03 Feb, 2026
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The Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday announced the appointment of 21 new members to a federal committee that advises health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on autism.…
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WASHINGTON — Federal officials have ended a brief pause of more than 100 grants totaling over $5 billion awarded to states to bolster their public health infrastructure. States and organizations…

CDC briefly pauses more than $5 billion in public health grants

WASHINGTON — Federal officials have ended a brief pause of more than 100 grants totaling over $5 billion awarded to states to bolster their public health infrastructure. States and organizations that had gotten funding through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s public health infrastructure grant had received notices on Friday telling them that the […]

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Lost measles elimination status ‘a cost of doing business,’ CDC official says

With measles transmission in the United States at levels that haven’t been seen in decades, the principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that he would not view the loss of the country’s measles elimination status as a significant event. “Not really,” said Ralph Abraham, a physician who formerly […]

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Lancet study: Tylenol use during pregnancy does not cause autism

Acetaminophen use during pregnancy is not likely to raise the risk of having a child with autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability, according to a new study published Friday. Researchers across Europe reexamined evidence from multiple studies investigating the link between these conditions and the use of paracetamol — called acetaminophen in the United States — […]

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Biomedical student enrollment rose in 2025 but warning signs loom

The first year of President Trump’s second term rattled academic science, raising fears would-be biomedical researchers would avoid the field. New data on student enrollment, however, paint a more complicated picture. Graduate student enrollment in U.S. biomedical programs rose 1.5% in the fall of 2025 compared to that same period in 2024, reaching nearly 112,000 […]

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