Health
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Trump expected to sign executive order linking Medicare drug costs to foreign prices
President Trump is expected to make another effort to cut drug prices significantly by binding the government's costs for certain medicines to...
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First at-home test kit for cervical cancer approved by the FDA, company says
U.S. regulators have approved the first cervical cancer testing kit that allows women to collect their own sample at home before shipping it to a...
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On podcasts, Trump's surgeon general pick touts organics, questions vaccines and talks spirituality
President Donald Trump's newest surgeon general nominee is a burgeoning health influencer who has shared her approach to health care through...
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An offshore wind project for New York may be abandoned over Trump administration delays
The Norwegian energy company Equinor said Friday it will be forced to terminate an offshore wind project for New York within days unless President...
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Trump's pick for HHS deputy secretary supports review of abortion-pill risk
President Trump's choice for a deputy secretary post said he "strongly supports" conducting a safety review of mifepristone, the abortion pill...
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Study finds synthetic opioid use higher than reported under Biden
A new study finds that illegal opioid and fentanyl use were higher under the Biden administration than previously reported.
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U.S. infant mortality dropped in 2024. Experts partly credit RSV shots
The nation's infant mortality rate dropped last year after two years of hovering at a late-pandemic plateau.
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Aid group closes soup kitchens across Gaza due to dwindling supplies
Israel's ongoing blockade of humanitarian assistance for Gaza forced a leading aid group to shut its community soup kitchens Thursday as it faced...
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Burn patients face excruciating recovery as medicines dwindle under Israeli blockade of Gaza
Hamza Abu Shabab cringed in pain as his mother pulled off his shirt and eased his bandaged head back onto his pillow so she could apply ointment to...
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Trump replaces his nominee for surgeon general
President Trump announced that Dr. Casey Means will be nominated as the next surgeon general, and pulled the nominee whom he had previously...
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A Philadelphia woman is the eighth person to die from the January crash of a medical plane
An eighth person has died months after the crash of a medical transport plane in Philadelphia, city officials said Tuesday.
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White House withdraws nomination of a former Fox News contributor for U.S. surgeon general
The White House is withdrawing the nomination of a former Fox News medical contributor Janette Nesheiwat for U.S. surgeon general, marking at least...