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Women's health research gets reprieve from Trump administration's proposed budget cuts

Mon, 2025-04-28 10:39 — mike kraft

Women's Health Initiative gets reprieve from HHS cuts The WHI is the largest and longest study of women's health funded by the National Institutes of Health. Tina Reed Axios

The Trump administration said it's reversing course on a plan to end funding for a decades-long study of women's health after outcry from the research community.

The Women's Health Initiative was threatened by funding cuts to clinical studies aimed at reducing cancer rates or studying hormone therapy in menopause. Despite the reprieve, researchers remain fearful about its future.

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Air pollution: Nearly half of Americans are breathing unhealthy air --study

Mon, 2025-04-28 09:57 — mike kraft

Nearly Half of Americans Are Breathing Unhealthy Air as Pollution Exposure Numbers Reach Decade High - Inside Climate News A new report from the American Lung Association notes a drastic decline in air quality and raises health alarms. Climate change and Trump administration actions, experts warn, will worsen the trend. Derek Harrison Inside Climate News

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Measles, polio and rubella could become endemic in the U.S. if vaccine rates continue to fall--studies

Mon, 2025-04-28 09:42 — mike kraft

Measles may be making a comeback in the U.S., Stanford Medicine-led research finds Diseases such as measles, rubella and polio could become endemic to the U.S. again if vaccine rates decline, according to modeling run by researchers at Stanford Medicine and their colleagues. Katia Savchuk News Center

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U.S. drug costs could increase by $51 billion because of tariffs --industry sponsored study

Mon, 2025-04-28 09:30 — mike kraft

Exclusive: US pharma tariffs would raise US drug costs by $51 billion annually, report finds Trump has repeatedly threatened a 25% tariff on pharmaceutical imports. Maggie Fick Reuters

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Analysis: Americans are underestimating the bird flu problem --survey

Tue, 2025-04-22 10:55 — mike kraft

Americans Are Underestimating Bird Flu. In A Future Pandemic, That Could Be A Problem The public just isn’t concerned enough about H5N1, suggests new research. Laura Simmons IFLScience

The general public are showing “ignorance and apathy” towards the threat of bird flu, say the authors of a new editorial, based on a survey they conducted of US residents. It found that many were unaware of or unwilling to take simple precautions that might decrease their risk of exposure to the virus.

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Trump administration cuts lab dealing with sexually transmitted diseases as syphillis cases rise.

Mon, 2025-04-21 19:18 — mike kraft

Trump administration axes key STI lab amid dramatic rise in US syphilis cases Chaotic cuts to CDC hit expert leadership and programs that surveil, test and research sexually transmitted diseases The Guardian

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Proposed Medicaid cuts risk making the Black maternal health crises worse.

Mon, 2025-04-21 11:29 — mike kraft

Medicaid cuts risk worsening Black maternal health crisis Advocates are warning lawmakers that the proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid will leave millions of pregnant Black women at a heightened risk of death, worsening the maternal mortality crisis an… bconradis The Hill

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Analysis: What causes breakthrough measles infections among a very small percentage of people.a

Mon, 2025-04-21 10:57 — mike kraft

What causes breakthrough measles infections? A small number of people who are fully vaccinated may get sick during a large outbreak, doctors say. NBC News

...Infectious diseases doctors are at pains to emphasize that the MMR vaccine is one of the most effective vaccines on the market, but as Rodney Rohde, a professor at Texas State University explains, a small number of people who are fully vaccinated may get sick during a large outbreak.

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Long COVID significantly higher in poorer countries, and among persons of Arab or North African ethnicity --study

Fri, 2025-04-18 11:48 — mike kraft

Studies across 14 nations show 25% to 30% rate of long COVID Among the 25% of participants in 1 study who said they experienced long-COVID symptoms, 13% reported sleep disorders. CIDRAP

A new study in BMJ Global Health across 13 middle- and high-income countries reveals that 25% of patients reported symptoms of long COVID after symptomatic COVID-19, and long COVID is significantly more prevalent in participants from less wealthy nations and in patients of Arab or North African ethnicity.

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