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National Institutes of Health to launch study, create autism patient database
National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya said the study would address the “cause of the rise in autism” that ...
Eight artificial dyes will be phased out of US food supply, Health Secretary RFK Jr. says
For years, Kennedy has railed against Big Food and Big Pharma and blamed the nation’s “chronic disease epidemic” on additives ...
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New clinical study aims to understand health impacts, mechanisms behind ultra-processed foods
They make up more than 70% of the U.S. food supply. Think of them as foods you can't make at home: stuff that is industrially ...
NIH director proposes national health database, sparks privacy concerns
Privacy experts are sounding the alarm after the federal government announced a plan earlier this week to create a health ...
US health officials seek to phase out artificial dyes from the food supply
U.S. health officials say they'll urge foodmakers to phase out petroleum-based artificial colors in the nation’s food supply.
House oversight committee demands answers on gutting of CDC public records office
House Rep. Gerry Connolly is pushing CDC leadership to explain why the personnel who handle FOIA requests lost their jobs, noting that that the public has a right to access federal records.
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NIH chief voices support for Nora Volkow, head of drug addiction research institute
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya signals that at least one institute director, Nora Volkow at the National Institute on Drug ...
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Leaked memo triggers fears of cuts to programs essential for human health: 'It's been slash and burn'
"The more you know, the more of those lives you can save." Leaked memo triggers fears of cuts to programs essential for human ...