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Gutting US health agency will allow for private sector takeover, experts warn
Robert F Kennedy, Trump’s health secretary, said he will be laying off nearly 20,000 workers, imperiling crucial servicesMassive job cuts planned for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS
Read MoreTop US vaccine official resigns over RFK Jr’s ‘misinformation and lies’
Dr Peter Marks was seen as a guardrail against any future politicisation of the FDA’s approval of life-saving vaccinesA senior health official in the US, who was seen as a guardrail against any futu
Read MoreMy child has autism. Trump and RFK Jr linking it to vaccines scares parents like me
We’re afraid the baseless theory spread by the president stigmatises our kids – and could affect access to careIt was a moment when Donald Trump’s larger-than-life presence on the global stage b
Read More‘He still features in my nightmares’: how a sinister psychiatrist put hundreds of women in deep, drug-induced comas
In the 1960s, William Sargant used a combination of narcosis and ECT to ‘reprogram’ troubled young women.
Read MoreJournalists Talk Public Health Data Under Trump, Therapists’ Discontent With Insurers
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
Read More‘Plot twist - I’m still a fat person!’: meet the people proving you can be fit at any size
In the age of Ozempic and extreme dieting, slimness is still prized over any other body shape – but you don’t have to shrink your frame in order to be powerful, supple and healthyIt is an autumn e
Read MoreBeauty clinics in UK offering banned treatments derived from human cells
Experts warn of serious health risks of using exosome products that are harvested from human donorsBanned biological products harvested from human cells are being used in UK beauty clinics, according
Read MorePeter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine regulator, forced out
Top FDA official Peter Marks was forced to resign as the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
Read MoreTop FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
Read MoreFinerenone and Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure
This secondary analysis of the Finerenone Trial to Investigate Efficacy and Safety Superior to Placebo in Patients With Heart Failure (FINEARTS-HF) randomized clinical trial examines the efficacy and
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