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The hospital-at-home movement has proliferated during the last decade, reshaping how acute care is delivered and health systems are financed.

They have questioned vaccines and other interventions overseen by the health agencies they have been tapped to lead.

The state’s top health official cited controversial studies that suggest the widely hailed public health practice poses a risk to developing brains.

Fluoride skeptics say they shouldn’t be forced to drink the substance when there are unresolved scientific questions about it.

Fluoride is added to water to strengthen teeth and reduce cavities, but communities are abandoning the practice because of health concerns.

Walking pneumonia cases are on the rise in the U.S., with the CDC reporting an unusual uptick in cases among young children.

The case concerned health officials and experts because human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza could mark the start of a new pandemic.

Flooding of the Baxter manufacturing plant in North Carolina during Hurricane Helene prompted the FDA to declare a shortage for several IV fluid products

Harris’s physician concludes that she ‘possesses the physical and mental resiliency required to successfully execute the duties of the presidency.’

Further testing could confirm whether the patient, who has since recovered, actually had bird flu despite testing positive.