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Prices of top 25 Medicare Part D drugs have nearly doubled, AARP study finds

The findings highlight the importance of allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, according to AARP.

More than 15,000 doctors sign letter urging Senate to reject RFK Jr. as health secretary

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, a physician, wrote in The New York Times that appointing Kennedy at the Department of Health and Human Services would jeopardize public health ...

Eating more peanuts, herbs, and spices can boost your gut microbiome

Researchers found that people who snacked on peanuts experienced a significant increase in a type of gut bacterium linked to better liver metabolism.

Man Convicted in Pizzagate Shooting Is Killed in Confrontation With Police

Edgar Maddison Welch, 36, of Salisbury, N.C., who was sentenced to four years in prison for the 2016 shooting at a Washington restaurant, was fatally shot after he pointed a gun at an officer during a traffic stop, the police said.

Leaked Memo Requesting Paramedics at Inauguration Sparks Alarm

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) The Department of Veterans Affairs insider shared a Department of Health and Human Services memo with James O’Keefe’s O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) that requested “presidential inauguration support deployment.” “What concerned me was that this has never been requested before, especially not from HHS,” the VA insider said. The revealed internal memo requested medical personnel before the 2025 presidential inauguration and detailed a formal appeal for paramedics, emergency nurses and doctors. Derrick Jaastad, the Executive Director for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)...

A record 24 million people now get Obamacare health plans. Will it last under Trump?

Shots Health News – Nearly 24 million Americans are buying their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act — and there's still a week to go for open enrollment sign-ups. "We've once again set a new all-time record for marketplace enrollment," Neera Tanden, domestic policy adviser to President Biden, said on a press call Tuesday. "In fact, every year of the Biden-Harris administration, we've set a new all-time record for ACA marketplace enrollment." As ACA sign ups...

Peter Yarrow, of the Folk Group Peter, Paul and Mary, Dies at 86

The trio he formed with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers became a pop phenomenon, scoring hits like “If I Had a Hammer” and “Puff the Magic Dragon.”

Cracker Barrel teases new menu items and a few returning favorites.

Cracker Barrel says it’s adding three new items to the menu. What are they? Photo by Cracker Barrel Cracker

Big Agriculture Is Leading Us Into the Bird Flu Abyss

Truthout – We might have just rung in a new year, but it feels like an epidemiological Groundhog Day. Nearly five years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, public health experts are once again sounding the alarm. This time, it’s the H5N1 virus — also known as avian influenza, or bird flu — that’s causing concern. Even though federal officials have had ample time to stymie the spread, the last 10 months have seen the...

Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Taint Rural California Drinking Water, Far From Known Sources

KFF Health News – Juana Valle never imagined she’d be scared to drink water from her tap or eat fresh eggs and walnuts when she bought her 5-acre farm in San Juan Bautista, California, three years ago. Escaping city life and growing her own food was a dream come true for the 52-year-old. Then Valle began to suspect water from her well was making her sick. “Even if everything is organic, it doesn’t matter, if the...

Relative arrested following death of three women in Brazil Christmas cake poisoning

Analysis revealed that the amount of arsenic found in the flour used to make the cake was 2,700 times higher than the permitted limit, leading experts to conclude that the flour was the source of the contamination.

Meredith Vieira’s husband Richard Cohen dies after living with multiple sclerosis for more than 50 years

CNN — Richard Cohen, a journalist who was married to former “The View” co-host Meredith Vieira for 38 years, has died after living with multiple sclerosis for decades, it was announced Tuesday on “Today.” He was 76. Cohen passed away on Christmas Eve and “Today’ co-host Hoda Kotb said that he was “surrounded by his family and love.” Cohen told Yahoo Life in 2019 that both his father and his father’s mother both had multiple sclerosis. He...

McDonalds’ new ‘McValue’ menu is out. Here’s what’s on it, and how it works

NBC CHICAGO – McDonald's is taking its efforts to attract money-conscious diners to another level. Diners will be able to create their own deals by mixing and matching various items through the new Buy One, Add One for $1 offer. Customers can purchase one full-priced menu item and add an additional menu of their choice for only $1. McValue breakfast Buy One, Add One for $1 menu items: Sausage McMuffin® Sausage Biscuit Sausage Burrito Hash Browns McValue...

California aims to limit unhealthy food ahead of Trump administration and RFK Jr.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, shown in 2021, signed an executive order that attempts to limit access to unhealthy foods.

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