AP medical writer / author of the book Surgeon General's Warning: How Politics Crippled the Nation's Doctor https://xitter.cf/t.co/rMyzSRzKRY…
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New: As head of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Thomas Dans has backed a takeover of Greenland and other items on President Donald Trump’s list. But it’s not always clear where the administration’s agenda ends and his own begins. propub.li/3UTRDv4
“I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital, and they have been sick, but they recovered," he said. "But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer. And I’m going against the grain here. I’m climbing a mountain they say you can’t climb."
The Milkman propublica.org/article/mark-…
What to know about new Ebola outbreak that has killed 65 people in Congo apnews.com/article/ebola-con…
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BREAKING: President Trump pulls the stalled nomination for Casey Means as surgeon general and says he'll put forth Nicole Saphier. apnews.com/article/trump-sur…
FDA finds little evidence that a drug touted by Trump can help people with autism apnews.com/article/autism-fd…
The Food and Drug Administration’s top drug regulator, Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg, is working to hire a researcher and friend who wants the agency to add new warnings to antidepressants about unproven pregnancy risks, The Associated Press has learned. apnews.com/article/hoeg-urat…
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Louisiana town saves its 116-year-old newspaper - ‘Dedicated to the people’s right to know’ #lagov #lalege shreveporttimes.com/story/ne…
A European Medicines Agency committee gave its nod to acoziborole, made by Sanofi. The decision is seen as a crucial step to making the medicine available in Congo, the country with the most sleeping sickness cases. apnews.com/article/sleeping-…
The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they’re increasingly coming from people who died when their heart stopped beating. apnews.com/article/organ-don…
More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its rollback of vaccine recommendations for children, calling the move an illegal threat to public health. apnews.com/article/childhood…
US births dropped last year, suggesting the 2024 uptick was short-lived. apnews.com/article/how-many-…
Mike Stobbe retweeted
An unmistakable pall hangs over the Georgia’s Capitol, with leaders earnestly asking one another whether the FBI’s raid was a prelude to election officials being frogmarched out in handcuffs. Democrats were in no mood to tiptoe around the moment. #gapol
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US says it has finalized withdrawal from World Health Organization. apnews.com/article/world-hea…
US completes withdrawal from World Health Organization apnews.com/article/world-hea…
Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country, pending an ethical review, the health minister said Thursday. apnews.com/article/guinea-bi…
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Scientists call another near-record hot year a 'warning shot' of a shifting, dangerous climate
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At-home STD tests offer new options for screening and treatment apnews.com/article/stds-fda-…
ProPublica: Last year, three of Starship’s five launches exploded at unexpected points on their flight paths, twice raining flaming debris over congested commercial airways and disrupting flights. propublica.org/article/space…
US will exit 66 international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation apnews.com/article/united-na…
A rule change proposed by the Florida Department of Health would eliminate requirements that Florida children receive the hepatitis B, varicella and Haemophilus influenzae type b or Hib vaccines in order to attend public or private K-12 schools. apnews.com/article/florida-v…
