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Why health experts fear the West Texas measles outbreak may be much larger than reported

Public health officials believe they are capturing only a fraction of cases because of societal factors; number of deaths suggest more widespread infection.

By Andrew Joseph

‘Deliberate trauma’: SAMHSA employees detail a federal agency in shambles

Staff cuts at SAMSHA will imperil federal efforts to curb suicides and drug overdose deaths, employees say.

By O. Rose Broderick

STAT+ | Columbia scientists reel as Trump administration cancels grants, hitting broad suite of research

It's still unclear the total number of grants, dollars and people affected, but the cuts could be a harbinger of what’s to come at other universities

By Jason Mast

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How CDC nominee Dave Weldon’s support for anti-vaccine theories runs long and deep 

The physician and former Florida congressman once urged that immunization review be taken away from the CDC. Now he's set to oversee its vaccine monitoring

By Sarah Owermohle

Harvard Medical physicians sue over removal of articles mentioning ‘LGBTQ’ from government website

OPM, AHRQ and HHS have "no business dictating what facts are permissible, or dictating what views researchers ... can express," the ACLU states.

By Anil Oza

STAT+ | Telehealth platforms in senators’ crosshairs over relationship with Eli Lilly, Pfizer

Senators want to know if contracts between pharma and telehealth companies could violate the federal anti-kickback statute. 

By Katie Palmer

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The end-of-life doula: Making smooth the paths of people on the journey to death

Death is a natural part of being a minister. The Rev. Beth Stotts also trained to become an end-of-life doula to provide support the dying.

By Hyacinth Empinado

Opinion: Carl Zimmer on Covid, singing, and going ‘Air-Borne’

“We still aren't really taking into full account the fact that diseases can spread through the air,” says Carl Zimmer, author of the new book “Air-Borne.”

By Torie Bosch