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The Guardian view on supporting vaccines: humans can work miracles – so why wouldn’t we? | Editorial

Global immunisation programmes are under risk as the US slashes its aid programme and the UK considers cutting fundingIt is easy to become so used to scientific and social advances that we take them f

STAT+: Up and down the ladder: The latest comings and goings

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Physician Senators, What Have You Done?

(MedPage Today) -- When Senator Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.) -- a physician, longtime advocate for healthcare policy, and potential swing vote on the Finance Committee -- voted to advance Robert F.

Louisiana’s health department cancels promotion of mass vaccinations

State’s surgeon general presents illness-preventing jabs as personal choice in move that experts call ‘infuriating’US politics – live updatesLouisiana’s health department “will no longer p

STAT+: U.K. lawmaker wants regulators to probe pharma companies over ‘misleading’ Covid-19 vaccines statements

A member of the U.K. Parliament is calling for regulators to audit pharmaceutical companies that have made misleading statements to the public about their Covid-19 vaccines.

NIH Research Grants Lag Behind Last Year’s by $1 Billion

After weeks of disruption to scientific federal grants, the National Institutes of Health has fallen behind in funding research into treatments for deadly diseases.

Urgent CDC Data and Analyses on Influenza and Bird Flu Go Missing as Outbreaks Escalate

Delays in urgent CDC analyses of seasonal flu and bird flu, and the agency’s silence, will harm Americans as outbreaks escalate, doctors and public health experts warn.

'Popular' Cancer Misinformation; Menthol Smokes Riskier; Farmers vs Pesticides

(MedPage Today) -- Has cancer misinformation become more popular than the facts? (Harvard Magazine) Former NFL player and head coach Dick Jauron, 74, has died of brain cancer.

Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies

The Trump administration is set to eliminate thousands of federal health care jobs Friday, targeting employees across agencies who were hired in the past one to two years.

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