<rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0"><channel><title>NBC News Health</title><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/</link><description>NBC News Health</description><language>en-US</language><copyright>© 2026 NBCNews.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:52:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/MSNBC/Components/Media/NBC-promo-graphics/nbc-news.png</url><title>NBC News Health</title><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/</link></image><item><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:53:23 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Lindsay Clancy’s lawyers say a rare mental health condition caused her to kill her three children. So what is postpartum psychosis, and why is it so difficult to diagnose and treat? 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The mental health condition is at the center of the Lindsay Clancy trial</media:title><media:player url="https://www.nbcnews.com/video/what-is-postpartum-psychosis-the-condition-is-at-the-center-of-the-lindsay-clancy-trial-268794437841"></media:player><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/mpx/2704722219/2026_08/1787611923420_now_hallie_eed_postpartum_psychosis_260824_S3_1920x1080-f2bzce.jpg"></media:thumbnail><media:description type="plain">Lindsay Clancy’s lawyers say a rare mental health condition caused her to kill her three children. So what is postpartum psychosis, and why is it so difficult to diagnose and treat? 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The mental health condition is at the center of the Lindsay Clancy trial</title><updateDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:53:23 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:13:58 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Rabbi Rachel Ain of Sutton Place Synagogue in New York City joins TODAY to talk about the lessons from her upcoming book “Watch How You Go.” She discusses why you should zoom out when you have a stressful day, how to recognize signs that it&#39;s time to let go of one priority to focus on another, and more.</description><expires>2056-08-24T14:13:04.000+0000</expires><guid isPermaLink="false">tdy_health_9a_life_lessons_260824</guid><link>https://www.today.com/video/rabbi-shares-tips-for-navigating-unexpected-challenges-268765765655</link><media:content url="https://prodamdnewsencoding.akamaized.net/NBC_News_Digital/tdy_health_9a_life_lessons_260824/1/abs/index.m3u8" medium="video"><media:credit></media:credit><media:title>Rabbi Shares Tips for Navigating Unexpected Challenges</media:title><media:player url="https://www.today.com/video/rabbi-shares-tips-for-navigating-unexpected-challenges-268765765655"></media:player><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/mpx/2704722219/2026_08/1787580774160_tdy_health_9a_life_lessons_260824_S3_1920x1080-wc7dw6.jpg"></media:thumbnail><media:description type="plain">Rabbi Rachel Ain of Sutton Place Synagogue in New York City joins TODAY to talk about the lessons from her upcoming book “Watch How You Go.” She discusses why you should zoom out when you have a stressful day, how to recognize signs that it&#39;s time to let go of one priority to focus on another, and more.</media:description><media:subTitle type="text/srt" lang="en-US" url="https://prodamdnewsencoding.akamaized.net/NBC_News_Digital/nbcnews/captions/2026/08/1787580774160_tdy_health_9a_life_lessons_260824.srt"></media:subTitle><media:subTitle type="text/vtt" lang="en-US" url="https://prodamdnewsencoding.akamaized.net/NBC_News_Digital/nbcnews/captions/2026/08/1787580774160_tdy_health_9a_life_lessons_260824.vtt"></media:subTitle></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/mpx/2704722219/2026_08/1787580774160_tdy_health_9a_life_lessons_260824_S3_1920x1080-wc7dw6.jpg"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:13:00 GMT</pubDate><title>Rabbi Shares Tips for Navigating Unexpected Challenges</title><updateDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:13:58 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:41:04 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Sales of men’s grooming supplies topped a whopping $7 billion in 2025, according to research firm NIQ, and it’s a trend that’s only growing as social media and video calls make people pay more attention to how they look. 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NBC’s chief consumer correspondent Vicky Nguyen reports for TODAY on how more men are exploring skin care and cosmetic treatments.</media:description><media:subTitle type="text/srt" lang="en-US" url="https://prodamdnewsencoding.akamaized.net/NBC_News_Digital/nbcnews/captions/2026/08/1787575195943_tdy_health_8a_nguyen_mens_grooming_260824.srt"></media:subTitle><media:subTitle type="text/vtt" lang="en-US" url="https://prodamdnewsencoding.akamaized.net/NBC_News_Digital/nbcnews/captions/2026/08/1787575195943_tdy_health_8a_nguyen_mens_grooming_260824.vtt"></media:subTitle></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/mpx/2704722219/2026_08/1787575195943_tdy_health_8a_nguyen_mens_grooming_260824_S3_1920x1080-5s6so0.jpg"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:40:02 GMT</pubDate><title>What’s Behind the Booming Business of Men’s Grooming?</title><updateDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:41:04 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dateTimeWritten>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 23:42:48 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating dozens of cases of salmonella and E.coli linked to alfalfa sprouts. The cases were concentrated in the Midwest, with two people infected with both salmonella and E.coli at the same time.  </description><expires>2056-08-21T23:42:01.000+0000</expires><guid isPermaLink="false">now_hallie_cdc_alfalfa_sprouts_260821</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/video/cdc-investigates-cases-of-salmonella-and-e-coli-linked-to-alfalfa-sprouts-268700229544</link><media:content url="https://prodamdnewsencoding.akamaized.net/NBC_News_Digital/now_hallie_cdc_alfalfa_sprouts_260821/1/abs/index.m3u8" medium="video"><media:credit></media:credit><media:title>CDC investigates cases of salmonella and E.coli linked to alfalfa sprouts</media:title><media:player url="https://www.nbcnews.com/video/cdc-investigates-cases-of-salmonella-and-e-coli-linked-to-alfalfa-sprouts-268700229544"></media:player><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/mpx/2704722219/2026_08/1787355710857_now_hallie_cdc_alfalfa_sprouts_260821_S3_1920x1080-g3yotz.jpg"></media:thumbnail><media:description type="plain">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating dozens of cases of salmonella and E.coli linked to alfalfa sprouts. 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This data will be updated regularly.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/track-measles-outbreak-cases-us-map-rcna198932</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/track-measles-outbreak-cases-us-map-rcna198932</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/20260327-weekly-measles-cover2x1-jw-dfed00.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="600" width="1200"><media:credit></media:credit><media:text type="plain"></media:text><media:description type="plain"></media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-03/20260327-weekly-measles-cover1x1-jw-60f78a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1200" width="1200"><media:credit></media:credit><media:text type="plain"></media:text><media:description type="plain"></media:description></media:content><media:content 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</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/salmonella-jalapenos-cyclospora-lettuce-cdc-illnesses-hospitalizations-rcna593369</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/salmonella-jalapenos-cyclospora-lettuce-cdc-illnesses-hospitalizations-rcna593369</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260805-jalapenos-vl-306p-166186.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1333" width="2000"><media:credit>AnaDeePhotography</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Fresh cut jalapeño slices laid on a gray surface</media:text><media:description type="plain">The CDC and the FDA are investigating an outbreak of salmonella infections across the country.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260805-jalapenos-vl-306p-166186.jpg" height="1333" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:38:40 GMT</pubDate><title>Salmonella outbreak linked to tainted jalapenos isn’t over, as CDC reports more than 400 cases</title><updateDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:38:40 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Monica Alba</dc:creator><dc:creator>Berkeley Lovelace Jr. </dc:creator><dc:creator>Rebecca Shabad</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:32:20 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Overton, a physician, is a White House aide who often briefs the president on health issues. </description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-heidi-overton-fda-commissioner-rcna593309</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-heidi-overton-fda-commissioner-rcna593309</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260819-heidi-overton-mn-0830-10be40.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Bonnie Cash</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Trump Plans To Sign Order On Splitting Up Combo Measles Shot</media:text><media:description type="plain">Dr. Heidi Overton appeared alongside President Donald Trump on Aug. 10 as he announced an executive order on childhood vaccines.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260819-heidi-overton-mn-0830-10be40.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:32:20 GMT</pubDate><title>Trump nominates Heidi Overton to lead FDA</title><updateDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:03:45 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Erika Edwards</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:54:24 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Dr. Erica Schwartz addressed CDC employees Wednesday in her first agencywide meeting. </description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-director-erica-schwartz-meeting-rfk-jr-rcna593420</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-director-erica-schwartz-meeting-rfk-jr-rcna593420</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260819-Erica-Schwartz-vl-339p-318833.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1334" width="2000"><media:credit>Erica Schwartz</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Erica Schwartz speaks into the microphone seen bottom right, while seated in a hearing room</media:text><media:description type="plain">Dr. Erica Schwartz, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260819-Erica-Schwartz-vl-339p-318833.jpg" height="1334" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:54:24 GMT</pubDate><title>New CDC director pledges to ‘speak truth’ about science</title><updateDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:54:24 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Rob Wile</dc:creator><dc:creator>Aria Bendix </dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:15:40 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The companies haven’t published the trial data, but they said the experimental treatment extended the time before cancer returned in high-risk patients.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/merck-moderna-say-melanoma-vaccine-promise-prevent-recurrence-cancer-rcna593316</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/merck-moderna-say-melanoma-vaccine-promise-prevent-recurrence-cancer-rcna593316</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260819-moderna-cancer-vaccine-mn-0845-2c4c43.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Adam Glanzman</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A researcher works in the lab at the Moderna headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. </media:text><media:description type="plain">A researcher works in the lab at the Moderna headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. </media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260819-moderna-cancer-vaccine-mn-0845-2c4c43.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:15:40 GMT</pubDate><title>Merck and Moderna say cancer vaccine shows promise in preventing recurrence of melanoma</title><updateDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:22:15 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Erika Edwards</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:09:38 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The number of parents in the U.S. choosing not to vaccinate their children rose dramatically in the last school year, according to data released Monday by the CDC.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/vaccine-exemptions-personal-religious-measles-cdc-rcna592960</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/vaccine-exemptions-personal-religious-measles-cdc-rcna592960</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260817-covid-19-vaccine-clinic-vl-305p-93a8e9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1334" width="2000"><media:credit>Emily Elconin</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A healthcare worker puts a band-aid on a child&#39;s arm</media:text><media:description type="plain">Routine childhood vaccinations dropped again last school year, according to new CDC data. </media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260817-covid-19-vaccine-clinic-vl-305p-93a8e9.jpg" height="1334" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:09:38 GMT</pubDate><title>Childhood vaccine exemptions for personal or religious reasons hit new record, CDC finds</title><updateDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:09:38 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Erika Edwards</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:06:59 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>New research from the CDC finds that ticks that cause diseases keep marching into new areas.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/ticks-lyme-fever-diseases-north-carolina-threat-south-cdc-rcna592307</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/ticks-lyme-fever-diseases-north-carolina-threat-south-cdc-rcna592307</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260813-deer-tick-blacklegged-Ixodes-scapularis-vl-1236p-ec4aee.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1333" width="2000"><media:credit>Andreas Häuslbetz</media:credit><media:text type="plain">close up of a crawling deer tick on a blue jeans, dangerous parasite on clothing after a walk in nature in spring</media:text><media:description type="plain"></media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260813-angela-newman-vl-1240p-e14289.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1875" width="1500"><media:credit>Angela Newnam</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A selfie of Angela Newman smiling while standing outside in a field, wearing a brown coat, sunglasses, and a Von Dutch baseball cap</media:text><media:description type="plain">Angela Newnam hiking the Appalachian Trail near her home in North Carolina. Her experience with Lyme disease prompted research into the migration of ticks southward.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260813-ross-boyce-vl-1248p-e36f4a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1080" width="1920"><media:credit>UNC School of Medicine</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Ross Boyce collects ticks outside on a large square white blanket</media:text><media:description type="plain">Dr. Ross Boyce of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine collects ticks in Biltmore Forest, N.C.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260813-Asheville-North-Carolina-Lake-and-Woods-vl-113p-f3b789.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1499" width="2000"><media:credit>Michael Warren</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Drone angle view of rolling hills at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina with Blue Ridge Mountains, vineyards and lake.</media:text><media:description type="plain">The Biltmore Estate in Biltmore Forest, Asheville, N.C., along the Blue Ridge Mountains.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260813-deer-tick-blacklegged-Ixodes-scapularis-vl-1236p-ec4aee.jpg" height="1333" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:06:59 GMT</pubDate><title>Ticks that cause Lyme and other diseases have migrated south. Are doctors ready?</title><updateDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:04:52 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Aria Bendix </dc:creator><dc:creator>Erika Edwards</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Monica Alba</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:44:14 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The order reaffirms the dramatic overhaul to the vaccine schedule that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced this year. 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Kennedy Jr. (R) and Jayme Leagh Franklin (L), founder of The Conservateur, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Aug. 10, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-06/260630-Robert-F-Kennedy-Jr-ew-241p-2b4aba.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Heather Diehl</media:credit><media:text type="plain">HHS Secretary Kennedy And EPA Administrator Zeldin Make PFAS Announcement</media:text><media:description type="plain">Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington, D.C. in May.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260811-measles-rs-7c5932.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Jan Sonnenmair</media:credit><media:text type="plain">One Death Reported As Texas Measles Outbreak Spreads</media:text><media:description type="plain">A baby receives the MMR vaccine at a clinic in Lubbock, Texas in March.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-06/260605-measles-rs-db9b73.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Julio Cortez</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Measles Outbreak Explainer</media:text><media:description type="plain">A health worker talks to people before administering measles tests outside Seminole Hospital District, Texas, in Feb.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260810-donald-trump-ew-336p-58f3c9.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:44:14 GMT</pubDate><title>Trump signs executive order aiming to cut the number of required vaccines for children</title><updateDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:13:23 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Berkeley Lovelace Jr. </dc:creator><dc:creator>Aria Bendix </dc:creator><dc:creator>Erika Edwards</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:16:33 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The Trump administration said it’s taking first steps in strengthening rules over ingredients food companies have long added to their products with minimal oversight.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rfk-jr-proposes-fix-loophole-gras-ingredients-rcna591400</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rfk-jr-proposes-fix-loophole-gras-ingredients-rcna591400</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260810-rfk-jr-vl-156p-0218d9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1333" width="2000"><media:credit>Win McNamee</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Robert F. Kennedy Jr speaks at a podium onstage, in front of a white backdrop with black text above him that reads &#34;Real Food&#34;</media:text><media:description type="plain">Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during an event at the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington on Monday.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260810-processed-foods-vl-1106a-bbe5b7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1333" width="2000"><media:credit>Joe Raedle</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Desserts on rows of grocery store shelfs. Hostess, TastyKake, and Little Debbie packaged sweets can be seen</media:text><media:description type="plain">Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during an event at the Department of Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington on Monday.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260810-rfk-jr-vl-156p-0218d9.jpg" height="1333" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:16:33 GMT</pubDate><title>RFK Jr. wants to fix loophole that allows additives into food. Critics say it doesn’t go far enough.</title><updateDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:16:33 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Matt Lavietes</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:35:18 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Louisiana health officials are urging residents to take precautions against a flesh-eating bacterial infection following the deaths of five people this year.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisiana-five-die-flesh-eating-bacteria-rcna591518</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisiana-five-die-flesh-eating-bacteria-rcna591518</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260808-Louisiana-beach-ch-1458-e611e0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Win McNamee</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Louisiana beach.</media:text><media:description type="plain">The sun rises over the beach in Grand Isle, La.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260808-Louisiana-beach-ch-1458-e611e0.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:35:18 GMT</pubDate><title>Louisiana warns against flesh-eating bacteria after five deaths</title><updateDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:35:18 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Lily Alvino</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:45:55 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>New research from NYU Langone Health found that people who avoid three vascular risk factors in middle age had about 13 more dementia-free years.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/aging/delay-dementia-health-factors-diabetes-blood-pressure-smoking-memory-rcna590815</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/aging/delay-dementia-health-factors-diabetes-blood-pressure-smoking-memory-rcna590815</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260805-blood-pressure-stock-mn-1605-08d4f4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1201" width="1800"><media:credit>Nico De Pasquale Photography</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Woman checking blood pressure</media:text><media:description type="plain"></media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260805-blood-pressure-stock-mn-1605-08d4f4.jpg" height="1201" width="1800"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:45:55 GMT</pubDate><title>How 3 health factors can help delay dementia for up to 13 years</title><updateDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:45:55 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Sara G. Miller</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:31:31 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The state health department said residents can resume buying bagged salads but should still avoid recalled lettuce.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/michigan-lifts-lettuce-warning-cyclosporiasis-cases-fall-rcna591238</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/michigan-lifts-lettuce-warning-cyclosporiasis-cases-fall-rcna591238</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-07/260721-Iceberg-lettuce-ch-1554-c92d7c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Kilito Chan</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Iceberg lettuce growing in the field.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Iceberg lettuce growing in the field.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-07/260721-Iceberg-lettuce-ch-1554-c92d7c.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:31:31 GMT</pubDate><title>Michigan says salad is safe again as state’s cyclosporiasis cases fall</title><updateDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:31:31 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Berkeley Lovelace Jr. </dc:creator><dc:creator>Lauren Dunn</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:21:28 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Chipotle and Qdoba say they have removed the jalapeños from their restaurants.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/salmonella-outbreak-jalapenos-chipotle-qdoba-rcna591032</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/salmonella-outbreak-jalapenos-chipotle-qdoba-rcna591032</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260805-jalapenos-vl-306p-166186.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1333" width="2000"><media:credit>AnaDeePhotography</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Fresh cut jalapeño slices laid on a gray surface</media:text><media:description type="plain"></media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260805-jalapenos-vl-306p-166186.jpg" height="1333" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:21:28 GMT</pubDate><title>Salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeños at Chipotle and Qdoba expands to 27 states</title><updateDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:51:40 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Berkeley Lovelace Jr. </dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 02:25:02 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The vaccine, called mFlusiva, was approved for older adults. In trials, it was found to be about 27% more effective than a standard flu shot. </description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-approves-1st-mrna-flu-shot-moderna-rcna590599</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-approves-1st-mrna-flu-shot-moderna-rcna590599</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260803-moderna-vaccine-vl-401p-d33cb9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1332" width="2000"><media:credit>Steve Pfost</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A gloved hand moves a syringe towards an arm with wrinkled skin, while holding the shoulder with their other gloved hand</media:text><media:description type="plain">A pharmacist administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Saint Francis Hospital in Roslyn, N.Y., on Jan. 14, 2021.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260803-moderna-vaccine-vl-401p-d33cb9.jpg" height="1332" width="2000"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 02:25:02 GMT</pubDate><title>FDA approves 1st mRNA flu shot, from Moderna</title><updateDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:06:02 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Aria Bendix </dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:11:49 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Dr. Erica Schwartz, who was deputy surgeon general in Trump’s first term, inherits a measles crisis and a growing cyclosporiasis outbreak.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-cdc-director-confirmed-erica-shwartz-rcna590994</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-cdc-director-confirmed-erica-shwartz-rcna590994</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-07/260715-Erica-Schwartz-ch-1411-537398.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Finn Gomez</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Erica Schwartz.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Dr. Erica Schwartz at her confirmation hearing to be CDC director July 15.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-07/260715-Erica-Schwartz-ch-1411-537398.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:11:49 GMT</pubDate><title>New CDC director is confirmed, giving agency its first permanent leader in a year</title><updateDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:10:07 GMT</updateDate></item></channel></rss>