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Kennedy adds two new members to CDC's vaccine advisory panel
The two new additions are Drs. Adam Urato, an OB-GYN from Massachusetts who specializes in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and Kimberly Biss, an OB-GYN from Florida who has published reports on COVID-19 vaccine safety for pregnant women.
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Britain's health service becomes poster child for travails of big government, socialized medicine
Senior officials and even some defenders of the NHS are questioning whether the system’s structure can withstand rising demand, demographic change, and tightening public finances strained by an aging population.
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Measles cases continue to rise in Arizona, Utah
Ten new cases were reported this week in Arizona, bringing this year’s total to 205.
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California wrongly claimed millions in Medicaid services for illegal migrants: HHS watchdog reports
The office alleged that the State of California improperly claimed about $52.7 million in federal medicaid reimbursements. The Biden administration has plans to allow as many as 100,000 uninsured illegal immigrants to access taxpayer-funded health insurance.
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Michigan farmworker infected with bird flu, second case in U.S.
“The current health risk to the general public remains low," said Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, Michigan's top medical executive
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CDC's free COVID-19 vaccine program for uninsured to end in August instead of December
A spokesperson for the CDC said the program will expire at the end of August because its funding is running out. The program gives out the vaccines by partnering with CVS, Walgreens and eTrueNorth pharmacies.
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US Capitol Police investigates bag of cocaine found at its headquarters
The Capitol Police said in a statement that the bag was a "roughly one-inch by one-inch zip lock bag with a small amount of a white powdery substance, which field tested positive for cocaine."
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Former DEA official warns China is bringing its own pesticides into US and has moved past fentanyl
Former DEA Special Operations Director Derek Maltz highlighted how strategic China is when it comes to attacking other countries, and claimed that the opioid crisis facing the U.S. is largely because of China and its connections with Mexican drug cartels that sneak it across the U.S. border.
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World Health Organization misses key deadline for global pandemic policy, but talks continue
The global health organization is attempting to prepare for future pandemics by creating a unified policy that would help countries respond to the world-wide emergencies faster than it did for COVID-19.
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House COVID-19 subcommittee subpoenas top Fauci advisor over obstruction allegations
The subpoena is for Dr. David Morens, who was a top advisor for Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and accuses him of trying to stall his testimony until after Fauci testifies on June 3.
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AstraZeneca pulls COVID-19 vaccine from global market over low demand
The United Kingdom and third world countries largely relied on the vaccine during the early days of the pandemic, as it was one of the earliest vaccines. But trials of the drug did not test as well as other vaccines.
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RFK Jr. says doctors found dead worm that ate part of his brain
An abnormality found on Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s brain scans “was caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died,” he said.
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Panera Bread says it will drop Charged Lemonade from menus following wrongful death lawsuits
The beverage has been marketed as “plant-based and clean with as much caffeine as our Dark Roast coffee," but prosecutors claim its 30oz lemonade actually contains more caffeine than the coffee.