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Does It Matter if the U.S. Surgeon General Never Practiced Medicine?

(MedPage Today) -- President Trump recently announced the nomination of Casey Means, MD, to serve as the next surgeon general.

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Prenatal genetic therapy for SMA shows promise in a mouse study

Researchers have taken preliminary steps toward treating spinal muscular atrophy in the womb

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The Guardian view on abortion prosecutions: decriminalisation can’t wait | Editorial

The trial of Nicola Packer shows why MPs should seize the opportunity to change the law and safeguard vulnerable women nowThe Crown Prosecution Service has yet to explain why it thought that pursuing

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The GOP’s Trying Again To Cut Medicaid. It’s Only Gotten Harder Since 2017.

Donald Trump is back in the White House, the GOP controls Congress, and Republicans have dusted off their 2017 plans to reshape Medicaid, the government health program for those with low incomes or di

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EPA Announces Rollback for Some Biden-Era Limits on PFAS in Drinking Water

(MedPage Today) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Wednesday that it plans to weaken limits on some so-called forever chemicals in drinking water that were finalized last year, while m

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South Carolina supreme court upholds six-week abortion ban

Justices rejected Planned Parenthood’s argument over the definition of a ‘fetal heartbeat’ in loss for the health giantSouth Carolina’s state supreme court upheld the state’s six-week aborti

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RFK Jr. to Defend HHS Overhaul as Democrats Denounce ‘War on Science’

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying before Congress for the first time as health secretary on Wednesday.

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STAT+: Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca top a consultancy’s ranking of drug company R&D

A consultancy’s new ranking of drug company R&D shows Eli Lilly has risen to the top of the drug development heap, while AstraZeneca leads on invention.

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Former FDA head Robert Califf says RFK Jr.’s vaccine rhetoric is ‘doing harm’ to Americans

Ex-FDA chief Robert Califf about HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — “My primary worry is not the FDA, my worry is the American public.

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STAT+: Projected number of uninsured from GOP’s bill is nearing levels not seen since ACA repeal effort

If 14 million lost coverage, that would push the total number of uninsured in the U.S. close to pre-Affordable Care Act levels, says KFF's Larry Levitt.

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