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A Scientist Is Paid to Study Maple Syrup. He’s Also Paid to Promote It.
Funded by the maple industry, a researcher has exaggerated his findings to suggest that syrup could help prevent serious diseases.
Read MoreTrump Moves to Put New Tariffs on Computer Chips and Drugs
Citing a national security statute, the administration has begun a process to investigate the impact of imported semiconductors and pharmaceuticals.
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Doctors remove pig kidney from an Alabama woman after a record 130 days
An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed after her body began rejecting it and is back on dialysis, doctors announced Friday — a disappointment in the ongoing quest for animal-to-human transplants. Towana Looney is recovering well from the April 4 removal surgery at NYU Langone Health and […]
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This Kidney Was Frozen for 10 Days. Could Surgeons Transplant It?
On the last day of March, surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital began an operation that they hoped might lead to a permanent change in how kidneys are transplanted in people. That morning’s patient was not a person. It was a pig, lying anesthetized on a table. The pig was missing one kidney and needed an […]
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RFK Jr. looks to reshape US public health despite budget cuts
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Read MoreExperts Doubt Kennedy’s Timetable for Finding the Cause of Autism
The nation’s health secretary announced that he planned to invite scientists to provide answers by September, but specialists consider that target date unrealistic.
Read MoreThe Many Ways Kennedy Is Already Undermining Vaccines
The health secretary has chipped away at the idea that immunizing children against measles and other diseases is a public health good.
Read MoreTrump Administration Delays Plan to Limit Pricey Bandages
Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” reached $10 billion last year. A leading seller made a large donation to President Trump’s election campaign.
Read MoreMiami-Dade Mayor Vetoes Plan to Remove Fluoride From Drinking Water
The veto by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, a Democrat, pushed back on a growing campaign against the mineral, which has been used for decades to prevent cavities.
Read MorePig Kidney Removed From Alabama Woman After Organ Rejection
Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically modified animal.
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