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Researchers reel as Trump administration moves quickly to cut funding and end DEI programs

The rapidity with which the new administration is putting in place policies to end DEI programs is sowing fear among scientists

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Prostate cancer becomes most common cancer diagnosis in England

There were 55,033 diagnoses of prostate cancer in England in 2023 compared with 47,526 diagnoses of breast cancerProstate cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed in England, surpassing breast cancer

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Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries

PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.

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STAT+: Trump’s CMS freeze, and the Cole Schmidtknecht lawsuit

This week in health care news: Trump freezes CMS comms, the Cole Schmidtknecht lawsuit, and Oregon's health care cost growth caps.

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Novel Biomarkers Predict Pain Sensitivity

(MedPage Today) -- A novel biomarker signature that assessed cortical activity predicted individual pain sensitivity, the PREDICT validation study showed.

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STAT+: RFK Jr. campaign uses HHS freeze as a fundraising tool

RFK Jr.'s campaign, seeking contributions, portrays the communications pause at health agencies as safeguarding "health freedom.

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Limbo of Cardiac Device Recalls Has Physicians Ready for Change

(MedPage Today) -- LOS ANGELES -- Clinicians working in advanced heart failure vented their frustrations about the shrinking number of device therapies left from round after round of FDA recalls.

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CDC health officials in US ordered to stop working with WHO immediately

Senior leaders at agency told to ‘await further guidance’ in stoppage that upends expectations of extended withdrawalUS public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health

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CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal

U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.

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STAT+: NIH clarifies restrictions on staff after Trump’s broad freeze sparked chaos

Ongoing clinical trials can continue, and scientists can keep publishing their findings, a memo shows.

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