As the dust settles from the first wave of firings at health agencies, here's how many people got cut, and the impact of the roles that were lost.
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Will Stone (via NPR:Health)
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2/17/25
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center partnered with AWS to accelerate its research with AI. The collaboration seeks to speed up drug discovery and increase activity within the health system’s …
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Katie Adams (via MedCity News)
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2/17/25
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Virtual care is no longer just a convenience, it is a necessity. The question is no longer whether virtual-first care is viable but how quickly we can make it the preferred model for modern …
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Michael Dalton (via MedCity News)
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2/17/25
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A telehealth company partnered with a pharmacy that lacked a required license, raising doubts about the safety and efficacy of the weight-loss medicines it mailed to patients.
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Sydney Lupkin (via NPR:Health)
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2/17/25
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Tufts University, Kaiser Permanente and several other healthcare organizations recently launched the Food is Medicine National Network of Excellence. The network aims to develop, assess and share the …
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Marissa Plescia (via MedCity News)
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2/17/25
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Merck’s implementation of artificial intelligence in drug research includes analyzing years of existing Merck clinical data to help identify which drugs and drug combinations to pursue. But Merck …
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2/17/25
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AI-generated simulations can standardize diversity in exposure by creating virtual patients from varied backgrounds, each with unique risk factors and life experiences.
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Dr. Sipra Laddha (via MedCity News)
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2/17/25
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Many women spend decades using birth control of one kind or another, except for when they’re trying to conceive or are pregnant. So when you know you’re done having babies or if you plan to stay …
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Allie Gouveia (via UNC Health Talk)
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2/17/25
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2/17/25
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2/17/25
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Broken Heart Syndrome mimics symptoms of a heart attack. It can strike after a stressful event, such as the loss of a loved one, a physical shock, or prolonged anxiety. The good news: It's treatable.
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Allison Aubrey (via NPR:Health)
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2/17/25
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A push by Congressional Republicans to slash federal funding for Medicaid could have “dire consequences” for the more than 1.2 million rural North Carolinians who depend on the program. That …
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Jaymie Baxley (via North Carolina Health News)
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2/17/25
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As any parent knows, kids can be exhausting. The Surgeon General even warned recently that parental burnout was an urgent public health issue. So, what can parents do?
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Andee Tagle (via NPR:Health)
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2/16/25
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the new head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has said he'll recommend removing fluoride from the country's drinking water. Juneau, Alaska, did so in …
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Clarise Larson (via NPR:Health)
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2/16/25
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The website restofworld got entries from 45 countries for a photo contest focusing on technology. Here are their top picks -- from facial scans for migrants to kids in a Mongolian tent transfixed by …
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Vicky Hallett (via NPR:Health)
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2/15/25
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A second federal judge paused President Trump's executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19.
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2/15/25
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A committee of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is critical in setting national vaccine policy. It's also vulnerable to political interference.
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Pien Huang (via NPR:Shots - Health News)
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2/15/25
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By Maya Hagan UNC Media Hub The consequences of improper health care training are not lost on Dr. Meg Zomorodi. It was her reality when she lost her mother to a medical error. Now the associate …
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Correspondent (via North Carolina Health News)
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2/15/25
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He wrote that there was no explanation "why a blanket suspension of all congressionally appropriated foreign aid" is needed to review programs. But how funds will start flowing again is unclear.
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Malaka Gharib (via NPR:Health)
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2/14/25
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People who've had strokes or traumatic brain injuries often live with aphasia: difficulty using language, both written and spoken. But music mostly originates in the undamaged hemisphere of the …
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Noah Caldwell (via NPR:Health)
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2/14/25
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