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Senate panel rejects Trump cuts to NIH, other health agencies
Aug 0111 months ago

Senate panel rejects Trump cuts to NIH, other health agencies

The Senate Appropriations Committee rejected the Trump administration’s massive proposed funding cut to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), advancing a measure that would increase the agency’s bu...

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Fewer kindergarteners are being vaccinated, CDC data show
Aug 0111 months ago

Fewer kindergarteners are being vaccinated, CDC data show

Vaccinations among kindergarteners declined during the 2024-25 school year compared to the year before, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).   Rates dipped ...

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Trump demands pharma companies slash drug prices in next 60 days
Jul 3111 months ago

Trump demands pharma companies slash drug prices in next 60 days

President Trump sent letters Thursday to 17 of the world’s largest drug companies, telling them to take more steps to slash the prices of prescription drugs to match the lowest price in certain foreig...

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Warren questions HHS general counsel nominee about vaccines, abortion
Jul 3111 months ago

Warren questions HHS general counsel nominee about vaccines, abortion

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) on Thursday will press West Virginia state Senator Mike Stuart (R) about how his beliefs on topics like vaccines and abortion will impact how he potentially serves as...

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FDA's top vaccine regulator departs amid conservative criticism
Jul 3011 months ago

FDA's top vaccine regulator departs amid conservative criticism

Vinay Prasad, the top vaccine regulator and chief scientific officer at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a critic of the agency’s COVID-19 policies, has departed after being on the job for l...

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FDA recommends concentrated Kratom be scheduled as illicit substance
Jul 2911 months ago

FDA recommends concentrated Kratom be scheduled as illicit substance

The Trump administration is recommending that a compound called 7-OH be scheduled as an illicit drug, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary announced Tuesday. The compound is a conc...

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