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You Vote: With HHS creating new clinic to study reported vaccine injuries, what do you think?
The department said it launched a series of actions this week to better understand, identify, document, investigate and respond to health problems reported following vaccination, including requiring electronic health records to capture vaccine-related events.
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HHS creates new NIH clinic to study reported vaccine injuries
The department said it launched a series of actions this week to better understand, identify, document and respond to health problems reported following vaccination, including requiring electronic health records to capture vaccine-related events.
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Trump administration closely monitoring reports of plague death, lab accident in Russia
The Moscow Times reports health officials in Siberia placed nearly 200 people under observation after a laboratory worker died from the plague.
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Group says FDA's proposed food additive safety rule 'toothless'
For nearly 70 years, the FDA has relied on a voluntary disclosure system, where manufacturers can self-certify their own chemical products.
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HHS Refugee Resettlement Office finds six types of fraud in Biden unaccompanied minors program
The Department of Homeland Security refers unaccompanied minors to the ORR's care for vetting when they arrive at the northern and southern borders and 479,000 UACs were referred to the office between 2021 and 2024.
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Senate committee advances Dr. Nicole Saphier's nomination for surgeon general
Earlier this month, Saphier, a radiologist and former Fox News contributor, appeared before the committee, where she was grilled on her positions concerning childhood vaccines.
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Elderly woman sues hospital after surgeons amputate the wrong leg
Jacks later underwent the proper procedure, removing her right leg, leaving her a double amputee, according to her attorney.
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Ron Johnson holds roundtable on COVID-19 hospital practices
The panelists, for their part, recounted their experiences with mistreatment and other issues at hospitals during the pandemic.
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Multiple hospitals shutter youth gender transition clinics as part of deal with Trump admin
The latest deals end investigations into the New York University Langone Hospitals and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. As part of the deals, NYU has agreed to pay $8.5 million and UPMC agreed to pay $950,000.
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Watch Live: President Trump to announce drug pricing plan for Medicaid
He is expected to say that "most favored nation" for certain drugs will apply in all 50 states.
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Trump surgeon general pick, sometimes RFK Jr. critic, Dr. Nicole Saphier, gets confirmation hearing
Saphier, director of breast imaging at a New Jersey branch of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, would bring an extensive medical and wellness background to the role.
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Fourth 'measles-associated' death reported in Pennsylvania, most reported in US since 1992
So far in 2026, DOH has confirmed 693 measles cases in 38 counties in the state.
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Global warming will result in 2.5 million fewer elderly deaths over the next 50 years: report
The report looked specifically at the Medicare population, and it assumes that communities will take steps to adapt to rising temperatures, including an increase in the use of air conditioning.