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Local Officials Brace for Loss of Disaster Preparedness Funding

The C.D.C. delivered $750 million annually to state and local health departments for emergency work. The program was eliminated in the Trump administration’s budget blueprint.

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Biomarker-Informed IBD Therapy Guidance Improved Disease Control

(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- Biomarker-informed therapy guidance improved disease control rates among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) compared with standard best care, a randomize

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FDA Will Allow Three Color Additives Made From Minerals, Algae, and Flower Petals

(MedPage Today) -- U.S. regulators said Friday that they would allow three new color additives made from natural sources to be used in the nation's food supply.

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FDA approves first at-home test for cervical cancer screening

Teal Health offers alternative to pap smear tests that need to be undertaken at a doctor’s office, slated for June rolloutThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first at-home tes

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Trump Once Vowed To End HIV in America. His Funding Cuts Are Rolling Back Progress.

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Efruxifermin Did Not Reduce Fibrosis in MASH-Related Compensated Cirrhosis

(MedPage Today) -- Use of the investigational drug efruxifermin did not significantly reduce fibrosis in patients with compensated cirrhosis caused by metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis

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FDA and NIH announce innovative joint Nutrition Regulatory Science Program

Initiative will provide a better understanding of the root causes to end the diet-related chronic disease crisis.

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Roflumilast Foam Eases Scalp and Body Psoriasis

(MedPage Today) -- Roflumilast foam, 0.3% (Zoryve) used once-daily significantly improved itch and other symptoms of plaque psoriasis of the scalp and body, the phase III ARRECTOR trial showed.

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Measles Cases Top 1,000: A Crisis of Complacency

(MedPage Today) -- In late February, the Secretary of Health and Human Services sat in the White House cabinet room and downplayed a measles outbreak in Texas -- referring to the then-146 cases and

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Ministers have ‘maxed out’ health service funding, says NHS England boss

Jim Mackey says state of public finances means country can no longer afford big spending risesMinisters have “maxed out” the amount of money they can give the NHS and it must learn to live with sm

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