Health
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Ebola outbreak spreads to Europe as new case confirmed in France
The patient who contracted the deadly disease is a humanitarian doctor who had recently returned from the DRC. The doctor was transferred to a specialized hospital.
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DOJ announces 455 charged in $6.5 billion healthcare fraud 'takedown'
DOJ announces healthcare fraud takedown against 455 defendants; $6.5 billion in false claims
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration's SNAP rules on junk food
The judge wrote that Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins improperly applied federal law when she approved requests from states asking to impose limits on what participants can purchase with funds from the program.
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Trump Agriculture Department funds Farm-to-School program at historic levels
The funding injection helps increase access to non-processed foods free from chemicals and helps children learn more about farming and agriculture.
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Private equity drains resources from U.S. hospitals, report says
Private equity firms routinely strip hospitals of assets, according to the report.
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Kennedy releases official 'MAHA' report on children's health
The report dives into a plan to investigate ingredients in food, modernize vaccines in America, and improve the childhood vaccine schedule.
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Trump signs presidential memorandum targeting 'misleading' prescription drug advertisements
The memorandum directs Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary to take action to provide more clarity on prescription drugs and the risks of taking them.
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Trump administration seeks to break U.S. dependence on China and India for generic pharmaceuticals
Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to restock the Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Reserve (SAPIR) with critical drug components in order to ensure a secure domestic supply chain for critical medications.
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Audit: WA hospital employee embezzled $32K from rural taxpayers, patient revenues
According to the report, Adams County Public Hospital District 2 notified the Office of the Washington State Auditor, or SAO, in September 2023 about the potential loss of public funds. The district spends $12 million annually from local taxpayers and its revenues, which a former accounting clerk exploited.
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Kennedy claims CDC director was fired because she was untrustworthy
Monarez was terminated late last month after less than one month officially on the job. Top Kennedy advisor Jim O'Neill is the acting CDC director until a new one has been confirmed.
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Watch Live: RFK Jr. testifies before Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday.
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Florida surgeon general says state to end all vaccine mandates
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said the state Department of Health will work with GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis on the matter.
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University of Pennsylvania stops banning non-black races from doctor directory to end lawsuit
Black Doctor Directory based on the"thoroughly debunked theory" of racial concordance, that patients fare better with doctors of their own race, Do No Harm says. Its new research finds med schools still letting in blacks with same scores as rejected whites, Asians.