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Selasa, 08 April 2025

Food safety was slipping in the U.S. Then came mass layoffs

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Food safety was slipping in the U.S. Then came mass layoffs

By Alana Semuels
Senior Correspondent

Even before the layoffs at HHS, which impacted 10,000 people, health advocates were worried that the U.S. was failing at food safety. The country lags far behind the number of food safety inspections it's supposed to be doing every year, and other parts of a 2011 landmark food safety law are being postponed or reversed.

Now that layoffs affected hundreds of people working on food safety, advocates say, "people will get sick, or worse."

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RFK Jr. Wants CDC to Not Recommend Fluoride In Drinking Water

Kennedy cannot stop fluoridation, but he can direct the CDC to stop recommending it and work with the EPA to change the allowed amount.

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Senin, 07 April 2025

How realistic was the poisonous fruit on 'The White Lotus'?

How realistic was the poisonous fruit on The White Lotus?

By Angela Haupt
Editor, Health and Wellness

In last night's finale of the hit show The White Lotus, a poisonous fruit tree that grows in Southeast Asia took center stage.

But is the show's depiction of the so-called "suicide tree" realistic? We asked medical toxicologists who also watch the show.

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Second Child Dies From Measles-Related Causes in West Texas

The West Texas outbreak is believed to have spread to New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas.

Medicare Will Not Cover GLP-1 Drugs for Weight Loss

The decision counters a proposal by the Biden Administration to reimburse beneficiaries for the weight-loss medications.

How to Share a Bed While Getting the Best Night's Sleep

A "sleep divorce" isn't the only option.

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