"Panera recently fired all of their bakers and workers at their dough facilities in favor of having the cashiers bake frozen product. So prepare for a nosedive in quality ...
CNN – The number of measles cases linked to an outbreak in West Texas has grown to 58, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Most of the cases are centered in Gaines County, which is reporting 45 cases.
The cases are mostly in children ages 5 to 17.
Although most of the cases are in unvaccinated people or those whose vaccination status is unknown, there were four cases of measles in people who said...
Food Safety News – Feel Good Foods Inc. of New York, NY, is recalling Feel Good Foods Three Cheese Mac & Cheese Bites because the product may contain foreign objects, specifically metal pieces.
According to details posted online by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the recall was initiated on Feb. 5, 2025, and is ongoing.
The recalled product was distributed nationwide.
Recalled product:
Feel Good Foods – Three Cheese Mac & Cheese Bites
NET WT 8oz...
MedPage Today – Higher calcium intake was consistently associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) across calcium sources and tumor sites, according to a cohort study using data from the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study.
Among over 470,000 participants who were cancer-free at baseline, higher total calcium intake was associated with a lower risk of CRC (HR 0.71, 95% CI 0.65-0.78, P<0.001 for trend), reported Erikka Loftfield, PhD, MPH, of the National Cancer Institute,...
Medicaid
Under Trump-Endorsed House Bill, Medicaid And SNAP Take $1T Hit
Despite promising just hours earlier to protect safety net programs, Trump said he supports a Republican-led proposal floated in the House that trims $880 billion from Medicaid and about $230 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Truthout: Trump Backs House GOP Bill Slashing $1 Trillion From Medicaid And Food Stamps
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump endorsed a House Republican budget plan that would impose hundreds...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Though it didn’t cite any sources, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday that the Trump administration’s top public health officials support suspending the use of all COVID vaccines on the grounds that they could be causing adverse health reactions.
“Dr Jay Bhattacharya, who has been nominated to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has backed a petition calling for the mRNA vaccines to be paused and retested … He is one of the signatories of the Hope Accord,...
THE NEW REPUBLIC – Hours after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged that the Department of Health and Human Services would not undergo a staff purge, it did.
The Trump administration laid off half of its Epidemic Intelligence Service, otherwise known as the “Disease Detectives.”
The lay off affected 1,260 staff, reported NBC News’s Lewis Kamb.
Top-ranking officials with the CDC, the HHS subagency that oversees the program, told CBS News that the cuts would have a devastating...
CBS NEWS – Pope Francis has a complex infection in his respiratory system and will require more targeted drug treatment, according to Vatican authorities Monday.
He has been hospitalized since Friday at Rome's Gemelli hospital after coming down with bronchitis the week before, the Vatican said.
Officials said the 88-year-old pope is suffering from a "polymicrobial respiratory tract infection," but gave no further details on the severity of his illness or what would change in his...
KFF HEALTH NEWS – A new study suggests that the growing number of states legalizing sports gambling is cause for concern. Meanwhile, heart failure deaths are up, partly due to medical successes that enable people to live longer. Other news is on cancer treatments, the Senate Aging Committee, and more.
NBC News: Online Searches For Gambling Addiction Surge As Legalized Sports Betting Expands, Study Finds
Internet searches seeking help for gambling addiction have "increased substantially" as...