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Drug Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024, C.D.C. Reports

Drug Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024, C.D.C. Reports

May 14, 2025

Overdose deaths in the United States fell by nearly 30,000 last year, the government reported on Wednesday, the strongest sign yet that the country is making progress against one of its deadliest, mos...

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U.S. Tells Court It Plans to Deport Scientist to Russia

U.S. Tells Court It Plans to Deport Scientist to Russia

May 14, 2025

Government lawyers told a federal judge on Wednesday that the Trump administration intends to deport a Harvard scientist back to Russia, a country she fled in 2022, despite her fear that she will be a...

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RFK Jr. to Defend HHS Overhaul as Democrats Denounce ‘War on Science’

RFK Jr. to Defend HHS Overhaul as Democrats Denounce ‘War on Science’

May 14, 2025

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a defiant defense on Wednesday of his drastic overhaul of federal health agencies as House Democrats accused him of violating the law by shuttering who...

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A.I. Was Coming for Radiologists’ Jobs. So Far, They’re Just More Efficient.

A.I. Was Coming for Radiologists’ Jobs. So Far, They’re Just More Efficient.

May 14, 2025

Nine years ago, one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence scientists singled out an endangered occupational species.“People should stop training radiologists now,” Geoffrey Hinton said, addin...

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Benzo Withdrawal Symptoms Can Be Life-Threatening

Benzo Withdrawal Symptoms Can Be Life-Threatening

May 14, 2025

Tasha Hedges took Xanax for 20 years to treat her anxiety and panic attacks, exactly as a psychiatrist had prescribed it. Then in 2022, that doctor unexpectedly died.A general practitioner continued h...

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What the ‘Small Nodule’ Found on Biden’s Prostate Could Mean for a Man’s Health

What the ‘Small Nodule’ Found on Biden’s Prostate Could Mean for a Man’s Health

May 13, 2025

Former President Joesph Biden has what a spokesman described as a “small nodule” in his prostate. How worried a patient should be by such a finding depends on the circumstances, urologists said.In som...

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Trump’s Focus on Punishing Drug Dealers May Hurt Drug Users Trying to Quit

Trump’s Focus on Punishing Drug Dealers May Hurt Drug Users Trying to Quit

May 13, 2025

President Trump has long railed against drug traffickers. He has said they should be given the death penalty “for their heinous acts.” On the first day of his second term, he signed an executive order...

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