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Bird flu is getting worse. Disease experts worry Trump and RFK Jr. will mangle response like COVID
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Bird flu is getting worse. Disease experts worry Trump and RFK Jr. will mangle response like COVID

Salon  

As America gears up for the year's end and a change in administration, the topic of public health has dominated many conversations throughout the election season, but one facet has been noticeably absent: bird flu. “It would be important for the Trump administration, as it's rolling out its team that's going to be heading CDC, HHS, USDA, that they talk …

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TV’s Dr. Oz invested in businesses regulated by agency Trump wants him to lead
4 weeks ago

TV’s Dr. Oz invested in businesses regulated by agency Trump wants him to lead

LA Times  

Mehmet Oz, the former host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” speaks during a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Feb. 11, 2022, in Los Angeles. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the sprawling government agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act marketplace — celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz — recently held …

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Trump taps another Fox News contributor — this time for surgeon general
1 month ago

Trump taps another Fox News contributor — this time for surgeon general

Raw Story  

Donald Trump picked yet another Fox News alum for his administration on Friday — this time for the role of U.S. surgeon general. Specifically, reported Politico, Trump has tapped Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, who is "a Fox News medical contributor and serves as a medical director at CityMD, a network of urgent care centers in New York and New Jersey." “She …

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Trump taps a surgeon, a former congressman and another Fox News personality to lead public health agencies
1 month ago

Trump taps a surgeon, a former congressman and another Fox News personality to lead public health agencies

LA Times  

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday nominated Dr. Marty Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration, selecting a surgeon and author who gained national attention for opposing vaccine mandates and some other public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of a flurry of nominations late Friday night, Trump also tapped doctor and former Republican Rep. Dave Weldon of …

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Trans health care under Trump may follow the abortion playbook and its Hyde amendment
1 month ago

Trans health care under Trump may follow the abortion playbook and its Hyde amendment

NPR  

Trans health care under Trump may follow the abortion playbook and its Hyde amendment toggle caption Sue Ogrocki/AP Ringing in voters' ears in the final weeks of the presidential campaign was the tagline: "Kamala is for they/them. Sponsor Message A federal ban on gender-affirming care for minors is likely, says Jon Schweppe, policy director at the American Principles Project, a …

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How second Trump presidency is likely to threaten abortion rights, women's healthcare globally
1 month ago

How second Trump presidency is likely to threaten abortion rights, women's healthcare globally

Deccan Chronicle  

London: In the aftermath of the US election, much focus has been on the consequences for abortion rights across the US, and whether this will affect state-led initiatives to roll back restrictive legislation. What has received much less attention is what will happen next to abortion services, sexual and reproductive health, and health more widely across many parts of the …

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When Trump's Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Said He Got Brainworm From Eating Half-Cooked Pork In India
1 month ago

When Trump's Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Said He Got Brainworm From Eating Half-Cooked Pork In India

ABP News  

Robert F Kennedy has been appointed as the US Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Donald Trump-led Republican government, sending shockwaves through the health and scientific community. Earlier this year, Robert F Kennedy Jr said he had a worm in his brain that he had after eating 'undercooked pork perhaps from India'. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/LLzr5S9ugf — Donald Trump Jr. …

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CNN bombshell caused 'huge uproar' with Trump — and led to RFK Jr. offer: report
1 month, 1 week ago

CNN bombshell caused 'huge uproar' with Trump — and led to RFK Jr. offer: report

Raw Story  

Billionaire businessman and Cantor Fitzgerald head Howard Lutnick — who’s reportedly a top contender for secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury in Donald Trump’s Cabinet — “caused a huge uproar” in the former president’s “orbit” that led to Trump’s decision to appoint Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Department of Health and Human Services secretary, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported. …

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Morning-after pill sales surge online, telehealth companies say, as women prepare for second Trump term
1 month, 1 week ago

Morning-after pill sales surge online, telehealth companies say, as women prepare for second Trump term

CNN  

CNN — Online sales of emergency contraceptives, like the morning-after pill Plan B, have skyrocketed in the United States in the past week – days after Donald Trump won the US presidential election, according to retailers. When women live in states with increased regulation around abortion, “they think that they also don’t have access to this product too,” Plotch said …

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Who will make it to the Trump 2.0 Cabinet? Top names for top 6 posts
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Who will make it to the Trump 2.0 Cabinet? Top names for top 6 posts

Firstpost  

Behind the scenes meetings are underway and the first order of business is picking a team—a cabinet that will help shape the next four years As the dust settles on a contentious election, Donald Trump is enjoying his victory at his luxury Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. First up is Ric Grenell, Trump’s former ambassador to Germany, known for his strong …

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What Project 2025 actually says about birth control is alarming
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What Project 2025 actually says about birth control is alarming

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. If the ACA — otherwise known as Obamacare …

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How both Trump and abortion access won the 2024 election
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How both Trump and abortion access won the 2024 election

LA Times  

Abortion rights protesters rally near the Arizona Capitol after the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. “People, I don’t think, felt they had to choose between Trump and their position on abortion,” said Mary Ziegler, a legal historian and author of several books on abortion, including the forthcoming book “Personhood: The New Civil War Over Reproduction.” “They thought …

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‘Dire implications’: Experts warn Trump could spark global health crisis with latest idea
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Dire implications’: Experts warn Trump could spark global health crisis with latest idea

Raw Story  

Over the weekend Donald Trump said he is considering a ban on not just vaccine mandates, but vaccines themselves—an extension of his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He is expected to put RFK Jr., a known AIDS denialist and anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and purveyor of vaccine misinformation who has likened the use of vaccines to the "holocaust," in charge …

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'Too confident' MAGA allies plunging into 'politically perilous territory' in final week
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Too confident' MAGA allies plunging into 'politically perilous territory' in final week

Raw Story  

While former President Donald Trump and his allies are exuding confidence at him winning the 2024 presidential election, Semafor's Benjy Sarlin is seeing the potential for significant hubris in the final days of the campaign. Even though polling shows that the race for the White House is a dead heat, Sarlin notes that "maybe too confident" MAGA allies such as …

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GOP Plans For Obamacare Finally Becoming Clear
3 months ago

GOP Plans For Obamacare Finally Becoming Clear

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. During an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Vance said Trump had in mind a “deregulatory agenda so that people can choose a health care plan that fits them.” Americans have different health care needs, Vance explained, so it makes sense to “promote some more choice in our …

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New GOP strategy: Skyrocket the cost of health insurance and prescription drugs
3 months ago

New GOP strategy: Skyrocket the cost of health insurance and prescription drugs

Raw Story  

House and Senate Republicans and the Trump campaign are looking to repeal parts of President Joe Biden's highly-successful Inflation Reduction Act and President Barack Obama's highly-successful Affordable Care Act, with a sharp focus on the provisions that protect access to health insurance and have lowered health care costs and prescription drug costs for millions of Americans – and will do …

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'Very unnerving': Trump debate stand-in says ex-president's health is 'clearly diminished'
3 months, 1 week ago

'Very unnerving': Trump debate stand-in says ex-president's health is 'clearly diminished'

Raw Story  

The political consultant who stood in for Donald Trump during Kamala Harris' debate preparations was struck by how much the former president's health has seemingly declined. Reines closely watched Trump's performance in previous debates going back nearly a decade, and he said the former president's mental and physical fitness were clearly diminished. "The first thing I noticed, and I later …

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Experts: Trump is a danger to public health
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Experts: Trump is a danger to public health

Raw Story  

A second Trump administration would cripple the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ability to protect the public from toxic "forever chemicals," The Guardian reported Sunday, citing experts inside and outside the agency. An unnamed EPA employee told the newspaper that a second Trump administration would seek to disempower agency experts and let political appointees make key regulatory decisions. During his first …

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On the anniversary of the fall of Roe, Democrats lay the blame for worsening health care on Trump
5 months, 4 weeks ago

On the anniversary of the fall of Roe, Democrats lay the blame for worsening health care on Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is using the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade to argue that Donald Trump is “guilty” of rolling back women’s freedoms and setting off a nationwide health care crisis. Harris said Monday that Trump “intended” for his three Supreme Court picks to overturn Roe. “Trump has not denied, much …

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"Propaganda": Conservative pundit goes off on Trump's "excellent" doctor note after verbal slips
1 year, 1 month ago

"Propaganda": Conservative pundit goes off on Trump's "excellent" doctor note after verbal slips

Salon  

Donald Trump's doctor on Monday released a glowing letter claiming that the former president's health is "excellent" and that he's recently shed a few pounds due to “an improved diet and continued daily physical activity," The Daily Beast reports. Dr. Bruce Aronwald, self-described as Trump's personal physician since 2021, said that the 77-year-old GOP frontrunner was "exceptional" in his cognitive …

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Israeli doctors reveal Netanyahu’s chronic heart problem only after implanting pacemaker
1 year, 4 months ago

Israeli doctors reveal Netanyahu’s chronic heart problem only after implanting pacemaker

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — After undergoing emergency surgery to implant a pacemaker, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 73, made a video appearance from a hospital near Tel Aviv. Until Sunday, the cardiologists had publicly played down concerns, saying the prime minister was dehydrated and describing his heartbeat as “completely normal.” The sudden revelations about Netanyahu’s health troubles came at the height of …

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DeSantis condemns Trump for congratulating ‘murderous dictator’ Kim Jong-un
1 year, 6 months ago

DeSantis condemns Trump for congratulating ‘murderous dictator’ Kim Jong-un

The Independent  

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Joe Biden to undergo medical checkup ahead of 2024 presidential bid. Here's why
1 year, 10 months ago

Joe Biden to undergo medical checkup ahead of 2024 presidential bid. Here's why

Hindustan Times  

US president Joe Biden will complete a routine medical checkup, the White House informed promising to release the health report by the 80-year-old president's doctor. The health check-up comes ahead of Joe Biden's expected bid for reelection in 2024. Joe Biden had earlier suggested that he intends to run for the position again amid poor poll ratings, potentially face off …

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'Reckless' Trump slammed by final House panel
2 years ago

'Reckless' Trump slammed by final House panel

Raw Story  

A congressional panel on Friday published its final report on the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting the Friday published its final report on the Covid-19 pandemic, highlighting the Trump administration's "failed stewardship" and detailing how a "persistent pattern of political interference undermined the nation's ability to respond" to a crisis that has claimed more than a million lives in the United States. …

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