activity, and overall diet quality to isolate the impact of UPF consumption on mortality risk. As the consumption of UPFs has surged, children are increasingly neglecting the whole foods essential for their health. 141 142 Approximately 50% of children ages 2 to 18 skip discrete fruit entirely on any given day. 143 Research…
The Trump administration has abruptly laid off the entire staff running a $4.1 billion program to help low-income households across the United States pay their heating and cooling bills. The firings threaten to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which was created by Congress in 1981 and helps to offset high utility bills…
Day 2 of confirmation hearings for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become the country’s next health secretary kicked off with heated discussions about the safety of vaccinations, chronic illnesses and Covid-19. Here is a running list of key health claims, fact-checked by our reporters. Read Wednesday’s fact-check, and take a deeper look at Mr. Kennedy’s…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose antipathy toward vaccines and messages about healthy living helped him build a large national following, faced bruising questions from Democratic senators in his first confirmation hearing on Wednesday. He displayed limited knowledge of critical programs at times and struggled to convince skeptical lawmakers that he was not “anti-vaccine.” “I am…