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Power Outages and Public Health: How to Prepare if Your Home Relies on Medical Devices, Cooling, or Refrigeration
A short outage can be more than an inconvenience for households that depend on electricity for medical devices, refrigerated medicines, cooling, or food safety. The safest time to prepare is before the lights go out, especially before hot weather and storm season.
Do antibiotics help spring allergies, sinus pressure, or a lingering cough?
Usually not. CDC says antibiotics do not work for seasonal allergies, and many sinus infections get better without them too. Here is how to spot a likely allergy pattern, what may help more, and when fever, severe pain, or breathing symptoms should be…
CMS proposes faster drug prior authorization for some health plans
A new April 2026 CMS proposal could eventually speed some prescription prior authorization decisions for Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, CHIP, and certain HealthCare.gov plans, but the rule is not final and most coverage will not change right away.
Can babies get the MMR shot early in a measles outbreak?
Some babies ages 6 to 11 months can get an early MMR dose during an outbreak or before international travel. Babies under 6 months are too young for MMR, and an early dose does not replace the routine series.
Should You Throw Out Your Greens Powder After the Salmonella Recall?
The CDC says the moringa-linked Salmonella outbreak tied to recalled greens supplements is over, but some products may still be in homes because of their long shelf life. Here is what to check, what symptoms to watch for, and why greens powders are…
ACP says wait until 50. Should average-risk women start at 40?
The American College of Physicians now says routine mammograms can start at 50 for average-risk women, but current federal task force guidance still says start at 40. Here is what changed on April 17, 2026, who is affected, and what questions to ask…
Can a team-based clinic program help low-income adults control blood pressure?
A new U.S. trial found that a structured, team-based program at community health centers lowered blood pressure more than enhanced usual care for low-income adults with uncontrolled hypertension. Here is what the study found, what it does not prove, and what readers can…
CMS wants faster drug prior authorization. What would change for patients?
Not much right away for most patients in 2026. CMS has proposed extending many prior-authorization rules to prescription drugs, but the biggest changes would not begin until October 1, 2027 if the rule is finalized, and public drug prior-authorization reporting would generally start…
Can you still fill a compounded semaglutide prescription with B12?
Not automatically. FDA’s March and April 2026 actions say adding B12 or using telehealth does not by itself keep compounded semaglutide available or appropriate. What matters is the prescription, the pharmacy pathway, and whether a prescriber documented a real patient-specific need.
Are vaccines still no-cost after the ACIP ruling and HHS appeal?
For most people, no-cost vaccine coverage has not disappeared after the March 16, 2026 court ruling over ACIP. But because many U.S. coverage rules still depend on ACIP and CDC recommendations, the appeal could matter for future updates.
Can stopping Zyrtec or Xyzal after allergy season cause severe itching?
The FDA says rare but severe itching has been reported after stopping long-term daily cetirizine or levocetirizine, the drugs sold as Zyrtec, Xyzal, and many generics. Here is how to recognize the pattern, what it is not, and when to ask for medical…
Got a Marketplace subsidy notice? What to do now in 2026
If your 2026 Marketplace notice says your ACA subsidy changed or your plan may end, do not ignore it. The first step is to figure out what kind of problem the notice describes: overlapping Medicaid or CHIP coverage, missing tax reconciliation, missing verification…