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An Open Letter to RFK Jr.: Stop the Spread of Private Equity in Healthcare

(MedPage Today) -- Dear Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Private equity (PE) is the fastest-growing malignancy of the American healthcare system.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Medicaid in the Crosshairs, Maybe

President Donald Trump has said he won’t support major cuts to the Medicaid health insurance program for people with low incomes, but he has endorsed a House budget plan that calls for major cuts, l

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Alzheimer's Patients May Gain Months of Independent Living With Treatment

(MedPage Today) -- A model estimated how long anti-amyloid treatments might extend functional independence for people with early Alzheimer's disease.

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Four seals die on Norfolk coast after contracting bird flu

Experts raise fears for England’s largest colony at Blakeney Point as they conduct tests to identify source of infectionExperts have raised fears for the seals at England’s largest colony after fo

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Health Execs Showered Trump With Millions; CDC Data Altered; Healthcare Bankruptcies

(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.

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US agriculture department says it accidentally fired bird flu officials

Agency works to rehire employees shortly after touting plan to ‘optimize workforce’ by cutting staff with help of MuskThe United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) said it accidentally fired

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Trump Admin Plans New Strategy to Fight Bird Flu as Egg Prices Soar

(MedPage Today) -- With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu that stresses vaccinations and tighter biosecurity instead of killing off million

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For DCD Organs, Heart Donation Doesn't Come at Expense to Lungs

(MedPage Today) -- Strategies to preserve hearts donated after circulatory death (DCD) haven't reduced yield for lung transplants or hurt their outcomes, a national study suggested.

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Study Questions Need to Hold SGLT2 Inhibitors Before Surgery

(MedPage Today) -- Preoperative use of SGLT2 inhibitors among patients with type 2 diabetes undergoing emergency surgery was not associated with an increased risk for postoperative diabetic ketoacido

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STAT+: Health AI: How recent FDA layoffs could shift regulatory burden to health systems

Tech adoption might slow down if the FDA layoffs shift responsibility for medical device and AI safety to hospitals.

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