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Universal Antivenom May Grow Out of Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him Hundreds of Times
Scientists identified antibodies that neutralized the poison in whole or in part from the bites of cobras, mambas and other deadly species.
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Federal Report Denounces Gender Treatments for Adolescents
The H.H.S. review may set the stage for additional restrictions on gender-affirming care. Critics described it as an ideological statement.
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U.S. Prosecutors Accuse Large Insurers of Paying Kickbacks for Private Medicare Plans
The Justice Department accused large insurers of colluding with national brokers to steer older people and those with disabilities toward coverage that might not offer the best medical care.
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Upheaval in Washington Hinders Campaign Against Bird Flu
Determined to cut costs and manage communications, the Trump administration is moving too slowly to contain the virus, experts say.
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Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters
The plans amount to an extraordinary flex of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s power as health secretary to make decisions ordinarily left to career scientists at the Food and Drug Administration.
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Citing N.I.H. Cuts, a Top Science Journal Stops Accepting Submissions
With federal support, Environmental Health Perspectives has long published peer-reviewed studies without fees to readers or scientists.
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Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines
In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.
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Immunotherapy Drug Spares Cancer Patients From Grisly Surgeries and Harsh Therapies
For a limited group of cancer patients who have solid tumors in the stomach, rectum, esophagus and other organs, an immunotherapy trial offered stunning results.
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What Nearly Brainless Rodents Know About Weight Loss and Hunger
Studies in neuroscience with applications to humans offer clues about what makes us start eating, and when we stop.
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Overlooked No More: Joyce Brown, Whose Struggle Redefined the Rights of the Homeless
She successfully challenged her involuntary commitment to Bellevue Hospital in 1987, setting a precedent for homeless people that remains relevant today.
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Two Theories of Consciousness Faced Off. The Ref Took a Beating.
What makes humans conscious? Scientists disagree, strongly, as one group of peacemakers discovered the hard way.
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Young People Are Not As Happy As They Used to Be, Study Finds
New data collected from more than 200,000 people across the world shows that young people aren’t as happy as they used to be.
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Humans’ Wounds Heal Much More Slowly Than Other Mammals’
We naked apes need Band-Aids, but shedding the fur that speeds healing in other mammals may have helped us evolve other abilities.
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Lab Animals Face Being Euthanized as Trump Cuts Research
Animal testing remains a fundamental part of biomedical research. But as funding evaporates, mice, rats and even monkeys may be euthanized.
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Europe’s Pharma Industry Braces for Pain as Trump Tariff Threat Looms
Medicines and chemicals are huge exports for European Union countries. That makes the sector a weak spot as trade tensions drag on.
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David Paton, Creator of Flying Eye Hospital, Dies at 94
An idealistic ophthalmologist, he came up with an ingenious way to treat blindness in far-flung places: by outfitting an airplane with an operating room.
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‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.
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F.D.A. Scientists Are Reinstated at Agency Food Safety Labs
After 20 percent of the agency’s work force was cut, federal health officials have decided to bring back some experts and review firings to fill gaps in critical roles.
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Trump budget draft ends Narcan program and other addiction measures.
A $56 million grant to train emergency responders and supply them with the overdose reversal spray, plus other programs that address addiction, could be eliminated.
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Trump vs. Science
We explain the administration’s cuts to research.
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