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Local Officials Brace for Loss of Disaster Preparedness Funding

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St. Louis has been battered by two tornadoes in the past two months. A fire shut down a new nursing home last month in Enterprise,...
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As Trump Targets Researchers, Europe Makes a Pitch to Attract Scientists

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As the Trump administration slashes support to research institutions and threatens to freeze federal funding to universities like Harvard and Columbia, European leaders are offering...
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Lab Animals Face Being Euthanized as Trump Cuts Research

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On April 1, the Trump administration’s effort to slash government funding arrived in Morgantown, W.Va., where federal scientists spent their days studying health and safety...
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Trump Budget Draft Ends Narcan Program and Other Addiction Measures

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The opioid overdose reversal medication commercially known as Narcan saves hundreds of thousands of lives a year and is routinely praised by public health experts...
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U.S. Officials to Cut Funding for Landmark Study of Women’s Health

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Federal health officials plan to cut funding to the Women’s Health Initiative, effectively shuttering one of the largest and longest studies of women’s health ever...
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Trump Moves to Put New Tariffs on Computer Chips and Drugs

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The Trump administration took steps on Monday that appear likely to result in new tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceutical products, adding to the levies President...
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As RFK Jr. Champions Chronic Disease Prevention, Key Research Is Cut

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spoken of an “existential threat” that he said can destroy the nation. “We have the highest chronic disease burden of...
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The Three States That Are Especially Stuck if Congress Cuts Medicaid

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If congressional Republicans go through with some of the deep Medicaid cuts they are considering, three states would be left in an especially tight bind....
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Why Measles Outbreaks May Be the New Normal

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As the Trump administration moves to dismantle international public health safeguards, pull funding from local health departments and legitimize health misinformation, some experts now fear...