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At CDC, Trump administration’s job cuts wipe out wide array of specialists

Workers across the CDC were summarily fired on Tuesday, triggering what will be an unprecedented and chaotic withdrawal of the agency from many areas of disease prevention.

Federal Health Workers Make Up Less Than 1% of Agency Spending

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests that laying off thousands of federal workers would tame a massive budget.

STAT+: ‘We are all terrified’: Mass General Brigham to lose millions in medical research grants under Trump cuts

The deepening Trump administration budget cuts have hit Mass General Brigham, the nation’s largest hospital recipient of research grants, and other Massachusetts universities and hospitals, cancel

If you’re over 70, protect yourself and ask for breast screening | Letter

Catherine Sims on the importance of asking for potentially life-saving checksThe supplement in your print edition about breast screening (24 March) left out one very shocking fact.

Musk, DOGE Created New HHS Org Chart

(MedPage Today) -- Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team created the new org chart for HHS, said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during an interview on News Nation.

Dr. Oz ‘Disavows’ Support for Transgender Care, Allaying a Senator’s Concerns

Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican, pressed Dr. Oz on transgender care and abortion, and now says he will vote for the physician’s confirmation to become head of Medicare and Medicaid.

Martin A. Makary, M.D., M.P.H., Sworn in as FDA Commissioner

Renowned surgeon-scientist and health policy expert, Martin A. Makary, M.D., M.P.H., took the oath of office to become the 27th Commissioner of Food and Drugs.

Runners' Cardiac Toll Down; IABP Flop in Cardiogenic Shock; Progress on Oral PCSK9i

(MedPage Today) -- Compared with the years 2000-2009, cardiac deaths and case fatalities in U.S. marathon and half-marathon runners have come down significantly.

Medical record fallout from Trump’s executive orders

In this edition of STAT Health Tech: How an executive order on gender identity impacts electronic health records.

Prosecutors directed to seek death penalty against UnitedHealthcare killing suspect Luigi Mangione

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