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Dr. Anthony Fauci on turning down millions in private sector – CBS News Watch CBS News Preview: In an interview airing June 16 on “CBS Sunday Morning,” the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases tells CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jonathan LaPook he turned down millions to leave his
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A “small but detectable quantity” of infectious H5N1 bird flu virus was able to survive a common approach to pasteurizing milk, according to new research co-authored by scientists at the National Institutes of Health. The findings, published Friday in The New England Journal of Medicine, were based on experiments run at the agency’s lab. The
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FDA reporting another infant formula recall FDA reporting another infant formula recall 00:26 The Food and Drug Administration “inadvertently archived” a whistleblower’s complaint regarding conditions at an Abbott Nutrition plant that produced powdered baby formula recalled in 2022 due to bacteria that killed two infants, an audit shows. An early 2021 email raised red flags
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Dozens of hikers say they fell ill during trips to a popular Arizona tourist destination that features towering blue-green waterfalls deep in a gorge neighboring Grand Canyon National Park. Madelyn Melchiors, a 32-year-old veterinarian from Kingman, Arizona, said she was vomiting severely Monday evening and had a fever that endured for days after camping on
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At least two human cases of the new so-called “dual mutant” strains of H1N1 influenza have been detected in U.S. patients, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday, with genetic changes that could cut the effectiveness of the main flu antiviral that hospitals rely on. An analysis of the new H1N1 flu viruses
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Four Tops singer sues Michigan hospital, saying workers didn’t believe he was in the group Four Tops singer sues Michigan hospital, saying workers didn’t believe he was in the group 00:38 (CBS DETROIT) — The lead singer of Motown’s legendary Four Tops has sued a Michigan hospital for racial discrimination, claiming that he was treated
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New Delhi — As a string of recent bird flu cases in U.S. cattle and poultry in several states draws warnings about the risks of possible widespread transmission to humans, India has had its second-ever human avian influenza infection confirmed by the World Health Organization. The U.N. health agency confirmed that a suspected case, a
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Gov. Pritzker wants to eliminate medical debt for 1M in Illinois Gov. Pritzker wants to eliminate medical debt for 1M in Illinois 00:38 Medical debt will be stricken from credit reports in a change proposed by the White House that could help millions of Americans land a job, rent a home or obtain a car
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Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces questions about COVID nursing home deaths Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces questions about COVID nursing home deaths 01:49 NEW YORK — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s handling of COVID in nursing homes was under scrutiny Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Republican lawmakers on the House Select Subcommittee on
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Officials in two of the three states probing their first cases of bird flu in dairy cattle this month said their hands are tied after the Food and Drug Administration pleaded with states to ramp up testing and restrictions on potentially infectious raw milk being sold to consumers within their borders. Wyoming, Iowa and Minnesota
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