Keeping With Kennedy’s Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments
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Keeping With Kennedy’s Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West Texas, public health officials increasingly worry that residents are relying on unproven remedies endorsed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and postponing doctor visits until the illness has worsened. Hospitals and officials…

Opinion | The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education
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Opinion | The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When a political leader wants to move a democracy toward a more authoritarian form of government, he often sets out to undermine independent sources of information and accountability. The leader tries to delegitimize judges, sideline autonomous government agencies and muzzle the media. President…

Opinion | Dr. Oz’s Journey From Heart Doctor to Celebrity to Iconoclast
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Opinion | Dr. Oz’s Journey From Heart Doctor to Celebrity to Iconoclast

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Before medical contrarianism became intrinsic to his identity, Dr. Mehmet Oz appeared motivated by curiosity rather than opportunism. Arriving at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in 1986 to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Oz became well respected in the field….

Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally
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Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Dalvin Modore walked as if there was broken glass beneath his feet, stepping gingerly, his frail shoulders hunched against the anticipation of pain. His trousers had become so loose that he had to hold them up as he inched around his small farm…

Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear
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Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The first Trump administration deserves fair praise for accelerating the development of these vaccines through Operation Warp Speed, a public-private partnership. But it was the private sector that prevailed and will be remembered. In the United States, vaccines were delivered through an often…

Opinion | Kennedy Wants to Cure Chronic Disease. Here’s What He’s Up Against.
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Opinion | Kennedy Wants to Cure Chronic Disease. Here’s What He’s Up Against.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Our health care system has failed patients when it comes to preventing and managing chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity. I see the consequences every day. We tell our patients to diet and exercise when they do not have the…

How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks
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How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports and other checkpoints. Millions of unscreened animals shipped across borders. The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out…

How to Care for a Loved One With Dementia: 5 Expert Tips
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How to Care for a Loved One With Dementia: 5 Expert Tips

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The details of Gene Hackman’s final days may never be known. But officials in Santa Fe, N.M., said on Friday that it appeared that Mr. Hackman, who had advanced Alzheimer’s as well as heart disease, had spent about a week alone after his…

U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid
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U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw foreign aid and dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is likely to cause enormous human suffering, according to estimates by the agency itself. Among them: up to 18 million additional cases of malaria per year, and…