Health
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RFK Jr. unveils 'sweeping' Lyme disease research, containment, treatment plan
Effort includes funding clinical research on products that may be able to stop Alpha-gal syndrome, which can create serious allergic reactions to red meat after tick bites.
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U.S. smoking rate hits record low while e-cigarette use levels off: CDC
Renewed popularity of smoking in Hollywood doesn't appear to be rubbing off on ordinary Americans.
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Trump executive order directs CDC to 'realign' childhood vaccine schedule with developed peers
HHS scientific assessment that deemed U.S. schedule bloated compared to other countries is now a "guiding resource" for the feds. CDC, advisors directed to update schedule, give "maximum flexibility" to parents, doctors.
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Google to assist with vaccine rollout by displaying vaccination locations on Maps
The company is also donating $100 million in ad grants to nonprofits like the CDC Foundation and W.H.O to help with "critical public service health announcements."
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Biden signs executive order authorizing broader use of Defense Production Act to target COVID-19
"We didn't get into this mess overnight, and it's going to take months to turn it around," President Joe Biden.
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Biden administration confirms it will continue official relationship with WHO
A U.S. delegation to the WHO will be led by Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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Federal judge blocks Obamacare mandate that compels doctors to perform gender reassignment surgery
The ruling will protect doctors who object on religious grounds.
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Erasing Trump: Biden even scrapping Warp Speed name for vaccine program
The project's new name has not yet been announced.
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Biden assistant HHS secretary pick ordered Pa. elderly care homes to accept people with COVID-19
Controversial rule was later blamed for the large death toll the pandemic has wrought in the state's care facilities.
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In parting act, Trump issues executive order to study troops' toxic exposure at Uzbek air base
The one-square-mile K2 military site in Uzbekistan originally was a Soviet and Uzbek base near the border of Tajikistan.
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Study: No 'additional benefit' to lockdowns amid COVID-19 pandemic
"Benefits may not match the numerous harms of these aggressive measures," found the peer-reviewed study conducted by researchers at Stanford University and published in the European Journal of Clinical Investigation.
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California halts Moderna vaccine shots over ‘possible severe allergic reaction’
A higher-than-usual number of possible allergic reactions were reported with a specific lot of Moderna vaccine.
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Double-masking becomes latest effort in fending off the coronavirus
“The air has to follow this tortuous path,” a virus transmission expert says of the mask layering effort.