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STAT+: Mass General Brigham announces largest layoff in its history amid ongoing restructuring

Mass General Brigham said Monday it will let go of hundreds of employees in the next two months, the largest layoff in the organization’s history.

Certain Diabetes Medications May Ease COPD

(MedPage Today) -- SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists were associated with fewer exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to propensity score-matched cohort

22 states sue to block Trump administration cuts to NIH research payments

Attorneys general sued the Trump administration to block a NIH decision that would slash grant payments for research overhead

STAT+: FDA cites Indian ingredients supplier for deleting records

The FDA warning highlights ongoing anxiety over quality control among pharmaceutical manufacturers in India.

Joy comes to those who wait until morning | Brief letters

Good mornings | Train departures | Vice-chancellors | Boiling eggs | School reportsThe idea that we feel better about life in the morning (Scientists find that things really do seem better in the morn

Farmers ‘very worried’ as US pesticide firms push to bar cancer diagnoses lawsuits

Pesticide-backed proposed law that opponents call ‘Cancer Gag Act’ pits Iowa farm groups against each otherPesticide company efforts to push through laws that could block litigation against them i

States Absorb Increases for Sicker Medicaid Enrollees After the Pandemic

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Higher Levels of 'Good' Cholesterol Linked to Increased Glaucoma Risk

(MedPage Today) -- Higher levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were associated with an increased risk of glaucoma, while high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C),

STAT+: A check-in on health insurers’ medical costs, and more babies are being born

This week in health care business news: Rising costs hit health insurers, UnitedHealth AI lawsuit update, Dr. Oz profile, and more babies being born.

US-funded ‘social network’ attacking pesticide critics shuts down after Guardian investigation

v-Fluence halts operations after widespread backlash over private portal profiling environmental health advocatesA US company that was secretly profiling hundreds of food and environmental health advo

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