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The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

Most member nations spoke in support of the declaration, but some rich countries had strong objections.

"Patient zero" has long been associated with virus outbreaks and fictional health investigations. It was coined in the 1980s, by accident.

Scientists at the company announced their first finding: a group of enzymes whose function is unknown.

The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care.

Dr. Heidi Overton has called mifepristone "dangerous to women." As a White House aide, she worked to reduce the number of vaccines recommended for children.

For 10 years Jennifer Koh struggled to understand and treat a rare neurological disorder, while trying to maintain a full calendar onstage.

Democrats and Republicans in Congress opposed the creation of a commission with the power to veto federal research awards.

A new disclosure also shows $210,000 in consulting fees paid to Cheryl Hines, the health secretary's wife, by one of several MAHA-affiliated groups capitalizing from his agenda.

The agency led by Dr. Mehmet Oz is proposing an end to weekly tracking of respiratory infections at the facilities where thousands of elderly residents died in the pandemic.