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When Katie Chubb was pregnant she wanted to have her baby at a birth center, but there was no local option. Now she's trying to open one herself. She has community support, but not from the hospitals.
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Traumatic experiences caused by climate, such as experiencing a wildfire, can have lingering impacts on how our brains work, according to a UC San Diego study published Wednesday. -
County officials said helicopter larvicide drops will be done next Wednesday and Thursday, if necessary, to cover nearly 1,400 acres of hard-to- reach potential mosquito breeding areas. -
An independent vaccine advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met to discuss and vote on vaccine policy for the first time since the change in administrations. -
Researchers and advocates have pushed back at what they consider inaccurate and stigmatizing comments made by the health secretary, and note the causes of autism are complex. -
Cases have been rising in Afghanistan and Pakistan — and global health specialists are worried that this year's U.S. foreign aid cuts could usher in a wider resurgence. -
They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate overuse of CT scans is increasing the U.S. cancer burden. -
Justice Patrick Hodge said five judges at the court had ruled unanimously that "the terms 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act refer to a biological woman and biological sex." -
The action is intended to build upon the existing program for Medicare drug price negotiations, which was created by the Inflation Reduction Act that passed during the Biden administration. -
Some lawmakers are pushing to require that Medicaid recipients work in order to get or keep coverage, and some states already try to help them find jobs. But the effects of those efforts are unclear. -
The National Center for Environmental Health was hollowed out in the cuts of 10,000 federal health workers on April 1. That's the same day an assessment of people hurt in floods was set to begin.
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