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News Articles: Health

The BioLab plant in Conyers, Ga. is seen on Dec. 18, 2024, nearly three months after a Sept. 29 fire that left a weekslong chemical plume in the area.

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  • News

Georgia lawmakers press BioLab parent company for updates on Conyers fire investigation

Members of Georgia’s congressional delegation are calling on KIK Consumer Products, the parent company of BioLab, to release updates on its investigation into the chemical fire at its Conyers facility last September.

January 27, 2025
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By:
  • Pamela Kirkland
Key guidance to industry on enhancing diversity in clinical trials of cancer drugs disappeared from the Food and Drug Administration website.

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  • Health

The FDA pulls key DEI initiative for cancer studies from its website

A Food and Drug Administration project to promote diversity in clinical studies of cancer treatments was removed from the agency's website, as the Trump administration halts DEI initiatives.

January 25, 2025
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By:
  • Sydney Lupkin
MSI Reproductive Services, a nonprofit group, lost U.S. funds during the first Trump administration because they would not abide by the Mexico City policy, which cut off American aid to groups that discuss or provide abortion services. Above: A 19-year-old woman talks with a nurse at a traveling contraception clinic in eastern Madagascar run by the group.

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  • Global Health

Trump re-enacts policy banning aid to groups abroad that discuss or provide abortions

The Mexico City Policy cuts off U.S. aid to health groups in other countries that offer abortion services or counseling. As in 2021, Trump has reinstated this policy, which was deactivated by Biden.

January 25, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Carlson and
  • Fatma Tanis
After being inaugurated for his second president term, President Donald Trump has frozen virtually all U.S. foreign aid and issued a "stop work" order for groups in other countries that are funded by the U.S. government. Above: At the start of the pandemic, members of the Honduran Armed Forces carry a box containing diagnostic kits to test for COVID-19, donated by the United States Agency for International Development and the International Organization for Migration.

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  • Global Health

U.S. puts virtually all foreign aid on 90-day hold, issues 'stop-work' order

Following Trump's Monday freeze on foreign aid, a subsequent memo calls for for a stop-work order for current grants and contracts.

January 24, 2025
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By:
  • Fatma Tanis
A poster of Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is seen along a road in Kabul. He is one of two leaders named in proposed arrest warrants for their treatment of girls and women since taking power in 2021.

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  • Global Health

Arrest warrant proposed for Taliban leaders for gender-based crimes

The International Criminal Court, a U.N. agency, has to approve the warrants. They've been condemned by the Taliban and welcomed by Afghan women and their advocates — with some reservations.

January 24, 2025
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By:
  • Ruchi Kumar
Anthony Fauci, then the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies during a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Sept. 14, 2022.

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  • Politics

Trump ends Fauci's security detail, says he'd feel no responsibility if he was harmed

Fauci is the latest in a string of former Trump aides-turned-critics to see their federal protection canceled.

January 24, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal health agencies are under a communications freeze which has affected some regular updates to public-facing health sites.

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  • Health

Under communications freeze, CDC updates some important health data but not others

One of the CDC's weekly health publications was not published on its regular schedule, and some data about flu and vaccinations wasn't updated.

January 24, 2025
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Rosalynn Carter testifies on behalf of the President’s Commission on Mental Health before the Senate Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources on February 7, 1979. She was the second first lady to appear before Congress.

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  • Mental Health

Mental Health Parity Day celebrates work of Carter Center and Georgia leaders

Work at the Carter Center helped make Georgia the leader when it comes to certified peer specialists, who are trained to counsel others from a perspective of shared experience.

January 24, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A series of stories covered in NPR's 'Life, after diagnosis' series

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  • Health

Cancer affects your life for years after diagnosis. Here are survivors' stories

Medical advances mean many more people are surviving cancer and living for years or decades with its after effects. Here's how they are navigating life after treatment.

January 24, 2025
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi and
  • Juweek Adolphe
Illustration of person stretched out on yellow background with phone in hand and sneakers nearby.

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  • Health

'Ugh. Do I have to?' Honest questions (and answers!) about cardio, illustrated

If you're in the camp of folks who are dragging their feet to start working out again, this comic is for you.

January 24, 2025
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By:
  • Marielle Segarra and
  • Malaka Gharib
Peppi, a yellow Lab and official "Canine Companion," sits on the lap of OB-GYN Kristina Fraser in November at the HCA HealthONE Rose medical center in Denver.

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  • Health

Trained dogs working inside hospitals help ease burnout among health care staff

Some hospitals are bringing in dogs to spend entire shifts with doctors and nurses. The trained canines help staff cope with the stress of their work amid high levels of burnout.

January 24, 2025
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By:
  • John Daley
The Purdue Pharma offices, May 8, 2007, in Stamford, Conn.

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  • Health

Purdue Pharma and owners to pay $7.4 billion in settlement of lawsuits over OxyContin

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the prescription painkiller.

January 24, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
U.S. Army Rangers fire an AT4 at a range on Camp Roberts, California. 

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  • Health

Blasts from military weapons may injure the brain through its blood vessels

When military personnel fire certain powerful weapons, they may be exposed to blast waves that damage blood vessels in the brain.

January 23, 2025
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
Research shows the biggest predictors of shorter life expectancy in adults with ADHD are factors including lower incomes, a greater likelihood of smoking, less exercise, poorer nutrition and risky driving.

Tagged as: 

  • Health

Adults with ADHD live shorter lives than those without a diagnosis, a new study finds

A large study of 30,000 adults diagnosed with ADHD in the U.K. found women with ADHD died roughly nine years younger than women without a diagnosis. Men had about a seven-year shorter lifespan.

January 23, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
The historic main building of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

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  • Health

National Institutes of Health cancel scientific meetings after Trump directives

An email obtained by NPR says NIH employees are subject to a travel freeze and offers of employment are being rescinded. Scientists worry about disruptions to critical research.

January 23, 2025
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
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