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28 stories Updated Aug 21, 2026 Related desks: Medicare

The lead Aug 21, 2026 29

‘Grifting Grandmothers,’ COVID-19 Scammers Among Families That Cost Taxpayers $50 Million

Four sisters filed 200 false farm-discrimination claims, took $11.5 million they never earned, and spent it on a $610,000 home and a $113,271 Mercedes.

Fred Lucas

Aug 19, 2026 25

Why Is This Medieval Disease Striking LA County

Flea-borne typhus hit 220 cases in Los Angeles County in 2025, a record, and nearly 9 in 10 patients needed hospitalization as rats and encampments spread.

Angelina Delfin

Aug 11, 2026 15

Trump Signs “Gold Standard” Childhood Vaccine Recommendations

A new Trump executive order reduces the number of recommended childhood injections from 72 to 11, bringing the U.S. more in line with other developed countries.

Alan Jamison

Aug 11, 2026 15

Needle Giveaways: Do They Really Reduce Disease and Addiction?

Vancouver's needle-exchange study found frequent attendees were more likely to test positive for HIV, and Switzerland saw wider addiction, more deaths, and needle pricks in parks.

Robert B. Charles

Aug 2, 2026 12

Make American Baby Numbers Great Again

A new report finds 80 percent of everyone who has lived in America since 1600 was born here, and falling birth rates since 2009 point toward economic retreat.

David P. Deavel

Jul 29, 2026 7

Doctors' Group Presses AMA to Condemn Transgender Surgeries for Children

Medical watchdog group Do No Harm has sent letters to 10 major medical associations, including the American Medical Association and American Academy of Pediatrics, urging them to publicly reject transgender genital surgeries on minors. Citing data showing hundreds of such procedures on adolescents in recent years, the group argues these surgeries should never occur and calls on professional societies to take a clear stand against the practice.

Tyler ONeil