worry Trump will reimpose abortion ‘gag rule’ governing US aid

EPWORTH, Zimbabwe (AP) — Carrying her infant daughter, 19-year-old Sithulisiwe Moyo waited two hours to get birth-control pills from a tent pitched in a poor settlement on the outskirts of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. The outreach clinic in Epworth provides Moyo with her best shot at achieving her dream of returning to school. “I am too young to be a baby-making machine,” she said. “At least this clinic helps me avoid another pregnancy.” But the free service funded by the U.S. […]

November 20, 2024

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Scientists fear what’s next for public health if RFK Jr. is allowed to ‘go wild’

Many scientists at the federal health agencies await the second Donald Trump administration with dread as well as uncertainty over how the president-elect will reconcile starkly different philosophies among the leaders of his team. Trump announced Thursday he’ll nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, after saying during his campaign he’d let the anti-vaccine activist “go wild” on medicines, food, and health. Should Kennedy win Senate confirmation, his critics say a radical […]

November 16, 2024

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Trump’s White House return poised to tangle health care safety net

Former President Donald Trump’s election victory and looming return to the White House will likely bring changes that scale back the nation’s public health insurance programs — increasing the uninsured rate while imposing new barriers to abortion and other reproductive care. The reverberations will be felt far beyond Washington, D.C., and could include an erosion of the Affordable Care Act’s consumer protections, the imposition of work requirements in Medicaid and funding cuts to the safety net insurance, and challenges to […]

November 7, 2024

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Why Roxane Gay got a gun and how she protects her mental health during a crazy election

Roxane Gay always saves her email threats. The acclaimed writer and bestselling author could count on multiple hate emails hitting her inbox daily, most from angry men. Some of them threatened her life because she dared to use her voice for a living. “When you get a one-off angry email from someone who didn’t like an essay or headline they read, like the heat of the moment — then they move on,” Gay told theGrio in an interview earlier this […]

November 5, 2024