Health
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Measles cases continue to rise in Arizona, Utah
Ten new cases were reported this week in Arizona, bringing this year’s total to 205.
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Number of abortions in U.S. continue to rise despite Supreme Court's Dobbs decision
The pro-abortion Society of Family Planning found the number of monthly abortions continued to increase in 2025, with an estimated 98,630 babies aborted every month through June 2025, compared to 95,250 abortions every month in 2024.
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Health and Human Services pauses funding for Minnesota child care amid fraud scandal
The order impacts the HHS' Administration for Children and Families payments, and requests Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) approve comprehensive audits on the allegedly fraudulent daycare centers the department has identified.
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Congress to restrict NIH funding of dangerous research, GOP lawmaker vows
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), situated near the pandemic's ground zero, was known to have been researching coronaviruses prior to the first reported cases of the disease.
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Walgreens says it won't distribute abortion pill in 21 states including some where abortion is legal
Abortion is still legal in four of the states – Alaska, Iowa, Kansas and Montana – but efforts are underway to implement restrictions that would include the pills.
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House committee says Fauci 'prompted' drafting of publication to 'disprove' COVID lab leak theory
Dr. Fauci reportedly pushed against the lab leak theory despite learning in February 2020 that COVID-19 may have originated in a lab leak in Wuhan, China, the House committee also found.
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Doctor removed cancerous lesion from Biden's chest during last physical
"The site of the biopsy has healed nicely and the President will continue dermatologic surveillance as part of his ongoing comprehensive healthcare," he said.
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Eli Lilly cuts insulin prices by 70%, caps monthly out-of-pocket costs at $35
Lilly's announcement comes after a provision in the Inflation Reduction Act reduced insulin costs to $35 a month for Medicare enrollees starting this year.
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FDA advisors recommend agency approve Pfizer RSV vaccine despite safety concerns
Pfizer asserted that its single-dose vaccine boasted an 85.7% efficacy rate in those with with severe RSV.
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Billionaire financier Thomas H. Lee dead by apparent suicide: Report
Lee, 78, was pronounced dead by EMTs who arrived on the scene after police responded to a 911 call.
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HHS, CDC to deploy toxicologists to East Palestine amid train derailment fallout
The Biden administration, especially Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, has come under fire for its seemingly sluggish response to the disaster.
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Health professionals organize against drugs, surgery for gender-confused kids
Florida regulators resist pressure to relax ban on so-called gender affirming medicine for minors.
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House GOP investigates Wuhan lab, COVID origins
Formerly maligned as a conspiracy theory, a minority Senate report in October 2022 detailed "substantial evidence" that the pandemic originated as a result of a lab leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.