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N.I.H. Hospital Board Rebukes Kennedy Over New Vaccine Injury Clinic

16 octobre 2026 à 15:19
The board that oversees the N.I.H. Clinical Center voted unanimously to support a statement accusing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of undermining trust in the hospital’s work.

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The chairman of the board overseeing the N.I.H. research hospital said he was “troubled” by Mr. Kennedy’s recent unannounced visit to the institutes’ Bethesda headquarters.

He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried.

12 octobre 2026 à 05:02
In an interview, Dr. Peter Piot recalled when he first saw the spindly virus under a microscope and reflected on a five-decade career spent fighting two deadly pathogens.

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Dr. Peter Piot was among the first scientists to see the Ebola virus, as a young researcher in Belgium in 1976.

Russia’s Silence on Possible Plague Outbreak Stokes Fears of a Cover-Up

8 octobre 2026 à 14:22
As rumors spread about a possible plague outbreak in Siberia, the Kremlin turned to a familiar playbook: offering little information about potential bad news.

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The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, Russia, on Wednesday. The researcher who died worked in the lab.

A Public Health-Minded Senator Asks: What Comes After Trump and Kennedy?

7 octobre 2026 à 14:44
Senator Patty Murray, a former chair of the Senate health committee, is forming a group of experts to examine how to insulate the C.D.C. from political interference.

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Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, at the Capitol last month.

Canada Halts Plan to Allow Medically Assisted Death for the Mentally Ill

7 octobre 2026 à 14:36
People who have mental illness alone will not qualify for assisted death, but patients who have other conditions and expect to have a cognitive decline can make an advanced request.

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Sean Fraser, Canada’s minister of justice, said parliament will pass legislation to bar people whose sole condition is a mental illness from seeking medically assisted death.
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