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How Trump’s tariffs may raise health care costs, from medical devices to prescription drugs
On Saturday, President Trump ordered import taxes on goods from Canada, China, and Mexico, a move that could raise costs for consumers across the economy, including in health care. Tariffs of 25% ...
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National Science Foundation restores payments after five-day pause, but worries over science funding persist
On Sunday, the National Science Foundation announced that its payment system was back online to comply with a judge’s order, five days after the agency froze funding to researchers. While post ...
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CDC advisers push agency to explain data removal, say when info will be restored
Top advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are asking the agency’s acting director to explain the abrupt removal of information and data from CDC websites, and say when it ...
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WHO says 6 contacts of Ugandan Ebola patient are ill, vaccination efforts could begin Sunday
The head of the World Health Organization’s health emergencies program said Saturday that six people who were in contact with Uganda’s latest Ebola case have become ill, though it’s not yet ...
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With little fanfare, Biden administration stacked vaccine advisory committee with new members
Before leaving office, President Biden’s health secretary approved the appointments of eight new candidates to a critical committee that helps set U.S. vaccination policy — a burst of ...
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AI forces doctors to reconsider the nature of diagnosis
Physicians received unexpected news recently when a small study published in JAMA Network Open found that ChatGPT-4 had outdone us at our own craft: diagnosis, what some have called the physician ...
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RFK Jr. says U.S. won’t threaten pharmaceutical patents to push for lower drug prices
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, doesn’t think that high drug prices are a reason to undermine pharmaceutical ...
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Trump’s first term birthed the March for Science. Where are the science activists now?
The start of a Trump administration. The prospect of political appointees that eschew scientific consensus. Renewed attacks on institutions of science. To many scientists, 2025 is shaping up like ...
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A long-awaited update on anxiety and antidepressants
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Too much news to include below, but apparently we should all be scratching our ...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is unfit to lead HHS
Now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s two confirmation hearings have concluded on Capitol Hill, we have clear evidence that he is unfit to lead our nation’s largest health agency. Throughout the ...
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RFK Jr. disavows fundraising email that praised HHS freeze, two days after claiming his campaign doesn’t exist
WASHINGTON — Two days after denying the ongoing existence of his presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has confirmed the campaign sent an email fundraising off a federal health agency ...
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CDC removal of databases on sexual orientation, gender identity sparks alarm
Data from an expansive federal survey on youth behavioral habits, including their sexual orientation and gender identity, have been removed from the website of the Centers for Disease Control and ...