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The NIH Workforce Is Its Smallest in Decades. Here’s the Work Left Behind.

The National Institutes of Health has lost thousands of workers since President Donald Trump began his second term. Among them: scientists who pioneered cancer treatments, researched tick-b...

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Why Everclear Frontman Art Alexakis Says His Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis Was a ‘Blessing’

Everclear frontman Art Alexakis opens up about living with living with multiple sclerosis for more than a decade and the early signs he missed. Courtesy of Art Alexakis Everclear frontman ...

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GLP-1 Drugs Like Ozempic May Help Reduce Migraine Symptom Severity

Recent research has found that GLP-1s may reduce the need for emergency care in those with chronic migraine. Image Credit: Maskot/Getty Images A recent study suggests that GLP-1 drugs, lik...

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Air Pollution Is Doing Something Strange to Our Brains

Environmental pollution isn’t just damaging lungs and rivers. According to a new report, it may also be quietly eroding Europe’s mental health. The warning comes from the European Enviro...

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Six Federal Scientists Run Out by Trump Talk About the Work Left Undone

Marc Ernstoff, a physician who has pioneered immunotherapy research and treatments for cancer patients, said his work as a federal scientist proved untenable under the Trump administration. ...

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The People — And Research — Lost in the NIH Exodus

‘No Longer Based on Facts or Truth’ Sylvia Chou, 51, Maryland Program director, National Cancer Institute Sylvia Chou specializes in communication betwe...

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This Doctor-Senator Who Backed RFK Jr. Now Faces a Fight for His Job — And His Legacy

BATON ROUGE, La. — The ambitious liver doctor would go just about anywhere in his home state to give people the hepatitis B vaccine. Bill Cassidy offered jabs to thousands...

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What Jay Bhattacharya Wants From the CDC

This time last year, Jay Bhattacharya’s main claim to fame was, in essence, a hot take on COVID. In 2020, Bhattacharya, then a health economist at Stanford University without specialized trainin...

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Ozempic, Wegovy May Help Reverse Damage Caused by Osteoarthritis

A new study found that semaglutide benefits extend beyond weight loss by easing osteoarthritis symptoms. Tatsiana Volkava/Getty Images A new study reports that GLP-1 semaglutide medication...

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What Is Looksmaxxing? How the Viral Trend Promotes Toxic Beauty Standards for Young Men

Appearance-based social media trends like looksmaxxing, softmaxxing, and hardmaxxing are often framed as self-improvement, but experts say they can contribute to body dysmorphia, anxiety, and even ...

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“Creepiest Thing I’ve Seen”: 42 Doctors Share The Worst Things They’ve Witnessed On The Job

Working in the medical field is not for the faint of heart. Doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals need to have enough physical and emotional resilience to be able to withstand grueling h...

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How can I arrest and reverse stress, anxiety and depression induced cognitive decline?

I have suffered poor mental health for multiple years and noticed a decline in my fluid intelligence. In particular, my verbal proficiency has decreased: I was able to quickly formulate complex, gr...

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Talk to Your Doctor About Your Distrust of Public Health

The surgeon general may be the nation’s doctor, but she’s not your doctor. At least that’s the view of Casey Means, the physician turned wellness influencer who is vying for the role. When asked du...

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: 40 Years of Health Policy

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. ...

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As ICE Moved In, Minnesotans Set Up a Shadow Medical System. It’s a Lesson for Other Cities.

MINNEAPOLIS — Gabi has big brown eyes, pigtails, and a genetic condition that makes her bones brittle. They fracture easily, leaving the 2-year-old in such pain that her mother quit her job cleanin...

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Trump’s Cuts to Medicaid Threaten Services That Help Disabled People Live at Home

OTTUMWA, Iowa — Leisa and Kent Walker recently received a disturbing notice: The private company managing their son’s Medicaid coverage intends to cut nearly 40% of what it spends for caregivers wh...

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Listen: What To Do When Health Insurance Slips Out of Reach

LISTEN: Can’t afford health insurance this year? Don’t be afraid to talk to your doctor about money and the cost of care. On WAMU’s “Health Hub” on March 4, KFF Health News correspondent Sam Whiteh...

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28 Of The Most Terrifying Stories Of People Who Have Taken A Life, According To Netizens

People do bad things all the time. It's part of being human, and it certainly comes with the territory. As you go through life, knowingly or unknowingly, you've likely met people who have done incr...

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40 Awesome Facts For Those Who Want To Learn Something New

Ozzy Osbourne lived a life of great excess. And when he died this year at the age of 76, many were saddened but also surprised that it hadn't happened earlier.“[He] had lived on the edge for such a...

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Doctors Thought Her Symptoms Were Pregnancy-Related. It Was Colon Cancer

When 36-year-old Gabby Zappia (pictured above) reported blood in her stool, her doctor attributed it to pregnancy-related hemorrhoids. Months later, a colonoscopy revealed she had stage IV colon ca...

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Google’s AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges

A bizarre new wrongful death lawsuit against Google alleges that the tech giant’s chatbot, Gemini, urged a 36-year-old Florida man named Jonathan Gavalas to kill others as part of a delusional miss...

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