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STAT+ | Trump proposes billions in cuts to federal health agencies from NIH to CDC

Trump proposes massive cuts to federal health agencies in his 2026 "skinny budget" request. It's up to Congress to actually set spending levels.

By Daniel Payne

STAT+ | Overseas grants could be ‘closed down’ by NIH under new policy, internal email suggests

Email sheds light on policy: "If you can’t clearly justify why you are doing something overseas ... then the project should be closed down"

By Megan Molteni

CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years

There are likely several contributors to this season’s severity, experts say, including a decline in the use of the flu shot by children.

By Mike Stobbe — Associated Press

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Snake enthusiast survived hundreds of bites. Now his blood is aiding the search for a universal antivenom

Immunologist Jacob Glanville teams up with Tim Friede, a survivor of hundreds of deadly snakebites, to develop a universal antivenom

By Usha Lee McFarling

Opinion: Public health still hasn’t reckoned with which Covid policies and interventions failed

There has been a collective failure to evaluate which Covid policies and interventions worked, which didn’t, and which may have caused harm.

By Steven Phillips

Government watchdog is scrutinizing Georgia’s Medicaid work requirements

The government watchdog will release a report on how much it costs to run the country’s only active Medicaid work requirement program.

By Renuka Rayasam and Sam Whitehead — KFF Health News

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Opinion: Why it’s still unclear exactly how much banning soda from SNAP could improve health

U.S. spends billions on sugary sodas via SNAP while also covering the cost of related chronic diseases. Expert says it's time to start testing restrictions.

By Murray Carpenter