A former scientific leader at CDC died at 94
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To keep babies healthy, a New Orleans case manager delivers stability in the face of federal uncertainty
NEW ORLEANS — “Would it help if you sat here right now and called the doctor and rescheduled your appointment?” Malaika Milele Gardner asked. Erica Williams had made and missed a few
‘Hemp loophole’ closure pits patient access against a runaway marijuana industry
In the mid-2010s, families across the country uprooted themselves to move to Colorado for reasons unrelated to outdoor adventures or craft beer. Instead, they moved for the state’s first-in-the-nation legal marijuana laws,
STAT+: Kidney cancer cases spiked in this town. Will residents find out why?
After the largest ground water contamination in New Hampshire history, a state-commissioned study released this fall found significantly elevated rates of kidney cancer in the town of Merrimack. Residents fear that toxic
Vaccines aren’t linked to autism, despite CDC website change
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Why men are flocking to dubious online clinics for testosterone therapy
Increased physical stamina. “Facility of intellectual labour.” A longer jet of urine. These were some of the effects that Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, a French physiologist, reported to a Société de Biologie of Paris
STAT+: Cassidy and other Republicans have little to say about change to CDC’s position on vaccines and autism
WASHINGTON — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. broke another promise to Senate health committee Chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.) this week. So far, there don’t seem to have been any consequences. To
STAT+: Trump administration lists 16 new CDC initiatives, from hepatitis B testing to bolstering workforce
WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention laid out 16 strategic initiatives this week, many of them bolstering health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s priorities, according
Under RFK Jr., CDC reverses course on stance that vaccines don’t cause autism
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday publicly reversed its stance that vaccines do not cause autism, over the objections of career staff and counter to years of
An experimental flu shot & a nasty flu season?
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