How Trump’s Cuts Are Stifling L.G.B.T.Q. Health Research
The Trump administration has systematically stripped funding from research into the health of L.G.B.T.Q. people. Benjamin Mueller, a reporter covering
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Trump Administration Slashes Research Into L.G.B.T.Q. Health
Nearly half of the N.I.H. grants canceled through early May — together worth more than $800 million — addressed the
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RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent
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Honey, Sweetie, Dearie: The Perils of Elderspeak
A new training program teaches aides to stop baby talk and address older people as adults.
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Trump Budget Cuts Funding for CDC
Kennedy has warned of an epidemic of chronic disease, but the budget blueprint would close the C.D.C. center focused on
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Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals That Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters
The plans amount to an extraordinary flex of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s power as health secretary to make decisions ordinarily
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Upheaval in Washington Hinders Campaign Against Bird Flu
Determined to cut costs and manage communications, the Trump administration is moving too slowly to contain the virus, experts say.
Read MoreU.S. Prosecutors Accuse Large Insurers of Paying Kickbacks for Private Medicare Plans
The Justice Department accused large insurers of colluding with national brokers to steer older people and those with disabilities toward
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Federal Report Denounces Gender Treatments for Adolescents
The H.H.S. review may set the stage for additional restrictions on gender-affirming care. Critics described it as an ideological statement.
Read MoreUniversal Antivenom May Grow Out of Man Who Let Snakes Bite Him Hundreds of Times
Scientists identified antibodies that neutralized the poison in whole or in part from the bites of cobras, mambas and other
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