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Trump administration budget document outlines massive proposed cuts in health and even head start programs

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2025-04-17 11:30

Internal budget document reveals extent of Trump’s proposed health cuts HHS would be asked to absorb a $40 billion cut, about one-third of its discretionary budget. The Washington Post

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Trump's proposed budget cuts could result in deaths of nearly half a million children's from AIDS--study

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2025-04-15 17:22

Half-million children could die if U.S. AIDS relief dropped, study says - UPI.com Nearly a half-million children could die from AIDS by 2030 if President Donald Trump follows through on plans to cut U.S. relief programs, a new study says. UPI

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RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US tribes. A key program to do that was gutted

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2025-04-14 18:13

RFK Jr. wants to target chronic disease in US tribes. A key program to do that was gutted A key program using traditional medicine and foods to tackle chronic disease in Native American and Alaska Native communities has been gutted in the federal health layoffs. AP News

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Prescription drugs are a target of Trump's tariffs; U.S. patients, foreign producers affected

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2025-04-10 10:32

Trump's trade war: Prescription drugs become a target U.S. President Donald Trump late on Tuesday reiterated he would impose tariffs on imports of pharmaceutical products that have long been spared from past trade disputes due to the potential for harm to patients. Maggie Fick Reuters

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Long COVID activists manages to reverse Trump team’s research cuts, for now

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2025-04-09 11:54

Long COVID activists fought Trump team’s research cuts and won ― for now Nature - Success gives hope to scientists and advocates who managed to get millions of dollars in grants restored. nature

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Analysis: U.S. CDC Budget cuts damage HIV prevention programs

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2025-04-07 11:07

HIV prevention was making great strides. Then Trump’s budget axe fell CDC layoffs and program cuts gutted branches responsible for a slew of HIV prevention services, imperiling decades of progress. Jason Mast STAT

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Measles misinformation issue: some patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2025-03-27 10:26

Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation | CNN Doctors treating people hospitalized as part of a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico have also found themselves facing another problem: vitamin A toxicity. Neha Mukherjee CNN

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Trump administration cuts funds for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2025-03-26 17:14

The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment and other urgent health issues.

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U.S. budget cuts are hitting measles vaccination and other disease prevention programs the hardest-- Study

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2025-03-25 17:59

Measles Vaccination, Disease Surveillance And Labs Hit Hardest By US Budget Cuts - Health Policy Watch Cuts to global immunisation budgets are hitting measles vaccine coverage, disease surveillance, laboratory networks and outbreak response the hardest, Health Policy Watch

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Long Covid office is being closed in Health and Human Services agency

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2025-03-25 11:58

Long Covid office latest casualty in HHS shake-up The Trump administration is closing HHS' long Covid office, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO. POLITICO

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