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Funding for military health study of LGBTQ+ veterans withdrawn

The Defense Department on Thursday abruptly reversed a decision to fund a military health study of LGBTQ+ veterans, saying it was "not in line” with a presidential executive order.

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Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs with probationary workers, warns of larger cuts to come

The Trump Administration Thursday ordered agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees, potentially affecting hundreds of thousands.

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Neurologic Complications of Flu in Kids May Be Up This Year

(MedPage Today) -- Public health officials are looking into reports of a small potential uptick in neurologic complications of influenza in children -- particularly a rapidly progressing and danger

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Texas Judge Fines New York Doctor and Orders Her to Stop Sending Abortion Pills to Texas

It is the first ruling in a case challenging “shield laws” intended to protect doctors in states that support abortion rights who send abortion pills to states with bans.

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Judge Pauses Trump's Order Restricting Gender-Affirming Care in Minors

(MedPage Today) -- A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's recent executive order aimed at restricting gender-affirming healthcare for transgender people under age 19

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Judge pauses Trump’s order restricting healthcare for transgender youth

President’s directive placed on hold after families and medical providers sue over access to gender-affirming careA federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s recent executive or

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Radiographic PFS in Metastatic CRPC More Than Doubles With Novel Combination

(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) more than doubled with the addition of an investigationa

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STAT+: Judge rules lawsuit over UnitedHealth’s AI care denials can move forward

Medicare Advantage beneficiaries who are suing UnitedHealth Group over allegedly wrongful denials of care that were based on artificial intelligence scored a victory Thursday.

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CDC: Asymptomatic Cases of Bird Flu in Humans Are Flying Under the Radar

(MedPage Today) -- Suspicions that there may be more bird flu going around undetected were backed by a voluntary serosurvey among veterinary practitioners who work with cattle, CDC investigators said

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Trump makes RFK Jr. leader of presidential ‘MAHA’ commission to study chronic disease

RFK Jr.'s swearing in as health secretary officially puts the nation's health in the hands of the MAHA movement.

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