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Report: US scientists lost $3 billion in NIH grants since Trump took office
Since Trump took office on January 20, research funding from the National Institutes of Health has plummeted by more than […]
“This will be a painful period”: RFK Jr. slashes 24% of US health dept.
Health Secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is slashing a total of 20,000 jobs across the Department of […]
Measles quickly spreading in Kansas counties with alarmingly low vaccination
The cases in Kansas are likely part of the mushrooming outbreak that began in West Texas in late January. On […]
Discredited anti-vaccine advocate will lead CDC study on vaccines and autism
Lupron is a drug that suppresses sex hormones (a gonadotropin-releasing hormone [GnRH] agonist) and is used to treat prostate cancer, […]
Medical devices vulnerable to exploits and insecure connections
A new report from Claroty finds that 89 percent of healthcare organizations have medical devices vulnerable to ransomware-linked exploits and […]
RFK Jr. claws back $11.4B in CDC funding amid wave of top-level departures
Those departures follow Kevin Griffis, head of the CDC’s office of communications, who left last week; Robin Bailey, the agency’s […]
UK on alert after H5N1 bird flu spills over to sheep in world-first
In the UK, officials said further testing of the rest of the sheep’s flock has found no other infections. The […]
Measles arrives in Kansas, spreads quickly in undervaccinated counties
On Thursday, the county on the northern border of Stevens, Grant County, also reported three confirmed cases, which were also […]
Mom of child dead from measles: “Don’t do the shots,” my other 4 kids were fine
Cod liver oil contains high levels of vitamin A, which is sometimes administered to measles patients under a physician’s supervision. […]
