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RFK Jr. vowed to restore public trust in health. It’s not working, a new survey suggests.

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Americans are losing confidence in the nation’s public health agencies, according to a survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. The survey of 1,650 adults, conducted last month, found that on matters of health, a majority of Americans say they have far more confidence in their own doctors, pediatricians and … Read more

ChatGPT Health ‘under-triaged’ half of medical emergencies in a new study

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ChatGPT Health — OpenAI’s new health-focused chatbot — frequently underestimated the severity of medical emergencies, according to a study published last week in the journal Nature Medicine. In the study, researchers tested ChatGPT Health’s ability to triage, or assess the severity of, medical cases based on real-life scenarios. Previous research has shown that ChatGPT can … Read more

States face pushback on their rural health transformation plans

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In the final days of 2025, governors around the country trumpeted the hundreds of millions of federal dollars they won from a new, $50 billion rural health fund. But plans to spend those nine-digit awards aren’t all warmly received. At least one group of Republican state lawmakers appears to have scuttled an initiative preapproved by … Read more

Former Miami Heat star Chris Bosh ‘lucky to be alive’ following health episode

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Basketball Hall of Famer Chris Bosh is “lucky to be alive” after waking up “covered in my own blood” during a recent health scare that’s given him a new appreciation on life, he told fans on Wednesday. The former Miami Heat star said he was getting ready to go out with his wife when “the … Read more

“Kind of morbid”: Health premiums threaten their nest egg. A terminal diagnosis may spare it.

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COLUSA, Calif. — Early on, Jean Franklin got some career advice she followed religiously: “Pay yourself first.” So she did, socking away hundreds of thousands of dollars in retirement savings by the time she became a stay-at-home mom at age 41. She and her husband, Charles, a former high school teacher who goes by Chaz, … Read more

What to know about Trump’s economic and health care claims in his State of the Union address

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What to know about Trump’s economic and health care claims in his State of the Union address – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger and CBS News medical contributor Dr. Celine Gounder join “CBS Mornings” to break down President Trump’s claims during his State of the Union address, from the … Read more

Watch Live: Casey Means surgeon general confirmation hearing before Senate Health committee

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  Updated 2m ago Means’ projects include health and wellness newsletter, health app Means is an author and has built a large following online by writing about health and wellness, often focusing on metabolic health. In her newsletter “Good Energy,” she has criticized both the food and health care industries. A wishlist for the administration … Read more

Over 30,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers to end strike in California, Hawaii

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OAKLAND, Calif. — An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers will return to work on Tuesday after a four-week strike in California and Hawaii to demand better wages and staffing. The United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals said in a statement Monday that “significant movement at … Read more