Mike Stobbe

AP medical writer / author of the book Surgeon General's Warning: How Politics Crippled the Nation's Doctor

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What to know about new Ebola outbreak that has killed 65 people in Congo https://t.co/cPfn7m2uC3

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BREAKING: President Trump pulls the stalled nomination for Casey Means as surgeon general and says he'll put forth Nicole Saphier. https://t.co/OVvjq32bkJ

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FDA finds little evidence that a drug touted by Trump can help people with autism https://t.co/iZNnAQGm2X

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The Food and Drug Administration’s top drug regulator, Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg, is working to hire a researcher and friend who wants the agency to add new warnings to antidepressants about unproven pregnancy risks, The Associated Press has learned. https://t.co/yLwoSj0Xjn

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Louisiana town saves its 116-year-old newspaper - ‘Dedicated to the people’s right to know’ #lagov #lalege https://t.co/vITKJmbPvc

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A European Medicines Agency committee gave its nod to acoziborole, made by Sanofi. The decision is seen as a crucial step to making the medicine available in Congo, the country with the most sleeping sickness cases. https://t.co/5MQ1UOWW8k

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The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they’re increasingly coming from people who died when their heart stopped beating. https://t.co/d76KPeuUAM

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More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its rollback of vaccine recommendations for children, calling the move an illegal threat to public health. https://t.co/p4aGWAg45Y

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US births dropped last year, suggesting the 2024 uptick was short-lived. https://t.co/5yRLnMPbW5

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An unmistakable pall hangs over the Georgia’s Capitol, with leaders earnestly asking one another whether the FBI’s raid was a prelude to election officials being frogmarched out in handcuffs. Democrats were in no mood to tiptoe around the moment. #gapol
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US says it has finalized withdrawal from World Health Organization. https://t.co/4zHIs8x0Q2

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US completes withdrawal from World Health Organization https://t.co/4zHIs8x0Q2

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Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country, pending an ethical review, the health minister said Thursday. https://t.co/9cVbnEv5KI

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Scientists call another near-record hot year a 'warning shot' of a shifting, dangerous climate

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At-home STD tests offer new options for screening and treatment https://t.co/ZPYaLVxWpQ

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ProPublica: Last year, three of Starship’s five launches exploded at unexpected points on their flight paths, twice raining flaming debris over congested commercial airways and disrupting flights. https://t.co/PdPiGIcb1s

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US will exit 66 international organizations as it further retreats from global cooperation https://t.co/68JxPCawow

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A rule change proposed by the Florida Department of Health would eliminate requirements that Florida children receive the hepatitis B, varicella and Haemophilus influenzae type b or Hib vaccines in order to attend public or private K-12 schools. https://t.co/kGD1p5gehe

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ICYMI: Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, public health and some other fields face tighter federal student loan limits under the plan because it doesn’t consider them professional programs. https://t.co/kcUVpt44T4

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A Washington state resident is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said Friday the risk to the public is low. https://t.co/AwWgXUIYDB