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FDA reverses course on Juul

Presented by AstraZeneca {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story FDA reverses course on Juul The Food and Drug Administration is allowing...

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Fall River fire fuels calls for federal assisted living legislation  

A deadly fire at a Massachusetts assisted living home on Sunday highlights the need for federal legislation strengthening oversight of such...

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Trump administration takes shot at hospitals

Presented by AstraZeneca {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story CMS targets hospitals with site-neutral drug rule The Trump...

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New York rejects Texas's second attempt to punish doctor for prescribing abortion pills

A New York county clerk rejected the state of Texas’s second attempt to punish a doctor for prescribing and sending abortion medication to a Texas...

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Hospitals brace for ‘big, beautiful’ Medicaid cuts

Presented by AstraZeneca {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Hospitals brace for ‘big, beautiful’ Medicaid cuts Hospitals loudly...

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Planned Parenthood ‘defunding’ threatens women's health beyond abortion

Planned Parenthood stands to lose a huge portion of its federal funding under President Trump’s "big, beautiful bill," which could result in the...

12.07.2025 10

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Senate panel clears FDA appropriations

Presented by Express Scripts Pharmacy Benefit Services {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Senate panel clears FDA appropriations The...

12.07.2025 4

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Almost 1 in 3 adolescents have prediabetes: CDC

More than 30 percent of American teenagers were considered prediabetic in 2023, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and...

11.07.2025 2

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HIV program a potential hurdle in recissions process

Presented by Express Scripts Pharmacy Benefit Services {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Global HIV program a potential speedbump in...

11.07.2025 4

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Challenge to Michigan ban on taxpayer-funded abortions rejected

A Michigan judge rejected a challenge to the state’s longtime ban on taxpayer-funded abortions for low-income residents. The lawsuit argued that...

10.07.2025 1

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CDC ends bird flu emergency

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 avian flu. A spokesperson for the Department of...

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When will key aspects of Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' take effect? 

President Trump signed his sweeping tax cut and spending package known as the "big, beautiful bill" into law during a Fourth of July celebration on...

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Record Medicaid cuts head to House

Presented by Vaccinate Your Family {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Senate sends massive Medicaid cuts to House The massive...

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GOP set to cut billions more in Medicaid

Presented by Vaccinate Your Family {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Senate set to vote on amendment rolling back Medicaid expansion...

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Experimental Moderna flu shot more effective than approved vaccine, company says

Moderna Inc. said Monday its experimental flu shot showed positive results in a late-stage trial.   In a Phase 3 study, the company’s mRNA-1010 flu...

30.06.2025 20

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ObamaCare preventive care mandate wins in Supreme Court ruling

Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story SCOTUS upholds Obamacare preventive...

28.06.2025 20

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Anxieties converge over newly remade CDC advisory panel

Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Anxieties converge over newly remade...

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Texans most likely to travel out of state for abortions last year: Study

More than 150,000 people traveled out of state for an abortion last year, with Texans alone making up roughly a fifth of that number, according to a...

25.06.2025 3

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RFK Jr. grilled over transparency, spending cuts

Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story RFK Jr grilled by Congress over...

25.06.2025 3

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Here's what the Senate parliamentarian has struck from Trump's megabill

The Senate parliamentarian has rejected several controversial provisions in the GOP’s ‘big beautiful bill’ over the last few days. Senate...

24.06.2025 20

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Health care workers on alert for ICE raids in hospitals

President Trump's whittling away of protected places for immigrants has fueled fears among health care workers that Immigration and Customs...

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HHS investigating Michigan health care system over alleged conscience rights violation

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is investigating whether an employee at a Michigan hospital system was fired for refusing to use a...

21.06.2025 7

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Vaccine advisers set to review ingredient in influenza shot

Presented by Alliance for Aging Research {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story Vaccine advisers to review ingredient RFK Jr...

21.06.2025 5

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New COVID-19 variant causes 'razor blade throat'

Patients and doctors say the latest COVID-19 variant spreading in the U.S. in some cases causes a sore throat so painful it has earned the nickname...

20.06.2025 3

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Trump administration to shutter LGBTQ youth suicide hotline

Presented by Alliance for Aging Research {beacon} Health Care Health Care   PRESENTED BY  The Big Story  Trump administration to shutter LGBTQ ...

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Abortion providers devastated by political killings, hit list  

Abortion providers and reproductive rights advocates are devastated by the assassination of a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband over the...

17.06.2025 4

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CDC: Average age of US moms giving birth rises to nearly 30

The average age of first-time mothers in the U.S. has risen to almost 30, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and...

14.06.2025 3

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Senators grill NIH director in budget hearing: 4 takeaways

National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya faced questions from senators during an Appropriations subcommittee hearing Tuesday, as the...

11.06.2025 4

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Gender gap on abortion rights hit record high: Gallup

The gender gap between men and women who identify as pro-choice has widened to its largest point on record, according to a new Gallup poll. Sixty-one...

09.06.2025 4

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Trump stokes fear, confusion with pulled emergency abortion guidance

The Trump administration sowed confusion and fear among physicians with its move this past week to rescind Biden-era guidelines to hospitals that...

07.06.2025 2

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Dr. Oz on Medicaid cuts: People should 'prove that they matter'

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz defended President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" over criticism that millions...

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Trump administration rescinds emergency abortion guidance 

The Trump administration has rescinded guidance telling health care workers who provide abortions to save their patients' lives that they are...

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FDA chief vows mifepristone probe

Presented by Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding — The Food and Drug Administration commissioner has committed to reviewing the abortion drug...

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FDA commissioner pledges to investigate mifepristone

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary committed to reviewing the abortion drug mifepristone in a letter sent to Senator Josh Hawley...

03.06.2025 4

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CDC adjusts COVID vaccine guidance, but keeps on child schedule

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued updated advice on the COVID-19 vaccine days after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert...

31.05.2025 10

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Kennedy takes on ‘conflicts of interest’ in medical journals

Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Kennedy takes on ‘conflicts of...

29.05.2025 3

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RFK Jr. may bar government scientists from publishing in medical journals

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he will ban government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals and...

28.05.2025 3

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Missouri Supreme Court leaves abortion ban in place

Abortion is now banned in Missouri again after the state’s highest court overturned two lower court rulings blocking its abortion ban. The...

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Agencies ax some COVID vaccine recommendations

Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story RFK Jr. ends COVID vax guidance for...

28.05.2025 3

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Texas GOP seeks to block legal challenges against abortion

Texas Republicans are rolling ahead with a controversial bill that seeks to further restrict abortion access in the state, while making it impossible...

25.05.2025 20

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RFK Jr. softens pledge to find autism cause by September

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is walking back the timeline on his promise to find the cause of autism...

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GOP bill raises fears of major reduction in home care for seniors, disabled

Rep. Judy Chu (D-Ca.) said she worries over the future of at-home care for seniors if President Donald Trump’s federal funding package passes in the...

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Reproductive-rights groups push against Kennedy's mifepristone review  

Reproductive-rights advocates are pushing back against the review of the abortion medication mifepristone ordered by Health and Human Services (HHS)...

19.05.2025 20

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Federal judge extends block on public health cuts

Presented by AARP {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Federal judge extends block on public health cuts A federal judge indefinitely...

17.05.2025 10

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Medicaid disagreements put Trump agenda bill in peril

Presented by AARP {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Medicaid disagreements put Trump agenda bill in peril GOP hard-liners insisting...

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Judge strikes down abortion waiting period in Michigan

A Michigan judge on Tuesday overturned a law requiring a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion can be administered in the state.   Judge Sima...

14.05.2025 2

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Louisiana investigating second abortion pill case against New York doctor

Louisiana’s attorney general is investigating a second case involving New York doctor Margaret Carpenter after she allegedly prescribed and mailed...

14.05.2025 10

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Trump’s first pick for surgeon general to still work for HHS 

President Trump recently switched his nomination for Surgeon General but his first pick, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, will continue to work at the...

09.05.2025 4

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Democratic senators ask Trump administration to rehire CDC IVF team

A group of more than a dozen Democratic senators is asking the Trump administration to rehire a team of scientists at the Centers for Disease Control...

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Why a Trump 'baby bonus' is unlikely to boost fertility rate

The White House is reportedly considering a proposal to give new mothers a $5,000 “baby bonus” to help encourage Americans to have more children,...

07.05.2025 10

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