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HealthJul 1, 2025

Federal judge says HHS layoffs were likely unlawful, orders administration to halt plans to downsize US health agencies

Federal judge says HHS layoffs were likely unlawful, orders administration to halt plans to downsize US health agencies

HealthMay 14, 2025

Trump surgeon general pick praised unproven psychedelic therapy, said mushrooms helped her find love

President Donald Trump’s new pick for surgeon general wrote in a recent book that people should consider using unproven psychedelic drugs as therapy and in a newsletter suggested her use of mushrooms helped her find love

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HealthApr 18, 2025

Video shows doctor with measles treating kids. RFK Jr later praised him as an ‘extraordinary’ healer

A video shows a Texas doctor, who has been treating children in a measles outbreak, with a measles rash on his face in a clinic while caring for patients a week before he met with Health Secretary Robert F

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HealthApr 15, 2025

Translating what Kennedy's anti-vaccine allies hear in his response to the measles outbreak

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F

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HealthMay 13, 2024

Illness took away her voice. AI created a replica she carries in her phone

Artificial intelligence voice-cloning technology carries so many risks of harmful impersonation that major technology companies are wary of letting people use it

HealthFeb 13, 2024

Hiker kills coyote with his bare hands after attack; tests confirm the animal had rabies

Rhode Island officials say a coyote killed by a hiker has tested positive for rabies

HealthMay 30, 2023

Teens hospitalized after accident in abandoned building at Rhode Island state park

Rhode Island officials say four boys were injured when one climbed onto the roof of an abandoned building that collapsed at a state park

HealthApr 6, 2023

NP gets 7 years for cheating insurers out of almost $12M

A nurse practitioner who defrauded health insurers and Medicare out of nearly $12 million by seeking payments for patient services that were never performed has been sentenced to seven years in prison

HealthMar 14, 2023

Woman who pretended to be sick Marine gets nearly 6 years

A Rhode Island woman who pretended to be a sick Marine veteran to collect about $300,000 in benefits, charitable contributions, and donations has been sentenced in a federal court to nearly six years in prison