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Accreditation for medical schools emerges as weak spot for youth gender transition industry
Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida grills accreditor on how it let a practice with so little evidence, and irreversible consequences, become so entrenched in med schools, teaching hospitals.
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Manhattan hospital ends transgender treatments for minors
“Given the recent departure of our medical director, coupled with the current regulatory environment, we made the difficult decision to discontinue our Transgender Youth Health Program,” NYU Langone Health said
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American Medical Association creates its own vaccine safety, effectiveness review system
The AMA’s evaluation will be done in collaboration with the Vaccine Integrity Project at the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota and will focus on COVID-19, flu and RSV vaccines.
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CDC issues warning on E coli outbreak from McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburger
A total of 49 cases have been reported so far from 10 states, but the majority of the infections were reported in Nebraska and Colorado.
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Ethel Kennedy, widow of the late Robert F. Kennedy, hospitalized after suffering stroke
Joe Kennedy III said his grandmother is surrounded by family and is receiving the "best care possible" after her stroke, and asked for privacy for the family.
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CDC warns flu vaccine may not be as effective in preventing hospitalization as previous seasons
Although the effectiveness of the vaccine in preventing hospitalizations appears to be lower in South America, the agency said vaccines still “significantly lowered the risk for hospitalization."
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CDC: Record number of kindergartners had vaccine exemptions in 2023-24 school year
The centers noted that exemptions increased in 40 states for the past school year, and 14 of them had exemption rates of more than 5%. Coverage of the MMR vaccine, the polio vaccine, and DTAP vaccines, also decreased in 30 states.
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'We are mass poisoning all of our children': RFK Jr. to Sen. Johnson's health panel
"We give eight times as much subsidies to tobacco in this country than we do to fruits and vegetables," Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.
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New York City's COVID czar admits to holding 'private gatherings' during pandemic lockdown
Varma did not deny the comments he made in a video that was posted online on Thursday, but said they were secretly recorded and taken out of context by a "operative for an extremist right-wing organization."
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Florida officials instruct physicians to perform abortions to save lives of the mother in all cases
The Agency for Health Care Administration and the Florida Department of Health said the alert was to counter misinformation that are being spread about abortion laws in the southern state.
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Harvey Weinstein undergoes emergency heart surgery in New York
The former movie mogul's publicist Juda Engelmayer, and his prison consultant Craig Rothfeld, said Weinstein was rushed to Bellevue on Sunday night “due to severe medical conditions."
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'Persons with childbearing potential': American, European medical groups erase women in new guidance
"The inclusion of gender complicates clinical practice both for healthcare professionals and patients," says new European document on women, irregular heart rhythm and stroke. Journal of the American Medical Association cites "The Radical Copyeditor" as an authority.
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White House drug expert urges next administration to remain committed to solving US overdose crisis
The Biden administration has increased access to naloxone, which helps reverse the effects of a drug overdose, and deployed drug detection devices at the U.S. southern border.