What it means to have prostate cancer today
Former President Biden’s diagnosis spotlights both advances and challenges with the disease. Source link Yuki Noguchi
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Trump’s FDA wants natural food dyes to replace synthetic ones. Is it that easy? : Shots
Even foods you may not guess would have food coloring added often do, like pickled banana peppers. BWFolsom/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption BWFolsom/iStockphoto/Getty Images The Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again effort hopes to eliminate potentially harmful synthetic dyes
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Trump wants to erase DEI. Researchers worry it will upend work on health disparity : Shots
A protestor in Houston, Texas, holds a sign in favor of funding from the National Institutes of Health on March 7 during a “Stand Up for Science” rally at the Houston Medical Center. Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images hide
Researchers fear grants for studies on health disparities may be cut in anti-DEI push
The Trump administration’s broad definition of DEI could also impact health outcomes for rural White Americans Source link Yuki Noguchi
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A cancer diagnosis can make parenting harder : NPR
Monique Morris faced a Stage 2 breast cancer diagnosis at 31, just after her son Brandon turned 1. Through her treatments, Brandon always gave her a reason to smile, she says. Caleb Alvarado for NPR hide caption toggle caption Caleb
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What it's like to navigate cancer while parenting
As cancer among younger people spikes, more patients are raising young children. The emotional and financial challenges can be intense. Source link Yuki Noguchi
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She was fired from her dream job at CDC, then got it back. But she’s moving on : Shots
Bri McNulty does public health outreach at a conference in Iowa. Liz Orton hide caption toggle caption Liz Orton Cancer outreach worker Bri McNulty, 23, was one of 750 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was
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A CDC worker was fired. Then unexpectedly got her job back. She's not sure what to do
CDC Public Health Associate Bri McNulty, who talked to NPR about being summarily fired last week, got an email that she had her job back. In the meantime, McNulty got a job offer at Penn State. Source link Yuki Noguchi
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Trump’s cuts to CDC and NIH already are hitting Iowa’s efforts to control cancer : Shots
Bri McNulty pictured when she was in Atlanta for training in the CDC’s Public Health Associate Program. She and all other members of the competitive program in her cohort, deployed around the country, were fired by the Trump administration earlier
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Funding cuts may undermine efforts to connect rural patients and speciatists remotely
One rural Iowa hospital is trying to remotely connect its patients with more specialists from around the state. But cuts to federal funds might disrupt efforts like that. Source link Yuki Noguchi
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