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Senate panel rejects Trump cuts to NIH, other health agencies
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Senate panel rejects Trump cuts to NIH, other health agencies

The Senate Appropriations Committee rejected the Trump administration’s massive proposed funding cut to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), advancing a measure that would increase the agency’s bu...

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Fewer kindergarteners are being vaccinated, CDC data show
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Fewer kindergarteners are being vaccinated, CDC data show

Vaccinations among kindergarteners declined during the 2024-25 school year compared to the year before, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).   Rates dipped ...

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Trump demands pharma companies slash drug prices in next 60 days
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Trump demands pharma companies slash drug prices in next 60 days

President Trump sent letters Thursday to 17 of the world’s largest drug companies, telling them to take more steps to slash the prices of prescription drugs to match the lowest price in certain foreig...

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FDA's top vaccine regulator departs amid conservative criticism
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FDA's top vaccine regulator departs amid conservative criticism

Vinay Prasad, the top vaccine regulator and chief scientific officer at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a critic of the agency’s COVID-19 policies, has departed after being on the job for l...

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