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Medicaid Frailty Rules Ask What a Patient Can Do, but Claims Data Only Show a Diagnosis

Medicaid frailty exemptions must be verified from claims data first, but billing codes record diagnoses, not function. Here is where the gap falls.

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Nearly 1.8 Million Attic Ladders Recalled After 11 Reports of Bolts Breaking

Louisville Ladder recalled 1.77 million attic stairway ladders after 11 bolt breaks and one injury. Check your model and get a free repair kit.

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'Zombie' Cells Aren't Dead Yet: Scientists Say They Help Build the Brain's Protective Barriers

UC San Diego researchers found that senescent cells are required to build the brain's barriers in mouse embryos. Removing them caused hemorrhage.

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Coffee Drinkers Carry Different Gut Bacteria, and Two Weeks Without Coffee Started Moving Them Back

Irish researchers had 31 coffee drinkers quit for two weeks, then restart. The researchers tracked specific bacterial species linked to coffee, not caffeine.

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A Flatworm Cell That Detonates Like a Bomb, Kills Dozens of Neighbors, Then Vanishes in Five Minutes

Stanford researchers found ruptoblasts, cells that self-destruct explosively to kill anything nearby. A hormone, not a pathogen, pulls the trigger.

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Why Do Doctors Sometimes Laugh When Watching Seizures? Scientists Investigated This Surprisingly Awkward Medical Reaction

Over five years, two epileptologists counted how many people laughed at functional seizure videos. The gap between US doctors and everyone else was stark.

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Most People Cannot Pick Their Own Stomach Growling Out of a Lineup, but 1 in 5 Can

UCL researchers built a test called Rumble Recognition to measure how well people sense their own gut. Accuracy barely beat chance.

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States Have Until October to Commit the First $10 Billion of a Rural Health Fund

States must obligate first-year Rural Health Transformation funds by October, and rollout across the country has been sharply uneven.

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A Hepatitis A Outbreak Tied to Imported Clams Is Still Open More Than a Year On

Federal officials link 30 hepatitis A cases in three states to imported frozen clams. The frozen product may still sit in home freezers.

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The Obesity Drug Race Moves Past Ozempic with a Shot Targeting Three Hormones

Eli Lilly's retatrutide produced up to 30.3% average weight loss in phase 3 trials. Approval is not expected before 2027 at the earliest.

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Trump Signs Order Narrowing Childhood Vaccine Recommendations and Splitting the MMR Shot

An executive order recommends 11 childhood vaccines and splitting MMR into three shots. A court block means clinical practice has not changed.

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A Bipartisan Senate Bill Targets the Slowest Step in Making New Antibiotics

Senators Hassan and Marshall introduced the Stop Superbugs Act to fund a clinical research network speeding trials for new antibiotics.

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Senators Propose the Broadest Food Label Overhaul Since the Framework Was Set in 1990

A Senate bill would create one standard front-of-package nutrition label and define ultraprocessed foods. It has only been introduced.

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A Third of Florida's School Districts Now Buy Health Coverage Together

About a third of Florida's 67 school districts have joined a self-insured trust covering 65,000 employees to blunt rising health premiums.

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A Recalled Teething Toy Broke the Pattern Parents Were Told to Look For

A newly recalled pull-string teething toy has a different model number and design from earlier recalls, and one choking incident has been reported.

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The Agency Serving 2.8 Million Patients Just Got Its First Confirmed Director Since 2025

The Senate confirmed Mark Cruz to lead the Indian Health Service after a long vacancy at an agency on the federal high-risk list since 2017.

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Three More Products Recalled for Coin Batteries Children Can Reach

CPSC recalled multiple products over accessible coin batteries and missing warnings, four years after Reese's Law set federal requirements.

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Your Couch Time May Not Be as Restful as You Think: Harder Leisure Could Feel More Meaningful

New federal data show Americans spend 2.6 hours daily watching TV. Research suggests effortful leisure produces more meaning at no cost to enjoyment.

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A Photo of Your Hand Could Reveal a Rare Hormone Disorder, and AI Spotted It Better Than 10 Specialists

A Kobe University AI detected acromegaly from hand photos with 89% sensitivity, outscoring 10 endocrinologists reading the same images.

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Scientists Found a Weird Way to Make French Fries Healthier, and Yes, You Still Get Fries

University of Illinois research found that microwave-assisted frying cuts oil uptake in French fries. The catch is that microwaves alone make them soggy.

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Ötzi the Iceman Still Has Living Yeast After 5,300 Years, and Some Can Break Down His Preservative

Researchers cultured four cold-loving yeasts from Ötzi the Iceman and found Copper Age gut bacteria almost absent from modern industrialized guts.

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Seeing Ghosts Might Actually Be Good for Your Mental Health, but There's a Catch

A PLOS ONE survey of 5,117 Brazilian adults asked about visions, presences, and out-of-body episodes. Half reported lasting positive effects.

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Tuberculosis Contact Tracing Has Stalled at a Colorado Detention Center Because Investigators Cannot Get Inside

Colorado health officials have been unable to investigate a tuberculosis case at an Aurora ICE facility, blocked from records and site access.

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Maryland Records 50 Heat Deaths Since May, Passing a Record That Stood Since 2012

Maryland has recorded 50 heat-related deaths since May, the most in any heat season on record, with 43 of them occurring in July alone.

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North Carolina Teens Report Better Mental Health After Years of Pandemic Era Decline

North Carolina high schoolers reported improved mental health and fewer risk behaviors in 2025 survey data, returning to pre-pandemic levels.

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