Health Care
CDC finalizes roughly 600 layoffs; union says workforce ‘decimated’
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued layoff notices to hundreds of employees Wednesday after a federal judge...
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Missouri adult dies after brain-eating amoeba infection: Officials
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KTVI) — An adult in Missouri has died after they became infected with a brain-eating amoeba earlier...
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RFK Jr. attacks pediatric group after vaccine recommendations
Hours after the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) broke with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr...
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Pesticides test MAHA-MAGA alliance
The “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement could be on a collision course with its Republican allies over pesticides and...
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Hundreds of HHS staff call on Kennedy to stop misinformation in wake of CDC shooting
More than 750 current and former staff of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are calling on Secretary...
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RFK Jr. on wearing jeans during workouts: ‘Now I’m used to it’
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday explained why he’s often caught wearing...
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Tick-borne disease spreads, causing meat, dairy allergies
Emergency room visits have spiked across the Midwest this summer as millions of Americans grapple with tick bites, but a...
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CDC funding changes inject ‘chaos’ into local health programs
The Trump administration has delayed or blocked millions of dollars in federal grants from the Centers for Disease Control and...
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Malaria case in New Jersey resident who hasn’t traveled under investigation
New Jersey health officials said they are investigating what could be the state’s first locally acquired case of malaria in...
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Novo Nordisk, GoodRx selling Ozempic at half cost for customers paying cash
Novo Nordisk and GoodRx announced a partnership this week to sell products Ozempic and Wegovy at half their normal cost...
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