Genes play a very small role in determining left-handedness, …
Apr 21, 2024 · Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016.
As Florida's 6-week abortion law begins, here are 7 things to know
Apr 30, 2024 · People no longer have access to legal abortions in Florida beyond six weeks of pregnancy. The restriction, which went into affect Wednesday, replaces a 15-week ban that's been in effect since July 2022, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. . Abortion rights supporters say it will dramatically curb access to the procedure for thousands of residents in Florida and around ...
Hormones for menopause are safe, study finds. Here's what changed
May 1, 2024 · The benefits of hormone therapy for the treatment of menopause symptoms outweigh the risks. That's the conclusion of a new studypublished in the medical journal JAMA. "Among women below the age of 60, we found hormone therapy has low risk of adverse events and [is] safe for treating bothersome hot flashes, night sweats and other menopausal symptoms, " says study authorDr. JoAnn Manson,chief of ...
Open enrollment keeps navigators busy amid concerns over ACA's …
Nov 21, 2024 · Floridians can sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace during open enrollment, which began on Nov. 1 and continues until Jan. 15.
Report: Florida Health System Ranked Among Worst In Nation
Sep 11, 2020 · We’re No. 41. A new Commonwealth Fund analysis ranks Florida’s health system among the worst in the nation, finding, among other things, that the state spends $19 a person on public health, or about 51 percent of the national average, and has more children without a “medical home” than any other state.
Curious about Dry January? What to expect — and how it works
Dec 28, 2024 · A zero-proof cheers to an alcohol-free month. Make sure to give yourself "sober treats" along the way, says Casey Davidson, a sobriety coach. They're "nice things you do for yourself that give you something to look forward to."
Florida releases emergency rules on exceptions to new 6-week …
May 2, 2024 · With a law now in effect preventing abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, Florida health care regulators on Thursday released rules related to treating emergency medical conditions that pose dangers to the lives of pregnant women or unborn children.
The effort to contain mosquitoes and mosquito-borne illnesses in ...
Sep 23, 2024 · The female Aedes mosquitoes are the type that bite humans and animals to spread diseases.In the Florida Keys, Monroe County has previously released genetically modified male mosquitoes with a gene that prevents female offspring from surviving.
The flu shot is different this year, thanks to COVID
Oct 17, 2024 · This year’s flu shot will be missing a strain of influenza it’s protected against for more than a decade. That’s because there have been no confirmed flu cases caused by the Influenza B/Yamagata lineage since spring 2020. And the Food and Drug Administration decided this year that the strain now poses little to no threat to human health.
Weight loss drugs could soon be covered by Medicare and Medicaid
Nov 26, 2024 · The Biden administration is looking to extend Medicare and Medicaid coverage to include obesity drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound. Weight loss drugs are now excluded from mandatory coverage.