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NIH froze funding for clinical trials at a major university. By fall, they’ll run out of funding
New in medicine Cancer Race & ethnicity See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Angelina Brown passed out while she was exercising one day, a scary experience that led her to a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation. It’s a condition in which the heart’s upper chambers beat irregularly, …
Trump administration’s guidance on emergency care law adds to ‘chaos,’ not clarity, in states with strict abortion laws, some doctors say
Abortion rights Maternal health Women’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow Federal guidance that the Trump administration says is intended to offer clarity is instead leaving health care providers even more confused about whether they can provide an abortion in an emergency, particularly in states …
CDC vaccine advisers to vote on thimerosal in flu shots at first meeting of new panel
Vaccines Federal agencies Respiratory viruses Children’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow A newly posted agenda for next week’s meeting of the just-appointed group of outside vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes a discussion and vote on thimerosal in …
Two years after train derailment, NIH to commission longer-term health studies of East Palestine residents
Train accidents See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The National Institutes of Health said Thursday that it will fund longer-term health studies of the residents of East Palestine, Ohio, after a 2023 train derailment that sent more than a million pounds of hazardous chemicals into the …
FDA approves twice-a-year injection for HIV prevention
New in medicine Wellness Prescription drugs Federal agencies See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow A drug currently used to treat certain HIV infections has also, on Wednesday, received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to be used to prevent HIV. Gilead Sciences, maker of …
Trump administration to end 988 suicide prevention specialized service for LGBTQ+ youth in July
LGBTQ issues Mental health Donald Trump Media See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth will no longer be operation starting July 17, according to a statement from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance …