Since June, the FDA has issued seven safety alerts about hidden ingredients in weight-loss supplements, including DNP, sibutramine, and phenolphthalein. Each has a backstory. Subscribe to our free health newsletter to read more: healthbeat.beehiiv.com/p/the…

At least 475,000 New Yorkers could lose their Medicaid coverage because of new work requirements, according to the New York State Department of Health. Here’s a look at how H.R. 1 will change healthcare coverage and who is especially vulnerable: healthbeat.org/newyork/2026/…

The FDA has issued seven alerts since June about weight-loss products containing undisclosed drugs or chemicals. Some of these hidden ingredients have notorious pasts. Read more in Healthbeat National Reporter Alison Young's latest newsletter: bit.ly/3Tqflyu

NYC’s chronic absenteeism rate remains significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels. With 33.5% of students chronically absent last year, the Education Department overhauled its attendance regulations. healthbeat.org/2026/09/18/ny…

Medicaid enrollees will face new work and eligibility requirements beginning next year. Here’s what the changes could mean for their coverage. healthbeat.org/newyork/2026/…

NYC’s chronic absenteeism rate remains significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels. With 33.5% of students chronically absent last year, the Education Department overhauled its attendance regulations. healthbeat.org/2026/09/18/ny…

The issue has been known for more than a decade. Yet a key federal reform intended to expose “ghost providers” in Medicaid networks is still two years away. healthbeat.org/2026/09/15/me…

Legionnaires’ cases show up in the Bronx despite new law requiring increased cooling tower testing healthbeat.org/newyork/2026/…

As the country grapples with a maternal health crisis, federal investigators warn that problems with Medicaid managed care networks could be making it more difficult for pregnant women to get the care they need. healthbeat.org/2026/09/15/me…

How real are Medicaid’s maternal care networks? Federal investigators found “ghost providers” and other errors in lists used by patients and states. healthbeat.org/2026/09/15/me…

Legionnaires’ cases show up in the Bronx despite new law requiring increased cooling tower testing healthbeat.org/newyork/2026/…

Hundreds of studies have looked at issues involving the lungs and upper respiratory tract, the stomach and esophagus and various cancers — but not for younger New Yorkers. via @HealthbeatUS buff.ly/xbQcbLD

40,000 young people lived in Lower Manhattan and western Brooklyn — what officials designated as the “disaster area” — during 9/11, said Dr. Matt Karwowski, chief of research at the WTC Health Program. (via @HealthbeatUS) buff.ly/xbQcbLD

WTC Health Program wants to examine the health impacts of 9/11 on people who were young New Yorkers at the time. healthbeat.org/newyork/2026/…

School-level vaccination rates can reveal outbreak risks. In states like Texas and Florida, getting that information can require a public records request. healthbeat.org/2026/09/08/sc…

Can you find out if your child’s school is at risk of an outbreak? Statewide & countywide vaccination rates obscure at-risk pockets of unvaccinated people. But access to school-level data varies — even for public health officials. My latest: (🔗 in comments)

The New York City Council will consider new laws in an effort to prevent future Legionnaires’ outbreaks that have become a relatively common summer occurrence as the Mamdani administration lays out its own plan. healthbeat.org/newyork/2026/…

Yet another way measles is changing how we live. My latest. 🔗 is below

From her vantage point in Michigan, the state’s chief medical executive told Healthbeat that an already challenging Cyclospora outbreak response has been made more difficult by strains on the nation’s public health system. healthbeat.beehiiv.com/p/cyc…

This summer’s massive cyclospora outbreak reveals disconnects in how the U.S. public health system is functioning. “We simply cannot be the CDC,” a top Michigan health official told me, as she shared the state’s challenges investigating thousands of cases. Read my first Healthbeat national newsletter 🔗👇