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FDA to Pull Boxed Warning on Menopausal Hormone Therapy Such as Stroke, Heart Attack, & Dementia. www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w... #Menopause
FDA to Pull Boxed Warning on Menopausal Hormone Therapy
Labeling warns of risk for stroke, heart attack, dementia, and other serious risks
www.medpagetoday.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Idaho cuts doctor pay rates for Medicaid. More cuts could come, Health and Welfare says. idahocapitalsun.com/2025/08/26/i...
Idaho cuts doctor pay rates for Medicaid. More cuts could come, Health and Welfare says. • Idaho Capital Sun
After Idaho Gov. Brad Little ordered mid-year budget cuts in state government, Idaho Medicaid cut doctor pay rates to reduce rising costs.
idahocapitalsun.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Breaking news: Contradicting HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the CDC continues to recommend the coronavirus vaccines for healthy children, according to new documentation posted to the agency's website.
Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC keeps recommending covid vaccine for kids
While RFK Jr. said coronavirus vaccines would be removed from the CDC schedule for healthy children, it’s still recommended in consultation with doctors.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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C.D.C. Contradicts Kennedy and Keeps Advice That Children May Get Covid Shots

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC keeps recommending covid vaccine for kids
While RFK Jr. said the coronavirus vaccine would be removed from the CDC schedule for healthy children, it’s still recommended in consultation with doctors.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Three women and two doctors are suing Kansas over a law that nullifies a person’s decisions about end-of-life care if they are pregnant, arguing that it violates the right to personal autonomy and equal protection under the state constitution.
Women sue Kansas over law that disregards end-of-life wishes during pregnancy
Three women and two physicians in Kansas are suing the state over its law that invalidates the advance directives of pregnant patients.
wapo.st
May 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Hurricane season starts June 1 and if you live in a Gulf state, you need to watch this. It’s worse than you might think.

The few employees still left at FEMA admit: they are not prepared. Not enough staff. Not enough supplies. Not enough leadership. Plan accordingly.
May 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Surgeons in Southern California have performed the first human bladder transplant, introducing a new, potentially life-changing procedure for people with debilitating bladder conditions. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/h...
May 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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A Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic was damaged on Saturday in what the mayor called “an apparent explosion.” The cause of the blast was not immediately known, the mayor said.
Palm Springs Explosion Damages Fertility Clinic
www.nytimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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RFK Jr. Defends Medicare Advantage, Cuts to Research for Diseases Impacting Older Adults in Nursing Homes. skillednursingnews.com/2025/05/kenn... #NursingHomes #Seniors
Kennedy Defends Medicare Advantage, Cuts to Research for Diseases Impacting Older Adults in Nursing Homes
During a Congressional hearing held Wednesday, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended the Trump
skillednursingnews.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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“After school shootings, many Republicans try to shift the public conversation away from gun violence and toward mental health programs that might make mass shootings less likely. Student mental health grants had bipartisan support.

“Trump is cutting them anyway.”

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Student mental health grants had bipartisan support, but Trump is cutting them anyway
There’s no good reason for the Trump administration to cut grants for student mental health programs. It’s happening anyway.
www.msnbc.com
May 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
International Doctors Forgo U.S. Medical Meetings, Citing Detention Fears www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo... #doctors
International Doctors Forgo U.S. Medical Meetings, Citing Detention Fears
At least one U.K. oncologist is skipping ASCO this year
www.medpagetoday.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#Florida legislature approves repeal of “Free Kill” bill; must still be signed by Gov. DeSantis.

www.wtsp.com/article/news... #PatientSafety
Florida Legislature approves repeal of 'Free Kill' law
The bill is now ready to go to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
www.wtsp.com
May 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.

They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.

www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“One ravioli.” Many nursing homes feed residents on less than $10/day. “That’s appalling low.” www.nj.com/news/2025/04... #NursingHomes #PatientSafety
Many nursing homes feed residents on less than $10 a day: ‘That’s appallingly low.’
“You can’t feed anyone on less than $10 a day,” said a Harvard professor who studies nursing homes. Is anyone watching?
www.nj.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
#California: Woman claims newborn died after La Mesa hospital refused to treat her; she’s suing for change. www.cbs8.com/article/news... #hospital #childbirth #newborn
Her newborn baby died after a hospital refused to treat her, now she is suing for change
Nurses at Sharp Grossmont told 29-year-old Hannah Michaelis she needed to go to another hospital. She gave birth to her baby in her car.
www.cbs8.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#California bill would require restaurants to put allergy notifications on menus. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u... #menus #allergies
MSN
www.msn.com
April 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Medical journals get letters from DOJ asking about “competing viewpoints.” www.medpagetoday.com/special-repo...
Medical Journals Get Letters From DOJ
At least three journals received letters from a U.S. Attorney asking about 'competing viewpoints'
www.medpagetoday.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Like your liver? Tough. The Trump admin doesn’t care.
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In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help — NPR
All 27 scientists at the CDC's viral hepatitis lab were told their duties were “unnecessary.
apple.news
April 17, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Just learned that the entire division of blood disorders at the CDC was put on administrative leave or terminated effective immediately.

The people who figured out HIV was infecting people through the blood supply.

What could possibly go wrong?
April 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM