Category: Health

To Knock Down Health-System Hurdles Between You and HIV Prevention, Try These 6 Things

To Knock Down Health-System Hurdles Between You and HIV Prevention, Try These 6 Things

by | Jan 13, 2026 | , | 0

When Matthew Hurley was looking to take PrEP to prevent HIV, the doctor hadn’t heard of the medicine, and when he finally did prescribe PrEP, the bills sent to Hurley were expensive … and wrong. “I decided to write in because the process was really super frustrating.” At one point, Hurley asked, “Am I just going to stop this medication to stop having to deal with these coding issues and these scary bills?”

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LIHEAP Funds Released After Weeks of Delay as States and the District Rush to Protect Households from the Cold

LIHEAP Funds Released After Weeks of Delay as States and the District Rush to Protect Households from the Cold

by | Dec 9, 2025 | , , , , | 0

The federal government has released $3.6 billion in home heating assistance after a delay that left states preparing for the start of winter without the program’s annual funding. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, known as LIHEAP, helps eligible households pay heating and cooling bills. The release follows a shutdown that stretched 43 days and pushed agencies across the country to warn families of possible disruptions.

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A World Pulled Backward: Child Deaths Rise as Global Health Collapses Under Funding Cuts

A World Pulled Backward: Child Deaths Rise as Global Health Collapses Under Funding Cuts

by | Dec 9, 2025 | , , , , | 0

The signs were visible to anyone willing to look. Clinics running out of medicine, health workers sent home in silence, and governments bracing for a wave they could no longer afford to stop. Now the evidence is written in hard numbers. For the first time this century, the number of children dying before their 5th birthday is rising. The Gates Foundation’s 2025 Goalkeepers Report states that 4.6 million children died before age 5 in 2024 and projects that the total will reach 4.8 million this year, reversing decades of progress in child survival.

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America’s Maternal and Infant Health Crisis Deepens

America’s Maternal and Infant Health Crisis Deepens

by | Nov 24, 2025 | , , , , | 0

The March of Dimes has released its 2025 Report Card, and across the United States, the findings tell a story of mothers and infants facing preventable risks that too often lead to tragedy. The national preterm birth rate remains at 10.4 percent. Babies born to Medicaid-insured mothers experienced an 11.7 percent preterm birth rate, while babies born to mothers with private insurance recorded a 9.6 percent rate. For Black mothers, the rate climbed to 14.7 percent, the highest of any group in the country.

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What To Know About the CDC’s Baseless New Guidance on Autism

What To Know About the CDC’s Baseless New Guidance on Autism

by | Nov 24, 2025 | , , , , | 0

The rewriting of a page on the CDC’s website to assert the false claim that vaccines may cause autism sparked a torrent of anger and anguish from doctors, scientists, and parents who say Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is wrecking the credibility of an agency they’ve long relied on for unbiased scientific evidence.

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