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CDC's Population Health Office Is Gone

(MedPage Today) -- The CDC's Division of Population Health was eliminated in its entirety in the Trump administration's mass layoffs at HHS, with the exception of one of its data-gathering operations

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HHS 'Reductions to Absurdity,' One Week On

(MedPage Today) -- Last week, HHS moved to reduce the size of its workforce by around 10,000 people.

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Tiny Dissolving Pacemaker; Low-Risk TAVR in Real World; 'Fake' Cardiologist Arrested

(MedPage Today) -- Engineers developed the smallest pacemaker yet: a device smaller than a grain of rice, activated by light, and meant to dissolve after it has met the patient's need for temporary p

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Suicides, Attempts Fall in Health Systems Implementing 'Zero Suicide Model'

(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare systems can reduce suicides through patient screening, safety planning, and mental health counseling, a new study suggests, an important finding as the U.S.

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Assisted dying vote delayed by three weeks to give MPs time to consider changes

Kim Leadbeater says she is ‘absolutely confident’ postponement will not delay legislation reaching royal assentThe next vote on legislation to introduce assisted dying in England and Wales has bee

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Why Clear wants in on health care

In this edition of STAT's Health Tech newsletter: Why Clear wants to get into the health care market, and more

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Societies Decry HHS Obesity Med Decision; Diabetes-Autism Link; Ozempic ED Visits

(MedPage Today) -- The Endocrine Society expressed disappointment over the Trump administration's decision not to implement a proposal that would have allowed Medicare and Medicaid to cover anti-obes

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Former FDA Chief Cites 'Dysfunctional' Congress as Top Agency Challenge

(MedPage Today) -- In this first installment of "Exit Interviews," MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, sits down with two-time FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, to discuss what it was l

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Don't Forget Fertility: Medicaid Must Cover Iatrogenic Infertility

(MedPage Today) -- Fertility preservation services optimize the potential for future reproduction, safeguarding this option for newly diagnosed cancer patients in an impossible bind: choosing between

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