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The NIH will terminate or limit dozens of grants related to vaccine hesitancy and uptake. (Washington Post)
Researchers at the NIH’s National Cancer Institute now must get special approval before publishing information on topics like vaccines, fluoride, autism, and peanut allergies. (ProPublica)
HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in an interview last week that the measles outbreak may be tied to poor diet. (New York Times)
Kennedy directed the FDA to explore rulemaking to potentially eliminate a path for companies to self-affirm food ingredients are safe.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Agriculture quietly disbanded two key food safety committees. (Washington Post)
Doctors for Pope Francis said he’s no longer in imminent danger of dying from pneumonia, though he remains hospitalized. (AP News)
Three people aboard a medical helicopter, including a physician, died when it crashed in Mississippi. (New York Times)
Here’s how health insurance premiums are rising faster than inflation. (KFF Health News)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that after eliminating 83% of U.S. Agency for International Development programs, the purge is finally done. (AP News)
In a promising turn, deaths from fentanyl fell in all states; is the worst of the fentanyl crisis over? (NPR)
Hospitals that halted gender-affirming care have largely continued controversial intersex surgeries, an intersex rights group said. (The 19th)
The Supreme Court agreed to review a Colorado therapist’s case challenging a law banning conversion therapy. (The Hill)
Mass General Brigham began the second round of layoffs aimed at reducing a major budget deficit. (Boston 25 News)
Dismissing patient, family, and caregiver concerns is patients’ top safety concern, according to an ECRI report.
A hospitalist in Minnesota who survived a 300-foot fall down a mountain hopes to resume practicing medicine later this year. (People)
Prince Frederik of Luxembourg died at age 22 from the rare genetic disorder polymerase gamma (POLG) mitochondrial disease. (CNN)
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