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Who is Dr. Casey Means? A look at Trumps pick for US surgeon general

(WASHINGTON) -- Earlier this week, President Donald Trump announced he will be nominating Dr. Casey Means for U.S. surgeon general, replacing his former pick, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, after questions emerged about her credentials.Means has been prominent in the "Make America Healthy Again" movement championed ...
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Experts call Kennedy’s plan to find autism’s cause unrealistic

WASHINGTON (AP) — For many experts, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s promise for “pulling back the curtain” to find autism’s causes in a few months is jarring — and unrealistic. That’s because it appears to ignore decades of science linking about 200 genes ...
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Wellness companies eager to avoid WeightWatchers’ fate embrace weight-loss drugs

By Amina Niasse and Nicholas P. Brown NEW YORK (Reuters) -Health and wellness companies are embracing weight-loss drugs and building offerings around them in an effort to avoid the fate of WeightWatchers, which declared bankruptcy this week, citing vastly increased use of the new blockbuster ...
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Hawaii in $700 million settlement with Bristol-Myers, Sanofi over Plavix warning label

(Reuters) -Hawaii said on Friday it entered a $700 million settlement deal with pharmaceutical firm Bristol-Myers Squibb and units of French pharmaceutical company Sanofi in a case about warning labels related to health risks from blood thinner Plavix.(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; ...
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Digital health company Omada files for US IPO

(Reuters) -Virtual chronic care provider Omada Health has filed to go public in the United States, the latest in a string of healthcare listings expected this year. U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff whiplash has roiled markets and cast a shadow on new listings, but ...
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On podcasts, Trump’s surgeon general pick touts organics, questions vaccines and talks spirituality

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s newest surgeon general nominee is a burgeoning health influencer who has shared her approach to health care through appearances on some of the nation’s most popular wellness and right-wing podcasts. A sampling of Dr. Casey Means’ comments from ...
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An offshore wind project for New York may be abandoned over Trump administration delays

The Norwegian energy company Equinor said Friday it will be forced to terminate an offshore wind project for New York within days unless President Donald Trump ‘s administration relents on its order that stopped construction. Work on Empire Wind has been paused since April 16, ...
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Infant hospitalizations from RSV dropped after shots became available, US data shows

(Reuters) -Infant hospitalizations due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections in the United States dropped as much as 43% last year compared to previous years, following the widespread availability of preventative shots, federal data showed. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a ...
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US measles cases surpass 1,000 for first time in 5 years

By Christy Santhosh (Reuters) – The number of measles cases in the United States has crossed 1,000 for the first time in five years, federal data showed on Friday, as the country battles one of its worst outbreaks of the childhood ...
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Investigators outline final moments of plane crash that killed former college soccer star and family

COPAKE, N.Y. (AP) — Federal investigators are outlining the final moments of a plane crash last month in upstate New York that killed a family from Massachusetts heading to the Catskills to celebrate a birthday and the Passover holiday. The victims of the April 12 ...
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First at-home test kit for cervical cancer approved by the FDA, company says

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have approved the first cervical cancer testing kit that allows women to collect their own sample at home before shipping it to a laboratory, according to a medical device company. Teal Health said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved ...
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The US has 1,001 measles cases and 11 states with active outbreaks

The U.S. surpassed 1,000 measles cases Friday, even as Texas posted one of its lowest counts of newly confirmed cases since its large outbreak began three months ago. Texas still accounts for the vast majority of cases in the U.S., with 709 confirmed as ...
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