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RFK Jr. tells farmers, GOP not to worry about his report targeting pesticides
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought Tuesday to reassure farmers and one Republican senator about his...
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Who can get updated COVID vaccines this fall? FDA will OK for high-risk groups, calls for new clinical trials
The Food and Drug Administration says it has decided to continue approving COVID-19 vaccine updates for seniors and others at...
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RFK Jr. told Congress no working scientists were fired, but these top NIH brain scientists are still facing job cuts
Some of the National Institutes of Health's top brain scientists received layoff notices last month, weeks before Health and Human...
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Pool fences and life jackets could save hundreds of lives, CDC estimates
Hundreds of lives could be saved each year by broader use of life jackets and more fences around swimming pools,...
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Bay Area mother turns pain into art on Mental Health Action Day
OAKLAND — We don't always get to choose the name we carry, but sometimes, if you're lucky, you grow into...
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Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Jorgensen, who led company into weight loss drugs, to step down
People using weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy drink less People using weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy...
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FDA to revisit approval of
The Food and Drug Administration is planning to revisit its approval of the food additive ADA, the agency's top foods...
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UC San Francisco’s psilocybin therapy shows promise for Parkinson’s patients
On a quiet plot of land in rural New Mexico, Jeff Deming feels like he's really living, once again."Mentally, it's...
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Trump wants drug price caps tied to foreign nations. Here’s why Biden never did it.
Senate Democrats and the Biden administration dropped plans to set drug price caps based on the amount paid in other...
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U.S. drug overdose deaths dropped sharply in 2024, the largest one-year decline ever recorded
There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever...
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