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Diabetes deaths in the U.S. have fallen to some of the lowest rates in years, according to new preliminary figures published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reversing a surge in mortality that was seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. There were 26.4 deaths per 100,000 people from diabetes, according to early death certificate
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The head of the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that the agency is now looking at whether it will still approve COVID-19 vaccines for next winter, citing a lack of data on booster shots. “We’re taking a look. I can’t comment on any particular application. As you know, we have a bunch of applications
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Food and Drug Administration officials have told some scientists and inspections staff that their layoffs will be reversed, after the job cuts led to disruptions in drug and food safety work. The move marks a significant reversal of a portion of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s layoffs. Kennedy initially planned to
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Recalls for Martinelli apple juice, Mauna Loa macadamia nut products Recalls for Martinelli apple juice, Mauna Loa macadamia nut products 01:00 Martinelli’s is recalling more than 170,000 apple juice bottles because their contents may be contaminated by patulin, a toxic substance produced by some fungi. The recall covers round glass 10-ounce bottles with white metal
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Transplant patients who are now part of each other had the opportunity to meet in person at a special introduction at Temple Hospital on Friday. Strangers with a special connection meet for the first time. Seventeen-year-old Evelyn Bautista, in white, now has one of Megan Bosack’s kidneys. “I feel good, I feel great,” said Bautista.
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Keith Hearle, a healthcare finance consultant tapped by the IRS to help implement the tax provisions of the ACA, was in the room for formative early conversations about the new tax return forms. The reforms enacted under the ACA helped increase the level of public disclosure, he said, but did not go far enough in
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now working with California on a project that is offering gift cards to encourage people to get tested or vaccinated near farms with bird flu, the state says. Some clinics in the state are giving $25 in gift cards to people in the community to get swabbed
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This week is National Infertility Week, and one woman from Chicago’s Lincoln Square neighborhood wanted to give back after science helped her grow her own family. Amanda Nelson is now serving as a gestational surrogate — carrying a child who is not genetically hers for people she didn’t know. Nelson knows well the struggle that
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Washington — House Republicans are facing the difficult task of slashing $1.5 trillion — with hundreds of billions likely in Medicaid spending — to help offset the cost of President Trump’s tax cuts. House leadership has denied that Medicaid — a joint federal-state health insurance program that provides care for more than 70 million low-income
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The head of the Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly claimed in recent interviews that no scientists have been laid off at his agency, but one of the scientists in a food safety lab shuttered by the FDA’s cuts says he is either “blatantly lying” or “out of touch.” “There were no layoffs to scientists or food
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