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'Your RIF notice is not cancelled.' Inside a chaotic week of massive layoffs at HHS

NPR Health

Health agency staffers describe a week of chaos and continued uncertainty about who still has a job and how the work will get done. To many it's the opposite of 'government efficiency.

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Poor air quality increases depression risk

The Hill

A new study indicates that long-term exposure to air pollutants could directly correlate to an increased risk for depression. The study published in Environmental Science and Ecotechnology and conducted by Harbin Medical University and Cranfield University examined the link to depressive symptoms in a Chinese adult population and six common air pollutants over 7 years.

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A time to live: On the evolution of heart attack treatment

The Hindu

The treatment of a STEMI, a medical emergency indicating total blockage of an artery feeding the heart, is one of the most gratifying moments in medicine

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Viral particle prediction in wastewater treatment plants using nonlinear lifelong learning models

NPJ Clean Water

npj Clean Water, Published online: 06 April 2025; doi:10.

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All you need to know about: dysthymia

The Hindu

Though perceived as a low-grade depression, differentiating it from a major depressive disorder, dysthymia can last for two years or more in adult

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Ousted FDA vaccine chief makes plea to families to vaccinate children

The Hill

Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vaccine official who resigned last week amid pressure from the Trump administration, urged families to continue vaccinating their children. Marks, who previously led the FDAs Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, pointed to concerns around Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F.

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Closures of EPA’s Regional Environmental Justice Offices Will Hurt Rural America

NC Health News

By Julia Tilton Daily Yonder Environmental justice efforts at the ten U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional offices have stopped and employees have been placed on administrative leave, per an announcement from EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin earlier this month. Former EPA employees involved with environmental justice work across the country say rural communities will suffer as a result.

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In T.N.’s largest State hospital, a ‘Red Alert OBG’ initiative cuts delays in treating critically ill pregnant women

The Hindu

The initiative, set up in Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai, involves a multidisciplinary team being available under one roof to treat critically ill pregnant women; the model is now to be replicated at other centres

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Two bird sanctuaries in Tamil Nadu part of first-of-its-kind ICMR study to track zoonotic diseases

The Hindu

The inter-Ministerial study, which aims to track the risks posed by the interconnectedness of forest ecosystems, avian populations, and local human communities, could help monitor areas of increased bird-human interactions more effectively, say experts