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New York City’s health department just lost $100 million in federal funds. That has consequences
With $100 million in federal funds suddenly revoked, New York City’s acting health commissioner says defense against infectious disease has weakened.
Read MoreSTAT+: Makary’s first speech to FDA staff focuses on challenging norms, fighting chronic disease
In recording, Makary said little about specific plans for his agency or about the layoffs that have roiled his workforce.
Read MoreLung Cancer Screening Rates Nearly 4 Times Lower Than Breast, Colon Cancers
(MedPage Today) -- Americans eligible for lung cancer screening are about four times less likely to undergo screening for the disease than for breast cancer or colorectal cancer (CRC), an analysis of
Read MoreNo Increased Diabetes Risk Post-COVID in Highly Vaccinated Group
(MedPage Today) -- There was no overall increased risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a highly vaccinated and boosted Asian cohort when milder COVID-19 variants were predo
Read MoreExperts Lament Impact of HHS Cuts on Vaccine Science, Policy
(MedPage Today) -- In the aftermath of massive layoffs at HHS, a panel originally aimed at discussing vaccine science and policy quickly re-focused on the impact those cuts would have on infectious d
Read More'Natural Experiment' Ties Shingles Vaccine to Reduced Dementia Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Vaccination against herpes zoster, or shingles, was tied to significantly less dementia risk, a large-scale analysis of electronic health records in Wales showed.
Read MorePublic Health Groups Decry HHS Firings, Grant Cuts
(MedPage Today) -- The Trump administration's abrupt slashing of billions in state, city, and county public health funds will dramatically reduce the ability to collect disease surveillance data to w
Read MoreSupreme Court Appears Divided Over Whether States Can End Planned Parenthood Funding
(MedPage Today) -- The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over whether states should be able to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, a case that comes amid a wider push from abortion
Read MoreC.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s Health, Critics Say
The reorganization that began on Tuesday will scale back an agency that has been a public health model around the world.
Read MoreA letter from the executive editor: The dramatic reshaping of health and medicine in the U.S.
The Trump administration and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are ushering in an extraordinary reshaping of health and medicine, STAT executive editor @rickberke writes in a letter to readers.
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