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Louisiana senator and RFK Jr supporter balks at state’s anti-vaccine move

Republican Bill Cassidy calls state surgeon general’s halt to promotion of mass vaccination a disservice to parentsBill Cassidy, the Republican US senator, has said his home state of Louisiana’s r

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‘It is going to be terrible’: a senior in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ prepares for Trump’s dismantling of hard-won environmental progress

Robert Taylor recently lost his wife to a long-term illness he linked to chemicals produced by a nearby factory, and now the Trump administration is preparing to scrap pollution reforms in the areaIt

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STAT+: Trump administration layoffs set to hit NIH are ‘devastating,’ former director Monica Bertagnolli says

Sweeping layoffs are set to hit federal health and science agencies, including at the NIH, and former director Monica Bertagnolli called the situation at the NIH “devastating.

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Opinion: The abrupt end of USAID-funded clinical trials is profoundly unethical

USAID's stop-work order threatens to undo decades of progress in medical research ethics and cause harm to clinical trial participants.

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An Effective Treatment for Opioid Addiction Exists. Why Isn’t It Used More?

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis.

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She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death

In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but doctors won’t do it.

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NHS faces £5.7bn bill for patching up hospitals before demolishing them

Delaying rebuilding programme in England to save money in short term requires costly repairs to keep sites safeThe repairs bill at 18 crumbling hospitals is set to soar to £5.

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‘DIY swab kits? It’s better than doing nothing’: the controversial scheme to tackle rape on campus

We join volunteers in Bristol as they hand out DNA test kits they say can empower victims and deter perpetrators … and hear from critics who call the project recklessOn a bitingly cold Tuesday, amba

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Trump administration lays off FDA employees

The cuts are part of a purge of 5,200 probationary workers across federal health agencies that started Friday.

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How Were Cholesterol and Glaucoma Linked?

(MedPage Today) -- You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz

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