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The elimination of a key C.D.C. office has slashed funding to states for help lines used by thousands to stop smoking and vaping.Read More
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The transportation secretary admitted to redirecting his wife through New York’s LaGuardia airport but said it was because of Newark’s reliability, not safety.Read More
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“I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me,” said the health and human services secretary, whose job is to drive America’s health…
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The progress comes as the Trump administration is proposing to cut funding for many programs believed to have contributed to the improvement.Read More
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Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, was detained Feb. 16 at Logan Airport after failing to declare scientific samples she carried into the U.S.Read More
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying before Congress for the first time as health secretary on Wednesday.Read More
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