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As His Chronic Disease Tour Wraps, Kennedy Hits His Stride

The health secretary seemed stoic — maybe nervous, even — at the start of his first major trip. But on a hike with Navajo Nation leaders, he was finally in his element.

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FDA Reverses Course on Telework as Layoffs, Resignations Threaten Basic Operations

(MedPage Today) -- Weeks after ordering FDA employees back into the office, the agency is reversing course, allowing some of its most prized staffers to work remotely amid worries that recent layoffs

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Wristband Nerve Stimulator Improves Essential Tremor Outcomes

(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- An investigational peripheral nerve stimulator worn as a wristband helped people with upper limb essential tremor perform daily activities better than a sham device,

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One-Third of Maternal Deaths Occur Long After Delivery, Study Finds

Pregnancy-related mortality has risen sharply, and doctors have overlooked a particularly dangerous period: from six weeks to one year after the birth.

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Team Behind Critical CDC Maternal and Infant Health Dataset Axed

(MedPage Today) -- As part of the cuts to federal health agencies by the Trump administration, the entire team behind a key CDC dataset for ob/gyn research has been axed.

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At House Hearing, Hemp Industry Begs for More FDA Regulation While Others Seek Less

(MedPage Today) -- Wednesday's House hearing on restoring trust in the FDA included something that doesn't happen often: testimony from an industry representative begging for his industry to be regul

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At-home saliva test for prostate cancer better than blood test, study suggests

Researchers say ‘relatively simple, inexpensive’ means of assessing genetic risk offers hope of better screeningAn at-home spit test appears to perform better at predicting prostate cancer risk th

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Polygenic Risk Tool Can Detect Clinically Significant Prostate Cancers

(MedPage Today) -- For men at the highest risk of prostate cancer as determined by a polygenic risk score, the percentage found to have clinically significant disease was higher than the percentage t

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Scientists Map Part of a Mouse's Brain That's So Complex It Looks Like a Galaxy

(MedPage Today) -- Thanks to a mouse watching clips from "The Matrix," scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date -- a diagram of the wiring connecting 84,000 neurons as

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RFK Jr says his response to measles outbreak should be ‘model for the world’

Public health experts argue he failed to give a full-throated endorsement of an extremely effective vaccineThe health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, said on a press tour that his response to a large

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