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Medtech sectors views US tariff hike as barrier to growth

Trump’s new tariffs impose a 26 per cent duty on India, including its med devices sector.

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‘If They Cut Too Much, People Will Die’: Health Coalition Pushes GOP on Medicaid Funding

As House Republicans mull a massive $880 billion cut from federal programs likely including Medicaid, constituents, disability advocates, and health care providers are joining forces to lobby GOP memb

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Trump’s DEI Undoing Undermines Hard-Won Accommodations for Disabled People

From halting diversity programs that benefit disabled workers to making federal staffing cuts, the Trump administration has taken a slew of actions that harm people with disabilities.

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What’s Lost: Trump Whacks Tiny Agency That Works To Make the Nation’s Health Care Safer

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality helped improve health care safety in a country where thousands die of medical errors each year. It was effectively dissolved Tuesday.

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Why a small journal’s ‘blueprint for NIH’ is getting so much attention

A paper proposing NIH reforms is circulating in academic circles and within the agency as scientists search for hints of its direction

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STAT+: What FDA cuts could mean for the future of tobacco

FDA and CDC cuts will only exacerbate problems with tobacco regulation and enforcement, say public health experts

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Opinion: The Johnson & Johnson cancer drug scandal that encapsulates corruption in health care

Erythropoietin, aka EPO, is best known for its role in the Lance Armstrong cheating scandal. But EPO is also the star of another, darker tale.

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Opinion: Why we study shrimp on treadmills: The case for curiosity-driven research

“If we cut or limit funding for curiosity-driven research, we risk shutting down the pipeline of future innovation,” writes Carole LaBonne of Northwestern.

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Researchers from Japan find how alterations in brain connectivity shape symptoms of Autism

These findings could lead to more objective diagnostic tools and potential therapeutic strategies, improving early detection and intervention for children with ASD

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Fortis Vashi launches a specialised blood disorder clinic

The Blood Disorder Clinic will provide specialised care for blood cancer patients and non-cancerous blood disorders like anaemia and hematomas

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