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Staff reductions, gutted programs, leadership vacancies, red tape, political interference, and dysfunction have made it difficult for those who remain to maintain the level of competence that defined the agency, current and former staff told The New York Times. Health and Human Services responded that the “CDC continues to protect the health and safety of the American people."
At a high-level United Nations meeting last week, the United States rejected a proposed pandemic preparedness document mostly on ideological grounds. The European Union also expressed strong disagreements over intellectual property protections, The New York Times reported. The declaration will be revisited at a future meeting of the General Assembly.
The research used data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study, a long-term inspection that looked at brain development and health in American children. The study showed that 24% of 12 year olds who owned their own phones reported at least one eating disorder symptom at age 14, CNN reported.
Sudden unexpected infant death rates have increased since 2020 for Black infants while they’ve stayed relatively stable for white infants, CIDRAP reported. Preterm birth was the No. 1 reason for the difference in infant mortality rates between the two groups, CIDRAP reported.
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Central Maine Medical Center, a Prime Healthcare hospital, is under fire for what is being seen as retaliatory firings and suspensions of 20 nurses in the run-up to an election around the formation of a nurses union, Fierce Healthcare reported. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills called the hospital's decision “unconscionable.” On Thursday night, nurses voted overwhelmingly to form a union, WMTW reported.
A lawyer for James Copenhaver, 76, did not say whether the death was related to the gunshot wounds he suffered at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. More news is about H-1B visa petitions, separation pay for transgender service members, legal action over mifepristone, and a crackdown on compounded GLP-1s.
Meanwhile, Senate Health Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, pressed FDA nominee Dr. Heidi Overton about her vaccine stance. “This committee needs to know whether you will be radically honest, whether you will use your authority to stand up for sound science and protect children’s health,” Cassidy said. A vote on Overton's nomination has not been scheduled.
Biologists at Anthropic said Wednesday that they used AI to uncover viral genes that produce enzymes that function in previously unknown ways. This discovery is the first for the lab, which opened in the spring.
While a report shows the lowest new infection rate of the past 20 years — a testament to the success of antiviral medications — the city's effort to end the AIDS epidemic is still challenging. Reaching its goal — no new infections — requires meeting the needs of the hardest-hit communities that struggle with access to health care, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
“None of us have any experience treating this disease, because up until a couple of months ago, it didn’t occur,” said Dr. John Goldman, an infectious-disease expert at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Doctors who treat the sick babies can offer only supportive care. “That means fluids. That means keeping them from having a fever. That means intubating them if necessary.”
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The OpenAI agents accessed nonpublic information on a data portal for Australia’s public health insurance system in June, the Australian Prime Minister announced Wednesday. In other health industry news, the president and CEO of the Joint Commission is retiring at the end of 2026.
The detainee, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, has a bullet lodged near his spine. On Wednesday, Garces Perez also saw a specialist, who recommended surgery, said U.S. Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas), who visited him at the Pearsall facility where he is being held.
The industry has long regarded infection reporting as time-consuming and duplicative, arguing that data is already reported to federal and state health officials in other ways, The New York Times reported. Plus: The CDC now lists one death on its measles outbreak page.
The study also showed a slight increase in people surviving strokes, suggesting that more younger adults may be living with the long-term effects of a stroke, CNN reported. Researchers noted a rise in stroke risk factors, along with health issues such as obesity and high cholesterol, as possible contributors to these statistics.
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