Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters
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Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a plan that would require placebo-controlled studies for all new vaccines, surprising some experts who noted that such testing already routinely took place. In a statement, Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the Department of Health and…

Patient Aboard an Ambulance Fatally Stabs a Firefighter Paramedic
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Patient Aboard an Ambulance Fatally Stabs a Firefighter Paramedic

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A member of the emergency medical services in Kansas City, Mo., died on Sunday after being stabbed by a patient who was being transported to a hospital in what officials said started out as a “routine medical call.” The patient stabbed the emergency…

Europe’s Pharma Industry Braces for Pain as Trump Tariff Threat Looms
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Europe’s Pharma Industry Braces for Pain as Trump Tariff Threat Looms

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Insulin, heart treatments and antibiotics have flowed freely across many borders for decades, exempt from tariffs in a bid to make medicine affordable. But that could soon change. For months, President Trump has been promising to impose higher tariffs on pharmaceuticals as part…

Federal Officials Promise to Restore Funding to Women’s Health Initiative
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Federal Officials Promise to Restore Funding to Women’s Health Initiative

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After an outcry from scientists and experts, federal officials on Thursday said they would restore funding to the Women’s Health Initiative, one of the largest and longest studies of women’s health ever carried out. The findings of the W.H.I. and its randomized controlled…

This Therapist Helped Clients Feel Better. It Was A.I.
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This Therapist Helped Clients Feel Better. It Was A.I.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The quest to create an A.I. therapist has not been without setbacks or, as researchers at Dartmouth thoughtfully describe them, “dramatic failures.” Their first chatbot therapist wallowed in despair and expressed its own suicidal thoughts. A second model seemed to amplify all the…

RFK Jr. to Kick Off MAHA Tour on Fighting Chronic Disease
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RFK Jr. to Kick Off MAHA Tour on Fighting Chronic Disease

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A day after attending the funeral of an unvaccinated child who died of measles, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will kick off a tour through Southwestern states on Monday, spotlighting initiatives that emphasize nutrition and lifestyle choices as tools for combating disease….

Why Measles Outbreaks May Be the New Normal
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Why Measles Outbreaks May Be the New Normal

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As the Trump administration moves to dismantle international public health safeguards, pull funding from local health departments and legitimize health misinformation, some experts now fear that the country is setting the stage for a long-term measles resurgence. If federal health officials do not…

Trump Administration Demands Additional Cuts at C.D.C.
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Trump Administration Demands Additional Cuts at C.D.C.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Alongside extensive reductions to the staff of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Trump administration has asked the agency to cut $2.9 billion of its spending on contracts, according to three federal officials with knowledge of the matter. The administration’s cost-cutting…

C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s Health, Critics Say
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C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s Health, Critics Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The extensive layoffs of federal health workers that began on Tuesday will greatly curtail the scope and influence of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the world’s premier public health agency, an outcome long sought by conservatives critical of its handling of…

Trump Aid Cuts End Contraception Access for Millions of Women
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Trump Aid Cuts End Contraception Access for Millions of Women

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States is ending its financial support for family planning programs in developing countries, cutting nearly 50 million women off from access to contraception. This policy change has attracted little attention amid the wholesale dismantling of American foreign aid, but it stands…