The health agency has been particularly strict in abolishing at-home work, overriding accommodations that were granted years before the pandemic.
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A Dutch flight attendant was among the latest to be tested in connection with a deadly outbreak on a cruise ship. One infected passenger had briefly boarded a plane to the Netherlands before she died.
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Against expert advice, people are using new and unpredictable synthetic drugs to experiment on themselves in hopes of becoming free of addiction.
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Since the family of rodent-borne infections were identified in the 1950s, they have turned up all over the world.
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The agency’s scientists and data contractors reviewed millions of patient records for studies that were pulled back before release.
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The health secretary has long complained that Americans overuse psychiatric medications. New policies he is introducing aim to change that.
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Unusual opioids are infiltrating street drugs. Knoxville’s top forensic doctor is on the front lines, pressing to quickly identify the most lethal.
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A lower-court ruling had reinstated a Food and Drug Administration requirement that patients visit a health care provider in person to obtain mifepristone.
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One case of hantavirus infection has been confirmed in a laboratory, the organization said on Sunday. There are five additional suspected cases.
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Three people aboard a cruise ship sailing the Atlantic Ocean have died from what health officials suspect were hantavirus infections.
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For decades, conservatives were adamantly opposed to the use of drugs like psilocybin and LSD. Now, the Trump administration has made a sharp pivot.
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A federal appeals court temporarily halted a Food and Drug Administration regulation that has greatly expanded access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
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The drugs are 10 times more dangerous than fentanyl. They are showing up in street drugs in the South and the Midwest, and will most likely spread to other regions.
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Some screenings and treatments no longer make sense for patients as they age. Researchers have just added a few more to the list.
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The Trump administration has slashed funding for infectious disease research and has far fewer employees, including disease detectives, to respond to outbreaks.
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Jenna Norton had filed a whistle-blower complaint claiming that the agency leadership had retaliated against her.
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Patients with one of the deadliest cancers have been pleading for an unapproved treatment that may prolong their lives.
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Americans can’t afford the higher health insurance premiums that resulted from Congress’s refusal to extend federal tax credits.
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Dr. Means’s nomination had stalled in part over her views on vaccines. The president said he was instead nominating Dr. Nicole B. Saphier, a radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
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Dr. Sara Brenner is a physician, an F.D.A. official and a “MAHA mom” who has said people should not reflexively believe in the benefits of vaccines.
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