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Karen Weintraub

Karen Weintraub

Health Reporter at For The Win - USA Today

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Recent Articles

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Want a COVID vaccine? It could cost you $200.

The Trump administration's COVID-19 vaccine policy changes mean anyone who is healthy and under 65 will likely have to pay out of pocket for the shot.
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This baby's future was bleak. Then he became a medical first.

KJ Muldoon was born with a devastating medical problem. Racing to solve it, doctors may have launched a 'road map' for a new type of treatment.
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Many Americans say the health care system is sick. Experts worry it...

Proposed cuts threaten health insurance for tens of millions, tariffs will drive up drug prices, and key programs are being cut, medical experts say.
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An Alzheimer's study in South America offered tremendous insights. ...

Research on an extended family in South America was advancing Alzheimer's research. Then it was defunded.
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She set the record for living longest with a pig kidney. Then it fa...

A pig kidney kept an Alabama woman alive for five months - longer than anyone ever before. Doctors aren't sure yet why it suddenly stopped.
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Bird flu has caused growing problems for the last year. Here's what...

Bird flu appeared in a Texas dairy farm in March 2024. Havoc has followed on farms and in grocery stores and concerns mount for human health.
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She's a medical miracle. Could her animal transplant success be jus...

Towana Looney of Alabama is 'going strong and feeling great' after a pig kidney transplant. No one has lived longer with an animal organ.
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First human bird flu death in the US reported in Louisiana

A patient who had been hospitalized with bird flu has died of the disease, the Louisiana Department of Public Health reported Monday.
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A look back: Key moments from the first months of COVID-19

It's hard to believe it's been five years since the start of COVID-19. This timeline serves as a reminder of those early days.
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DNA testing can help Black Americans reclaim their identity and his...

Today's improved genetic testing can help African Americans pinpoint their ancestry with greater precision than ever.
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FDA approves generic in same class as Ozempic for diabetes. Could i...

FDA's approval of a generic GLP-1 might eventually ease the price, demand for weight loss drugs.
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Which foods are considered 'healthy?' FDA issues new label criteria

The Food and Drug Administration's new rules on "healthy" food labels are voluntary and are scheduled to take effect at the end of February.
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Woman recovering after risky pig kidney transplant. It could 'help ...

Four people who received pig organs died within two months of transplant. Now an Alabama woman hopes for a better outcome.
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Is ultraprocessed food causing colon cancer? New study suggests it'...

A new study of colon cancer tumor cells finds the kind of inflammation that is known to be caused by the typical American diet.
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Too much sugar may be common cause behind many chronic diseases, ne...

Eating too much added sugar causes traffic jams inside cells that can eventually lead to chronic diseases like diabetes.
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Who is RFK Jr.? Trump's pick for health agencies has history of ant...

Trump chose Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run Health and Human Services Department, which oversees NIH, CDC and FDA, among other agencies.
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Treatment offers promise for 'terrible, terrible' brain cancer in y...

Treatment offers promise for 'terrible, terrible' brain cancer in young people
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Cancer spread to Jimmy Carter's brain 9 years ago. Here's how he's ...

A new approach to cancer treatment became available shortly before Jimmy Carter needed it. Now it's a pillar of care.
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First person tests positive for bird flu without clear exposure to ...

It's unclear how a Missouri resident was infected with H5N1. They were hospitalized but have recovered.
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Lilly weight loss drug prevents diabetes, company says

Lilly weight loss drug prevents diabetes, company says
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Will bird flu be the next pandemic? Vaccines are prepped, just in c...

Depending on how the H5N1 virus mutates, U.S. officials are waiting to use the 4.8 million doses.