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Ozone Air Pollution Linked to Kids' Asthma, Wheeze

(MedPage Today) -- Early-life exposure to even relatively low levels of ozone air pollution was associated with asthma and wheeze in childhood, a prospective study showed. In a study of six U.S.

Newborns treated with antibiotics respond less well to vaccines, study shows

An Australian study found that babies with early exposure to antibiotics had lower levels of antibodies against jabs in later infancyBabies who are treated with antibiotics as newborns have reduced im

Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk

Older adults in Wales who had the jab were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia that those not vaccinatedResearchers who tracked cases of dementia in Welsh adults have uncovered the strongest

Blood pressure patterns in early pregnancy tied to hypertension risk up to 14 years later

NIH-supported study reveals new risk group for future high blood pressure, heart disease.

STAT+: Dartmouth put its AI therapy chatbot through the RCT wringer. Is it better than playing Tetris?

In this edition of AI Prognosis: A deeper look at Dartmouth's AI therapy chatbot, and research at Google's DeepMind.

Managing Newly Diagnosed Follicular Lymphoma

(MedPage Today) -- Follicular lymphoma -- typically a slow-growing or indolent form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that arises from B lymphocytes -- accounts for 20% to 30% of all non-Hodgkin lymphoma c

Get ready for ‘Liberation Day’ (Trump’s tariff announcement)

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about NIH directors on leave, a shaky start for the FDA commish, and more

Directors of five NIH institutes have been placed on administrative leave or offered new assignments as part of sweeping HHS layoffs

These CDC Teams Were Hardest Hit by Trump's Mass Layoffs

(MedPage Today) -- The dust of the Trump administration's reorganization of HHS is still settling, but it's clear that several offices and divisions of the CDC were particularly hard hit by the reduc

Inside yesterday’s anxiety-inducing, ‘crude and callous’ HHS cuts

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