This year's tick season has been a doozy — and another peak is coming in the fall.
Why it matters: Tick bites can pose serious health risks, transmitting pathogens that cause illnesses including Lyme disease and triggering alpha-gal syndrome, an allergy to red meat.
Free-market consumer groups are pushing back against the Trump administration's effort to set a definition for ultra-processed foods, according to a letter shared first with Axios.
Why it matters: It's the latest example of a rift within the GOP base over health and nutrition policy.
Past criticism of abortion pills by President Trump's nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration could revive an intense debate over abortion rights that the administration has largely managed to duck for the last year and a half.
Why it matters: Though the Senate is unlikely to hold a confirmation vote on White House aide Heidi Overton before the midterm elections, new talk about dialing back access to the pills could work both ways politically for Republicans.
