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U.S. Ends $600M Moderna Bird Flu Vaccine Contract

2025-05-29
By: TheHealthCast Team
On: May 29, 2025
In: General Health, Public Health

THURSDAY, May 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. government has canceled a $600 million contract with Moderna to develop a vaccine for bird flu and other dangerous flu strains, raising concern among experts. The deal, forged under the Biden administration, aimed to prepare for future flu pandemics by fundingContinue Reading

Helmets Save Lives, Head-To-Head Motorcycle Study Finds

2025-05-28
By: TheHealthCast Team
On: May 28, 2025
In: General Health, Public Health

WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Motorcycle helmet laws save lives and prevent many severe injuries, according to a new head-to-head study comparing two states. North Carolina mandates helmets for all motorcyclists, while South Carolina only requires riders younger than 21 to wear them, researchers said. As a result,Continue Reading

New Electrode Design Might Help Spasms, Pain, Paralysis

2025-05-28
By: TheHealthCast Team
On: May 28, 2025
In: General Health, Neurological

WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A grid of electrodes slapped on a person’s back might soon be able to help treat pain, spasms and paralysis, a new study says. The electrodes deliver enough low-voltage electrical stimulation through the skin to change the short-term function of nerves in theContinue Reading

NIH Director’s COVID Comments Spark Staff Walkout

2025-05-27
By: TheHealthCast Team
On: May 27, 2025
In: General Health, Public Health

TUESDAY, May 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Dozens of staff at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) walked out of a recent town hall meeting after Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya suggested the agency may have helped fund research that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. The protest happened roughly 27 minutesContinue Reading

NIH Scientists Still Face Layoffs Despite RFK Jr.’s Reassurances

2025-05-20
By: TheHealthCast Team
On: May 20, 2025
In: General Health, Public Health

TUESDAY, May 20, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Some of the nation’s top brain researchers are still facing layoffs, even after U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said no working scientists would be cut. Last month, scientists at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokeContinue Reading

Blackouts Boost Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Risk Among Young Kids

2025-05-13
By: TheHealthCast Team
On: May 13, 2025
In: General Health

MONDAY, May 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Power outages greatly increase a young child’s chances of carbon monoxide poisoning due to improper use of gasoline-powered generators, a new study says. Children younger than 5 had a more than 50% increased risk of carbon monoxide poisoning during small-scale power outages affectingContinue Reading

1 in 10 Doctors is Burned Out

2025-05-06
By: TheHealthCast Team
On: May 6, 2025
In: General Health

TUESDAY, May 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Next time you see your family physician or a hospital doctor, be extra kind and patient — they could be on the verge of burning out, a new study warns. About 10% of internal medicine doctors in the U.S. report a high levelContinue Reading

HHS, NIH Unveil Vaccine Initiative to Protect Against Future Pandemics

2025-05-02
By: TheHealthCast Team
On: May 2, 2025
In: General Health, Health & Technology, Infectious Disease, Vitamins / Drugs

The new initiative will focus on research using the beta-propiolactone vaccine platformContinue Reading

Head Injuries Are a Growing Risk for Anesthesiologists, Experts Warn

2025-04-27
By: TheHealthCast Team
On: April 27, 2025
In: General Health, Head & Neck, Health & Technology

SUNDAY, April 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — One moment, Dr. Cornelius Sullivan was standing over a patient during surgery. The next, he woke up in an ambulance on the way to the emergency room. The anesthesiologist had hit his head on a monitor that had been moved behind him atContinue Reading

HHS Announces Plans to Pay Moderna $176 Million for mRNA Flu Vaccine

2025-04-25
By: TheHealthCast Team
On: April 25, 2025
In: General Health, Public Health, Vitamins / Drugs

Government hopes to be prepared for possible bird flu pandemic or outbreak of other flu variationsContinue Reading

California Gives $25 Gift Cards To Boost Bird Flu Testing

2025-04-25
By: TheHealthCast Team
On: April 25, 2025
In: General Health

FRIDAY, April 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Health officials in California are now offering gift cards to encourage folks near farms to get tested for bird flu. The project is a partnership between the state and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to CBS News. ClinicsContinue Reading

Psilocybin Use Dramatically Increasing In U.S.

2025-04-23
By: TheHealthCast Team
On: April 23, 2025
In: General Health, Mental Health, Vitamins / Drugs

WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Recreational use of “magic mushroom” psilocybin skyrocketed in the U.S. during the early 2020s, as states began toying with legalization of the psychedelic drug, a new study says. The number of adults 30 and older who had used psilocybin in the past yearContinue Reading

Experts Warn Bird Flu Could Pose Growing Risk to Human Health

2025-04-05
By: TheHealthCast Team
On: April 5, 2025
In: General Health

SATURDAY, April 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Bird flu is changing fast and could become more dangerous to humans, new research from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte suggests. A team of scientists found that the H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu, is becoming more adept at infectingContinue Reading

More Americans Can’t Afford Health Care, Prescriptions

2025-04-02
By: TheHealthCast Team
On: April 2, 2025
In: General Health

WEDNESDAY, April 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The inability to pay for health care has reached a new high in the United States, a new study says. More than one-third of Americans — an estimated 91 million people — say they couldn’t afford to access quality health care if theyContinue Reading

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