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| Oct 8, 2026 | Mayors from Paris to Freetown turn Smart City Expo into the key global urban summit of 2026 | BARCELONA, Spain, Oct. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), the leading international event on cities and urban innovation organized by Fira de Barcelona, will bring together over 600 speakers from November 3-5 at... |
| Jun 20, 2026 | Not quite Chinese, not quite Mexican, The Chinese Chorizo Project offers a taste of the past | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
To understand the true geography of the American Southwest, don’t just look at a standard cartographical map. Look at a casing — specifically, the translucent skin of a sausage that, until recently... |
| Jun 3, 2026 | New York City’s 9/11 memorial fundraises to educate youth with $25 million match from Mike Bloomberg | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By JAMES POLLARD
NEW YORK (AP) — The 9/11 Memorial and Museum has launched a $75 million fundraising campaign as the nonprofit tries to educate the millions of U.S. youth who don’t remember the ter... |
| Mar 14, 2026 | US Philanthropy: Billionaires Shape Future, Drive Change | Michael Bloomberg led US philanthropy in 2025, donating $4.3 billion. This marked his third consecutive top ranking. Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and Warren Buffett also made significant contributions. The top 50 donors collectively gave $22.4 b... |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Michael Bloomberg, biggest donor of 2025, tops Philanthropy 50 list for third year in a row | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By MARIA DI MENTO and BEN GOSE of The Chronicle of Philanthropy
For the third consecutive year, Michael Bloomberg landed the No. 1 spot on the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s exclusive ranking of the 5... |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Pure Earth: Audacious Project Funding Targets Protection Of 500 Million Children From Lead Poisoning By 2033 | Pure Earth has been named a grantee of The Audacious Project, securing a major multi-year investment to support governments in more than 20 countries in reducing childhood lead poisoning at scale and protecting over 500 million children by ... |
| Dec 9, 2025 | ADFW Opens with Spotlight on Abu Dhabi's Global Ambition and Major Humanitarian Pledge | ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) 2025 opened today with some of the world's most influential financial and business leaders engaging in critical discourse around the capital's evolving economic land... |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Goldman Sachs: $750 Million Milestone For Small Businesses Program Support And Upcoming Summit | Goldman Sachs is preparing to host its third 10,000 Small Businesses Summit, scheduled for October 29-30, 2025, in Washington, D.C. This significant event marks a dual celebration: fifteen years since the inception of the Goldman Sachs 10,0... |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Bloomberg breaks record for the largest private donation to London Museum | Bloomberg Philanthropies has broken the record for the largest private donation to the London Museum, with a gift of £20m and a world-renowned collection of Roman artefacts.
London Museum will use the money to aid its move from 150 London W... |
| Mar 12, 2025 | Health | RFK Jr. is targeting ultraprocessed foods. What are they, and are they bad for you? | From sugary cereals at breakfast to frozen pizzas at dinner, plus in-between snacks of potato chips, sodas and ice cream, ultraprocessed foods make up about 60% of the U.S. diet. For kids and teens, it’s even higher — about two-thirds of wh... |
| Mar 8, 2025 | The New Wave of Philanthropy and Lifestyle Branding: A Tale of Two Titans | In the landscape of modern influence, two figures stand out: Michael Bloomberg and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Each, in their own realm, is reshaping perceptions of wealth and lifestyle. Bloomberg, a billionaire philanthropist, embodies the ... |
| Mar 7, 2025 | America’s top donor Michael Bloomberg gifted $3.7 billion last year: I’ve ‘never understood’ waiting to die to give away wealth | If you’re fortunate enough to have more money than you require, don’t wait until you die to give it to those in need.
That’s the philosophy of 83-year-old billionaire Michael Bloomberg, who gave away a total of $3.7 billion to nonprofits in... |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Billionaire Bloomberg to fund UN climate body after US withdrawal | WASHINGTON: Billionaire entrepreneur Michael Bloomberg announced on Thursday (Jan 23) that his foundation will step in to fund the UN climate change body after President Donald Trump declared the United States would withdraw from the Paris ... |
| Oct 21, 2024 | The Ocean's Cry: A Call to Action for Marine Biodiversity | The ocean is a vast expanse, a blue heart beating with life. Yet, it is under siege. A recent report reveals a grim reality: governments are failing to meet their ambitious 30×30 targets. These targets aim to protect 30% of the world’s land... |
| Oct 16, 2024 | ‘Protected needs to mean protected’: new report finds governments falling ‘far short’ of marine biodiversity targets | Governments around the world are falling far short on their 30×30 pledges to protect 30% of land and ocean by 2030, according to a new report launched by a group of nature NGOs and funders ahead of the COP16 UN Biodiversity Conference next ... |
| Jul 31, 2024 | Vision for the Future: Prioritizing Children's Eye Health in America | August is a pivotal month for children's eye health in the United States. As Prevent Blindness declares it Children's Eye Health and Safety Month, the spotlight shines on the critical importance of vision care for kids. The organization aim... |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 2024-2025 NEXT for AUTISM FELLOWS RECIPIENTS ARE ANNOUNCED | NEXT for AUTISM has selected 20 new recipients of its work-based scholarship program.
NEW YORK, July 30, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- NEXT for AUTISM (NEXT), a leading nonprofit dedicated to transforming the national landscape of services for... |
| Jul 8, 2024 | Disney CEO Bob Iger to be Honored at The Ad Council's 70th Annual Public Service Award Dinner | NEW YORK, July 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ad Council announced today that Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger will be receiving the organization's Award for Public Service at its Public Service Award Dinner on December 5, 2024, at the Glassho... |
| Jul 8, 2024 | Johns Hopkins medical school will be free for most thanks to $1 billion from Bloomberg Philanthropies | Johns Hopkins medical school will be free for most students starting this fall, thanks to a $1 billion donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Tuition will be completely free for medical students whose families earn less than $300,000, with... |
| Jun 26, 2024 | New Research Finds Federal Pandemic Relief Aided Academic Recovery During the 2022-23 School Year, Especially Among Low-Income Districts | Yet many districts are likely to remain behind when federal aid expires in September. To complete the recovery, states should target resources on academic interventions, such as tutoring and summer learning, and reducing absenteeism.
CAMBRI... |
| Jun 17, 2024 | CARINGKIND RAISES $1.4 MILLION IN SUPPORT OF ALZHEIMER'S AND RELATED DEMENTIA CARE AT THE 28TH ANNUAL FORGET-ME-NOT GALA | NEW YORK, June 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CaringKind, the trusted partner in Alzheimer's and related dementia caregiving for over 45 years, hosted their 28th annual Forget-Me-Not Gala on Monday, June 3rd, 2024, at Cipriani 42nd Street. The no... |
| Mar 20, 2024 | Politic-ATL: Elections, jobs, and development | Here's what Atlanta leaders are up to this week, ranging from elections, jobs, housing and development.
🗓️ Voting: The Atlanta City Council on Monday OK'd plans for a Nov. 5 special election to fill the Post 3 at-large seat after council me... |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Exclusive: Bloomberg to give $200 million for emissions cuts in 25 U.S. cities | The charitable organization founded by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg will spend $200 million to help leaders of 25 U.S. cities tap into federal funding opportunities to cut their emissions.
Why it matters: The funding from Bl... |
| Mar 12, 2024 | One billionaire’s solution to our tech dystopia | In a world where accelerating global warming and worries of nuclear war fill the public daily with existential dread, infrastructure billionaire (and former L.A. Dodgers owner) Frank McCourt Jr. is here to warn us that one threat in particu... |
| Feb 1, 2024 | Methadone treatment gets first major update in over 20 years | The federal government is unveiling new regulations meant to modernize methadone treatment, the first major update to patient care standards at methadone clinics in more than 20 years.
The new rules are aimed at increasing access to methado... |
| Jan 31, 2024 | Some dementia patients might have reversible symptoms caused by cirrhosis, study says | The descent into dementia can feel like traversing a minefield, coming across new symptoms without the hope of a cure.
But some dementia patients, even up to 10% of people diagnosed with the condition, might actually have undiagnosed liver ... |
| Jan 25, 2024 | Zyn scrutiny from Sen. Chuck Schumer prompts an unlikely culture war | Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wants the federal government to investigate Zyn nicotine pouches.
Schumer is no stranger to calling for crackdowns on popular products — he’s done similar with Four Loko and Logan Paul’s line of... |
| Jan 11, 2024 | GLP-1 drugs not linked to suicidal thoughts in FDA’s early review | A preliminary evaluation by the Food and Drug Administration did not find evidence that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy cause suicidal thoughts or actions.
The regulator has been reviewing reports of patients experiencing suicidal ideat... |
| Jan 5, 2024 | A young dancer, diagnosed with scoliosis, learns to advocate for herself and build community | Maddy Welz always loved to dance. Even before she learned how to tie her own shoes, she was performing pliés and practicing tap steps. But her life changed when she was diagnosed with scoliosis at the age of 14.
Caught during a scoliosis sc... |
| Jan 3, 2024 | How opioid overdoses in public restrooms led an electrician to invent ‘safe bathrooms’ | First, a light starts to flash. Then a high-pitched siren starts to blare. Then come the sounds of nearby doors being flung open, and the frantic footsteps of doctors and nurses rushing toward a restroom at the end of a hallway. They’re in ... |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Renamed, common liver diseases might get fairer shake at treatment, researchers hope | A slate of liver diseases got a rebrand this year. Experts hope the change can generate more conversation — and research interest — for conditions that still lack treatments.
A group of over 200 physicians, public health experts, industry r... |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Obesity drugs’ next tests, and rising threats: 3 chronic disease stories to watch in 2024 | Chronic disease is, by its very definition, omnipresent. But changes year to year have the potential to make certain conditions into flaming-red targets for researchers and drugmakers. This year was one for obesity, marked by new — and for ... |
| Dec 20, 2023 | A medical student was isolated by an autoimmune disorder. Poetry was a way out | When Leena Danawala’s poetry was published in JAMA last month, the medical journal became just about the only place online to publicly showcase her art.
Danawala, a 34-year-old rheumatologist in the Chicago area, had been writing poetry for... |
| Dec 12, 2023 | Methadone clinics spar with addiction doctors on bill that would widen access | Lawmakers on Tuesday will debate an addiction medicine proposal that would have been considered unthinkable just years ago: giving a select group of doctors the power to prescribe methadone directly to patients.
With no end in sight to the ... |
| Dec 4, 2023 | Sweeping bill to fight opioid addiction will be considered by Senate health committee | The Senate health care committee will consider a sweeping bill next week meant to combat the opioid epidemic, according to four lobbyists and a congressional aide familiar with the legislation.
The proposal would reauthorize a number of pro... |
| Dec 1, 2023 | People with congenital heart disease are living longer — but facing new threat of heart failure | When Jennifer Case was living in Los Angeles in her early 30s, she was hospitalized 11 times.
She had been born with two rare heart abnormalities, Ebstein anomaly and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Her parents were told that she probably w... |
| Nov 29, 2023 | Tanden, Becerra, Califf make time for a meeting with tobacco lobbyists on the menthol ban | WASHINGTON — A little-known group of Black law enforcement officers is getting significant access to the White House to talk about the FDA’s proposal to ban menthol cigarettes — and it’s bringing the tobacco industry along.
Twenty-four Bide... |
| Nov 13, 2023 | AMA urges coverage of obesity treatments as payers balk at costs | WASHINGTON – The American Medical Association called on insurance companies, employers, and government programs to cover obesity treatments even as many remain reluctant to pay for them, fearing the costs of covering the drugs at a mass sca... |
| Nov 11, 2023 | Wegovy cuts risk of heart attacks in milestone cardiovascular trial | PHILADELPHIA — Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Wegovy notably cut the risk of heart attacks in a landmark cardiovascular trial that affirms the treatment offers health benefits beyond weight loss.
The company in August had announced that in thi... |
| Nov 9, 2023 | To fight bias against people with addiction, White House calls for ‘recovery-friendly’ workplaces | The Biden administration on Thursday issued a call to action for the nation’s employers to hire, train, and retain people in recovery from addiction.
Recovery-Ready Workplace, as the new program is known, includes a new toolkit for employer... |
| Nov 8, 2023 | Eli Lilly gets FDA approval to sell Mounjaro as obesity drug called Zepbound | Eli Lilly’s blockbuster drug tirzepatide, sold as Mounjaro for type 2 diabetes, has been cleared to treat obesity, making it the second in a highly effective class of weight loss medications to enter the market.
The Food and Drug Administra... |
| Nov 6, 2023 | As extreme heat soars, laws to protect outdoor workers are bubbling up — and facing resistance | As weather starts to cool in much of the country, the heat-baked cement and sweaty afternoons from this summer fade from collective memory. But activists and labor groups representing outdoor workers haven’t forgotten. They are pushing lawm... |
| Nov 3, 2023 | A brain injury turns a writer into an ‘activated patient’ focused on the beauty of the now | How old is Claire Snyman? “I am now…” she says with pause. “I always have to think. I have a brain injury as a result of my surgery, so many of these things do not come naturally to me.”
The thought arrives. She is 47. But on this day in la... |
| Oct 23, 2023 | Meghan O’Rourke on a medical system not built for chronic illness — and the ‘invisible kingdom’ that could spur change | When her life was upturned by an accumulating array of confounding health problems, Meghan O’Rourke turned, like so many writers before her, to metaphor.
Her body wracked with fatigue was a mound of sand. Her descent into illness was Heming... |
| Oct 20, 2023 | The fight for control of methadone, addiction treatment’s ‘miracle molecule’ | A doctor, a patient advocate, and the most powerful figure in the methadone treatment industry presented competing visions for the future of American addiction medicine this week — a conversation that touched on stigma, patients’ rights, an... |
| Oct 10, 2023 | With a rare immunodeficiency disease, a performer and patient advocate learned lessons the hard way | When asked where he’s from, Casey Warford often waffles. He was born in San Antonio, but raised in Georgia, and then moved back to Texas for college. It’s a little complicated because all that time Warford was dealing with a complex medical... |
| Oct 4, 2023 | FDA calls for treatments for meth and cocaine addiction | No medication is approved to treat addiction to either methamphetamine or cocaine. But the Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to fill that glaring gap in addiction medicine.
The agency on Wednesday issued draft guidance that encou... |
| Sep 26, 2023 | Dairy farmers are running out of chances to kill the terms ‘oat milk’ and ‘soy milk’ | WASHINGTON — Almond milk — not almond beverage, almond drink, or even almond juice — appears here to stay.
There’s few issues in the food world that generate as much vitriol as the debate over what to call nut, oat, and other plant-based al... |
| Sep 22, 2023 | Markey and Manchin urge FDA to stop its study of opioids for chronic pain | Two Democratic senators are warning the Food and Drug Administration not to proceed with a controversial trial meant to measure opioids’ effectiveness as a chronic pain treatment.
In a letter shared with STAT, Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and ... |
| Sep 20, 2023 | A needle-free anaphylaxis treatment runs into an FDA roadblock | ARS Pharma had high hopes that the FDA on Tuesday would approve its flagship product, a needle-free treatment for adults and children with severe allergic reactions. But instead, the drugmaker was set back with the agency requesting an addi... |
| Sep 12, 2023 | The food industry has tried to stack a key nutrition policy panel with its preferred experts, documents show | WASHINGTON — There’s a panel of 20 nutrition experts that has outsized influence on the American diet — and the food industry has worked hard to get friendly researchers into the group, new documents obtained by STAT show.
The National Pota... |
| Sep 12, 2023 | Food companies to regulators: Please don’t worry about ultra-processed anything | WASHINGTON — The food industry is anxious that regulators are focusing too much on the health impacts of so-called ultra-processed foods, the popular, ill-defined food group that includes everything from hot dogs and chicken nuggets to cook... |
| Sep 8, 2023 | An uncommon thyroid diagnosis led to an unexpected, all-too-visible side effect | Annie Larsson, 40, is no stranger to chronic conditions. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at a young age and had it “completely managed” for years. Then, right before the Covid pandemic began, she was diagnosed with Graves’ disease, a... |
| Aug 31, 2023 | A big insurer decides to cover naloxone for overdose; will others follow? | At long last, naloxone is available over the counter.
But now comes a moment of truth for the overdose-reversal medication: Will increased access help to save lives? And more immediately, can everyone who wants to buy naloxone at a pharmacy... |
| Aug 30, 2023 | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and Bloomberg Philanthropies Partner to advance Clean Energy Investment in Asia | BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and Bloomberg Philanthropies will work together to increase the pace and scale of clean energy deployment and capital mobilization across Asia.
"Thi... |
| Aug 24, 2023 | Renewable Energy Manufacturing in Southeast Asia Can Generate $90 billion to $100 billion in Sustainable Revenue by 2030 | Renewable energy manufacturing offers a pathway to boost economic growth, create 6 million jobs by 2050, and mitigate climate change impacts across Southeast Asia, according to a new analysis
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Aug. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -... |
| Aug 21, 2023 | Kellogg’s is going to war over Mexico’s nutrition label rules. A similar fight is coming to the U.S. | MEXICO CITY — Kellogg’s is waging a war here over Tigre Toño and Sam el Tucán.
A 2019 policy requires companies that make unhealthy foods to include warning labels on the front of any boxes they sell in Mexico to educate consumers about thi... |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Having celiac disease and a thyroid condition sent her on a quest to become an empathetic doctor | A third-year med school student, Brianna Celix doesn’t get a lot of free time. Even with the one afternoon off she gets each week at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Celix is being challenged to take care of herself.
Her cat, ... |
| Aug 9, 2023 | Nonprofit naloxone maker celebrates FDA approval by donating 200,000 doses | A nonprofit naloxone manufacturer is celebrating its recent market approval by giving away 200,000 doses of its over-the-counter nasal spray.
Harm Reduction Therapeutics said in a statement that it will donate nearly a quarter-million doses... |
| Jul 25, 2023 | White House unveils plan to make insurers cover mental health care | The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a proposal meant to force health insurers to cover mental health and addiction care as comprehensively as they cover treatment for physical health conditions.
If the plan is enacted, it could he... |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Providers still hesitate to prescribe buprenorphine for addiction, despite ‘X-waiver’ removal | Significant challenges remain before most American clinicians feel comfortable treating patients with buprenorphine, according to a new study.
While the federal government’s recent moves to deregulate buprenorphine have led to a bump in new... |
| Jul 19, 2023 | The kidney, in all its complexity, is captured in an atlas that could aid disease research | The kidneys are some of the most architecturally complex organs in the human body — intricate in a way that becomes frustrating when, for millions of people each year, they lose function.
It’s only in recent decades that scientists have bee... |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Celiac study examines precisely how gluten triggers injury to intestine | For a person with celiac disease, eating a bagel goes something like this: chewing and savoring, the flavor of the high-gluten bread made ever more delicious by its forbidden nature, by knowing there will be hell to pay.
Then, the bagel is ... |
| Jul 13, 2023 | Three reasons why Chuck Schumer’s crusade against Logan Paul’s energy drink will likely fizzle out | WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the most powerful person in the U.S. Senate, wants the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the increasingly popular energy drink brand Prime.
But it’s unclear what grounds the FDA would have... |
| Jul 11, 2023 | White House announces new plan to address the growing threat of xylazine in overdose crisis | The White House on Tuesday unveiled a new plan to address the growing presence of xylazine, a veterinary tranquilizer, in the country’s illicit drug supply.
In recent years, xylazine, which is commonly known as “tranq,” has helped to accele... |
| Jul 10, 2023 | A rare disease has run through five generations of his family, so he’s built community for others | For Jack Johnson, getting diagnosed with Fabry disease at age 7 was more of a formality. He’d been experiencing symptoms for several years already, and had watched multiple family members struggle with the rare condition. But around 7 was w... |
| Jun 22, 2023 | Diabetes will be ‘a defining disease of this century’ as global cases are set to surpass one billion by 2050 | The number of people with diabetes worldwide is set to more than double to 1.3 billion by 2050, a new study finds, a trend accelerated by widening inequities both between and within countries.
By 2050, about 1 in 10 people around the world ... |
| Jun 21, 2023 | Xylazine, or ‘tranq,’ is making opioid overdoses harder to reverse | For years, public health guidance about opioid overdoses has been relatively simple: Administer naloxone, then call 911.
But the days of simply spraying naloxone into an overdose victim’s nose, then watching that person resume breathing and... |
| Jun 18, 2023 | A Windfall For Unsung Cyclists: Ten Cities Get Major Boost For Cycling Infrastructure | Pimpri-Chinchwad, India, is one of ten cities whose residents will benefit from financial, technical ... [+] and design support to build and implement innovative, bike-friendly streets.the City of Pimpri-Chinchwad, India |
| Jun 15, 2023 | Black former NFL players more burdened by chronic pain than white counterparts, study finds | It’s to be expected, says two-time Pro Bowler Julius Thomas, that “colliding into other people for a living” might result in some long-term injuries. But among former NFL players, Black athletes report worse and more disruptive chronic pain... |
| Jun 15, 2023 | White House ‘naloxone summit’ omitting prominent advocates for lower costs | The invite list for the White House’s upcoming “summit” on naloxone pricing and accessibility has some noteworthy omissions.
Two of the most prominent organizations focused on providing cheaper overdose-reversal medications will be conspicu... |
| Jun 14, 2023 | Bacterial infection may be ‘key event’ in common but mysterious endometriosis, study says | Endometriosis, a common gynecological condition, is one of health’s great mimickers. It can manifest as a variety of painful symptoms but evade detection on scans and examinations. And for the estimated 10% to 15% of women with endometriosi... |
| Jun 13, 2023 | AMA asks doctors to de-emphasize use of BMI in gauging health and obesity | CHICAGO — The American Medical Association on Tuesday strongly criticized the body mass index, urging doctors to de-emphasize its use in assessing health and obesity and acknowledging that the measurement has been used for “racist exclusion... |
| Jun 13, 2023 | Teens seeking addiction care unlikely to be offered standard medication | Adolescents who seek treatment for opioid addiction at an inpatient facility are more likely to be offered horseback riding than given full access to a common, highly effective addiction medication.
According to a new research paper, just o... |
| Jun 13, 2023 | ‘The drug bust paradox’: Study shows opioid deaths double after police action | Police drug busts are strongly associated with a large and sudden spike in overdose deaths, according to a new study.
In the week following a major opioid bust, fatal overdoses in the same neighborhood in Indianapolis doubled, the analysis ... |
| Jun 12, 2023 | Obesity impairs brain responses to nutrients, even after weight loss, study finds | Brain responses to nutrients in the gut are impaired in people with obesity, and that doesn’t change even after they lose weight through changes in diet, a new study finds, adding to mounting research showing the complexity and persistence ... |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Reanimated hearts donated after death work just as well for transplants, study finds | A new method of heart transplantation that uses machines to reanimate donor hearts from people who have died is just as good as traditional heart transplantation, a new study finds. If adopted broadly in the U.S., the procedure that could e... |
| Jun 5, 2023 | Akero’s NASH drug combined with Ozempic cut liver fat in small study | GLP-1s, a class of drugs including Ozempic and Wegovy that have become widely popular for treating obesity and diabetes, are also being studied for NASH, a form of fatty liver disease. But a new small study suggests GLP-1s may not dominate ... |
| May 22, 2023 | Routine screening for kidney disease would be cost-effective, study argues | In 2012, the United States Preventive Services Task Force convened to determine whether it should recommend kidney disease screening for all Americans. Advocates had been pushing for it, citing ballooning rates of chronic kidney disease. Bu... |
| May 11, 2023 | R.J. Reynolds sues California to protect ‘crisp’ cigarettes from flavor ban | WASHINGTON – Tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds is suing the state of California in an effort to keep a controversial new line of cigarettes on shelves, the company announced Thursday in a press release.
R.J. Reynolds launched the products in ques... |
| May 10, 2023 | Black patients far less likely to receive key opioid addiction medication, study finds | Black people are far less likely than other Americans to receive buprenorphine, a key medication for treating opioid use disorder, according to a new study.
White patients in need of addiction care were prescribed buprenorphine at more than... |
| May 4, 2023 | 12,000 diseases lack treatments. One doctor thinks generics could yield cures | SAN FRANCISCO — About a decade ago, David Fajgenbaum thought his life was over. He was a young, bright physician hoping to work in oncology in remembrance of his mother, who died of brain cancer a few years earlier. Fajgenbaum was having hi... |
| May 3, 2023 | Oft-prescribed beta blockers may not be wise for many heart patients | Beta blockers have long been widely prescribed for patients with heart issues, but two new studies this week question the benefit of the therapies in certain patients with strong heart function.
One study, published Tuesday in Heart, looked... |
| May 3, 2023 | DEA will delay telemedicine restrictions for buprenorphine, Adderall, and other drugs | The Drug Enforcement Administration is holding off on making sweeping changes to the way certain drugs can be prescribed via telemedicine — for now.
The DEA announced Wednesday that it was temporarily extending its Covid-era emergency teleh... |
| May 2, 2023 | Report on medical access finds one-third of Black Americans live in ‘cardiology deserts’ | Many Black Americans would have to travel across county lines just to find an open spot with a cardiologist, a new analysis found.
About 16.8 million Black Americans — roughly 1 in 3 — live in counties with little or no access to heart spec... |
| Apr 28, 2023 | Pennsylvania set to ban supervised drug use sites, in setback for harm reduction | Pennsylvania lawmakers are set to pass a new ban on supervised drug consumption, effectively ending a Philadelphia nonprofit’s long-running effort to offer a sanctioned substance-use site meant to prevent overdose and death.
A bill outlawin... |
| Apr 25, 2023 | ‘There’s a huge fatphobia problem in the eating disorder world’: Even in treatment, weight stigma fails patients | This is part of a series about new obesity drugs that are transforming patients’ lives, dividing medical experts, and spurring one of the biggest business battles in years. Read more about The Obesity Revolution.
Shira Rosenbluth went on he... |
| Apr 20, 2023 | Bloomberg insiders can't be sure if Mike Bloomberg will choose an internal successor because he 'believes in stability, and then change,' report says | Michael Bloomberg at COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland in November 2021. Alastair Grant/Getty Images
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Michael Bloomberg is contemplating who might eventually replace him, the Financial Times reported.
The 81-year-old plans... |
| Apr 5, 2023 | New study gets beyond BMI in pregnancy to gauge child’s risk of obesity | Obesity and diabetes in mothers have traditionally been considered risk factors for the child to also develop obesity. But a new study suggests that more narrow measures of health during pregnancy could help better assess that risk.
Researc... |
| Apr 4, 2023 | When confronted with mysterious illness in college, ‘Chronically Catherine’ started writing | “Living With” explores the contours of life with chronic illness, from the prelude to diagnosis to new patterns of living, to wrestling with big questions about illness and health.
As Catherine Ames described it, this was quite a scene. She... |
| Mar 28, 2023 | How the drug industry uses fear of fentanyl to extract more profit from naloxone | As the U.S. drug crisis has accelerated, the pharmaceutical industry has jumped into action — particularly when it comes to naloxone, the drug used to reverse opioid overdoses.
In recent years, companies have introduced a dizzying array of ... |
| Mar 22, 2023 | Social media is part of a ‘self-perpetuating cycle of risk’ for eating disorders and negative body image, per study | Social media use is linked with body image concerns and eating disorders among young people, according to a new review of the scientific literature. But rather than social media being a direct cause of these issues, a “self-perpetuating cyc... |
| Mar 21, 2023 | Methadone doses haven’t kept up in the age of fentanyl. A new rule aims to help | Patients beginning treatment for opioid addiction often face excruciating withdrawal symptoms. But for people struggling to transition from ultra-potent illicit fentanyl to comparatively weaker addiction medications, help may be on the way.... |
| Mar 16, 2023 | Large network of clinics offering ketamine for depression shuts down | One of the largest operators of ketamine clinics in the country abruptly closed its facilities this week, leaving patients in the dark and out of treatment for depression and other chronic conditions.
Ketamine Wellness Centers spanning nine... |
| Mar 14, 2023 | ‘Leave the chocolate milk out of this’: School cooks, parents, kids push back on USDA effort to make lunches healthier | WASHINGTON — The feds are coming for your kids’ chocolate milk.
At least, so says the stampede of school cooks, administrators, and parents flooding the Department of Agriculture with complaints. They’re “targeting” kids, forcing them to “g... |
| Mar 11, 2023 | Covering new weight loss drugs could strain Medicare, policy experts warn | The emergence of highly effective obesity drugs has spurred renewed efforts to get Medicare to pay for weight loss medications, but a group of health policy experts is sounding caution.
Even a small amount of uptake would create significant... |
| Mar 2, 2023 | Advocates, lawmakers warn that Biden telehealth rule will worsen opioid crisis | Doctors, public health experts, and even Democratic members of Congress are sounding the alarm on a new Biden administration proposal to restrict access to a key addiction-treatment medication.
The proposal would curtail access via teleheal... |
| Feb 23, 2023 | How I found ‘Trips Ahoy’ and ‘Blackberry Diesel’ ‘weed’ vapes in a state where marijuana is very much illegal | TOPEKA, Kan. — When I inquired about cannabis products at a vape shop on the west side of Kansas’ capital city, the employee asked me one question: “Do you have pain, or are you trying to get f— up?”
There were plenty of options for the lat... |
| Feb 21, 2023 | Cereal, pasta, and other food companies blast the FDA for a too-strict definition of ‘healthy’ | WASHINGTON — General Mills, Kellogg’s, and the rest of the country’s cereal makers are mad at the FDA. So are the packaged food companies, the pasta industry, and the pickle lobby (yes, it exists).
The companies behind America’s favorite cu... |
