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If task force members refuse to adopt such a rating, they could be dismissed and replaced by members who will.

The Supreme Court recently upheld the power of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to issue recommendations that dictate coverage of preventive services — but only because the HHS secretary can...

14/08/2025

In the meantime, American health care will become less affordable, less accessible, and more inequitable. The only rich democratic country in the world with a large uninsured population is now pursing policies that will reduce insurance coverage

Making it harder to qualify for and stay enrolled in Medicaid or subsidized ACA coverage, the 2025 budget reconciliation act represents the largest rollback of health insurance coverage in U.S. his...

14/08/2025

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — and its ability to support clinicians, communities, and organizations — is under assault. The U.S. administration’s plan to eliminate or transfer CDC programs that it inaccurately deems unnecessary, duplicative, or politicized would reverse decades of health progress, make Americans less safe, and increase health care costs.

The extreme reductions that the Trump administration is making at the vital, mission-driven Centers for Disease Control and Prevention amount to unilateral disarmament against health hazards.

14/08/2025

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07/08/2025

ChatGPT will tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders, and even compose a heartbreaking su***de letter to their parents if asked, according to new research from a watchdog group.

The Associated Press reviewed more than three hours of interactions between ChatGPT and researchers posing as vulnerable teens. The chatbot typically provided warnings against risky activity but went on to deliver startlingly detailed and personalised plans for drug use, calorie-restricted diets, or self-injury.

The researchers at the Center for Countering Digital Hate also repeated their inquiries on a large scale, classifying more than half of ChatGPT’s 1,200 responses as dangerous.

A new study sheds light on ChatGPT's alarming interactions with teens.

07/08/2025

It would be ideal if we could tackle all these pollutants simultaneously, but lead is the one that adversely affects the most children’s brains. The research on health effects of lead is the most robust in the field, and removing lead from children’s environments should be our top priority.

Children were recently discovered to have been exposed to high levels of lead in Milwaukee schools — the latest episode in an ongoing toxic pandemic. This time, no help was forthcoming from the CDC.

06/08/2025

The analyses revealed no significant effects of social media abstinence interventions on positive affect, negative affect, or life satisfaction. Relationships between social media abstinence duration and the three outcomes were also non-significant. The findings thus suggest that temporarily stepping away from social media may not be the most optimal approach to enhance individual well-being,

Abstaining from social media has become a popular digital disconnection strategy of individuals to enhance their well-being. To date, it is unclear whether social media abstinences are truly effective in improving well-being, however, as studies produce inconsistent outcomes. This preregistered syst...

06/08/2025

Patient-delivered treatment is a promising new intervention model for long-term weight loss maintenance.

Patient-Delivered Continuous Care for Weight Loss Maintenance: A Randomized Clinical Trial | Lifestyle Behaviors | JAMA Internal

This randomized clinical trial examines the efficacy of an entirely patient-delivered treatment for weight loss maintenance compared with professionally delivered standard-of-care treatment.

03/08/2025

2025:8 : Data up to August suggests continued low AV fatality rates (under 0.1% of U.S. total ~43,000 fatalities). Waymo’s 2024 report claimed a 70% reduction in injury-causing crashes compared to human drivers in controlled settings. However, widespread adoption remains too limited to impact national statistics significantly.

The rate of fatalities on U.S. roadways is much higher than those in many other high-income nations. The authors review evidence-based strategies for moving toward a future with no traffic deaths.