https://strongsville.bubblelife.com/community/cleveland_newsThe latest news and information from Cleveland.https://strongsville.bubblelife.com/v/35143840/Y9XMO/Medicare_will_start_covering_weight-loss_drugs_on_July_1_for_the_first_time.html(News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters)) Millions of Medicare enrollees will gain their first-ever coverage for drugs for weight loss under a temporary pilot program that launches July 1. Mary Abrahamson hopes to be one of them. The rural Washington resident was tired of carrying extra...Mon, 29 Jun 2026 07:11:06 Zhttps://strongsville.bubblelife.com/v/35143840/Y9XMP/Former_NFL_running_back_Chris_Johnson_reveals_he_has_been_diagnosed_with_ALS.html(News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters)) Chris Johnson, a former running back with the Tennessee Titans, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals who once rushed for more than 2,000 yards in a single season, revealed in a television interview Monday that he has been diagnosed with ALS. The...Mon, 29 Jun 2026 05:44:58 Zhttps://strongsville.bubblelife.com/v/35143840/Y9M7G/Kenyas_health_minister_orders_suspension_of_construction_on_a_US-backed_Ebola_facility.html(News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters)) Kenya's health minister on Tuesday ordered the suspension of the construction of an Ebola quarantine center for Americans, a day after he was held in contempt by a court that had halted the project. Trump administration officials had said that the...Tue, 23 Jun 2026 07:25:44 Zhttps://strongsville.bubblelife.com/v/35143840/Y9M7I/Judge_rules_government_cant_stop_SNAP_dollars_from_buying_candy_and_sugary_drinks.html(News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters)) The federal government can't block benefits from the nation's largest food aid program from being used to buy candy, soda and other sugary drinks, a judge ruled. Monday's ruling scuttles restrictions now in place or planned for the federally funded...Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:48:41 Zhttps://strongsville.bubblelife.com/v/35143840/Y9M7L/Hantavirus_threat_from_cruise_ship_outbreak_ends_in_US_official_say.html(News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters)) Federal officials say the threat tied to a hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship is over. The announcement comes after the last exposed American passengers from the M/V Hondius completed a 42-day monitoring period. No cases of hantavirus were...Tue, 23 Jun 2026 05:13:27 Zhttps://strongsville.bubblelife.com/v/35143840/Y9DKP/Pain_patients_caught_in_the_crossfire_of_US_opioid_policies_experts_say.html(News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters)) Government rules meant to curb opioid abuse are leaving some chronic pain patients without the relief they need, according to doctors and advocates. In 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued prescribing guidelines that have since...Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:38:06 Zhttps://strongsville.bubblelife.com/v/35143840/Y9DKR/FDA_panel_backs_first-of-its-kind_flu_vaccine_using_mRNA_technology.html(News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters)) WASHINGTON (AP) A new kind of flu vaccine moved a step closer to the U.S. market Thursday as federal health advisers recommended approval of the first made with the same mRNA technology that was key to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. The Food and Drug...Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:10:07 Zhttps://strongsville.bubblelife.com/v/35143840/Y99FS/RFK_Jr_orders_cruise_passenger_held_in_quarantine_despite_CDC_recommendation.html(News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters)) A woman who was exposed to hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise has been ordered by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stay in federal quarantine, despite being cleared to return home to Florida by a federal health expert....Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:25:53 Z