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Noted Neuroscientist Dies; Nasal Spray for Alzheimer's Disease; Benign MS

(MedPage Today) -- Cognitive neuroscientist Eleanor Maguire, PhD, whose studies of London taxi drivers' brains helped transform memory research, died at age 54 following a battle with spinal cancer.

STAT+: FDA’s former top food official says Trump firings are ‘dismantling’ the division

The former head of the FDA's food division told STAT he resigned because cuts made by the Trump administration imperil the agenda set forth by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Opinion: Former CDC director: Two programs reportedly on the chopping block must be saved

Former CDC Director Tom Frieden warns that cutting the Public Health Associate Program and Laboratory Leadership Service risks public safety, especially given the threat of H5N1.

Tell us: have you received a Macmillan Cancer Support hardship grant?

We want to hear from people who have been helped by Macmillan as well as people who have worked for or with the charityMacmillan Cancer Support (MCS) has axed a quarter of its staff, downgraded its he

The 'Anesthesiologist' Title Must Be Restricted to Physicians

(MedPage Today) -- Patients want to know, and clearly deserve to know, who is treating their injury or illness in every medical setting.

Uganda discharges the last Ebola patients. No new deaths from the contagious virus reported

Uganda discharged on Tuesday the last eight patients who recovered from Ebola, and there were no other positive cases in the outbreak declared last month.

FDA Layoffs in Staff Overseeing Food Safety, Medical Devices, and Tobacco Products

(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration's effort to slash the size of the federal workforce reached the FDA this weekend, as recently hired employees who review the safety of food ingredients, me

Food head at FDA quits citing Trump administration’s mass staff cuts

Jim Jones, who joined Food and Drug Administration in 2023, says layoffs would make it ‘fruitless’ to continue in roleThe head of the food division at the US Food and Drug Administration has quit

STAT+: FDA’s head of device safety among employees terminated in ‘challenging’ weekend

The cuts hit the FDA's medical device center particularly hard, including reviewers and experts on AI-enabled medical technology.

‘Triangle of death’: will Italy finally tackle mafia’s toxic waste dumping?

Cancer rates have soared in Casalnuovo di Napoli, Italy, where burying or burning of waste has poisoned water and landSoon after her son, Antonio, was born, Marzia Caccioppoli moved to Casalnuovo di N

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