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The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
Posted on 26 September 2026 | 9:01 am
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Most member nations spoke in support of the declaration, but some rich countries had strong objections.
Posted on 26 September 2026 | 1:29 am
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Scientists at the company announced their first finding: a group of enzymes whose function is unknown.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 6:42 pm
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"Patient zero" has long been associated with virus outbreaks and fictional health investigations. It was coined in the 1980s, by accident.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 2:53 pm
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A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary's wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.
Posted on 25 September 2026 | 2:12 pm
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Dr. Heidi Overton was pressed on the president's false statements about the measles vaccine and his intervention in tobacco policy.
Posted on 24 September 2026 | 8:24 pm
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Suicide deaths have often fluctuated over the years but a sustained downward trend remains elusive.
Posted on 24 September 2026 | 6:40 pm
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The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care.
Posted on 24 September 2026 | 11:03 am
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For 10 years Jennifer Koh struggled to understand and treat a rare neurological disorder, while trying to maintain a full calendar onstage.
Posted on 24 September 2026 | 9:00 am
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Democrats and Republicans in Congress opposed the creation of a commission with the power to veto federal research awards.
Posted on 23 September 2026 | 9:16 pm
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The agency led by Dr. Mehmet Oz is proposing an end to weekly tracking of respiratory infections at the facilities where thousands of elderly residents died in the pandemic.
Posted on 23 September 2026 | 2:53 pm
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Vice President JD Vance said the measure would save the government $2.2 billion.
Posted on 22 September 2026 | 11:33 pm
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Scientists are developing imaging techniques and blood tests that one day may enable doctors to identify the disease definitively in living patients.
Posted on 22 September 2026 | 3:08 pm
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The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a "fraud."
Posted on 21 September 2026 | 3:54 pm
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Patients and workers in one of the country's largest hospitals sweltered in a heat wave last month. Experts say the whole country must urgently adapt.
Posted on 21 September 2026 | 11:04 am
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Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would place grants under review by an outside panel, the latest effort to redirect billions of dollars in research spending.
Posted on 21 September 2026 | 3:33 am
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Ahead of the midterm elections, the president said that all states had opted in to an effort to align Medicaid's prices for medicines with those in other wealthy countries.
Posted on 19 September 2026 | 12:22 am
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The gene is found predominantly in Southern Appalachia and may be one of the most powerful cancer-risk mutations ever found.
Posted on 18 September 2026 | 2:05 am
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Scientists have discovered a powerful gene-targeting system in viruses. Billions of years old, VIPR seems to predate CRISPR and may be even more effective.
Posted on 17 September 2026 | 8:29 pm
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The Democratic candidate for governor backed restrictions on disposal of fracking wastewater around a hard-hit town, and called for a "thorough investigation" of the dangers.
Posted on 17 September 2026 | 8:28 pm