Dr. Peter Marks, director of the agency’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, was given the choice to resign or be fired. Marks’ resignation takes effect April 5. The news…
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Her research revealed a safety concern with a vaccine. Then the NIH pulled her funding
by adminOn March 10, Dr. Nisha Acharya got a letter from the National Institutes of Health terminating her grant to study the safety and effectiveness of a vaccine recommended for all…
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Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation
by adminDoctors treating people hospitalized as part of a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico have also found themselves facing another problem: vitamin A toxicity. At Covenant Children’s Hospital in…
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This comes on top of 10,000 employees who’ve left voluntarily, amounting to shrinking by about a quarter of the workforce. The cuts were first reported by The Wall Street Journal.…
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Experimental transplant of gene-edited pig liver into human offers hope for new frontier of research
by adminDoctors in China have become the first to report details about a transplant of a genetically modified pig liver into a human. The liver was transplanted last year into a…
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Trump administration pulls back billions in Covid-era funding for state, local health departments
by adminState and local public health departments are bracing themselves as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pulls back about $11.4 billion in grants that were allocated to state…
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Millions of women get painful UTIs that keep coming back. A new kind of antibiotic may help break the cycle
by adminThe US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new type of antibiotic to treat urinary tract infections. The pill, gepotidacin, will be sold under the brand name Blujepa and…
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This story was originally published on ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive their biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The National Institutes…
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Five key division leaders at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are leaving the public health agency as it braces for cuts that could affect as much as…
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The White House is nominating Dr. Susan Monarez, the current acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to lead the agency, President Donald Trump said Monday.…