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It is easy to promise readiness for the next disaster; it is much harder to maintain the political and public will to prepare ...

Recent reorganizations and "reductions in force" at the FDA have damaged the very backbone of our public health system.

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While Secretary Kennedy frets over food dye in Froot Loops, his 2023 attack on Gardasil—a vaccine proven to prevent deadly ...

Colorectal cancer, long associated with aging, is rising alarmingly in younger adults, especially those born in the 1980s.

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Imagine receiving the news that you're developing an extremely aggressive cancer — and that the only way to prevent it from ...

The Trump Administration has gutted many areas of healthcare funding and research, especially in infectious diseases. One ...