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Transgender people have been a major focus of the second Trump administration.

HHS letter tells health care providers to disregard treatment protocols for trans people, adhere to report by unnamed authors

By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sent a letter urging health care providers and medical boards to update treatment protocols for youth with gender dysphoria based on a controversial HHS review of scientific literature that was released earlier this

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Conjoined Twins Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at conjoined twins. Conjoined twins are physically connected to one another at some point on their bodies. Conjoined twins occur once in every 50,000 to 60,000 births, according to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. About 70% of conjoined twins are female. Conjoined twins are identical – they

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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya

NIH staff stage walkout during director’s town hall as tensions persist over research cuts, ideology

By Meg Tirrell, CNN (CNN) — Twenty-seven minutes into a town hall with staff last week, US National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya acknowledged that he was going to get into uncomfortable territory. “This one’s a tough one for me,” Bhattacharya told the audience of researchers and other NIH employees gathered in an

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Lean proteins

How to eat for better sleep

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Sleep, But Better newsletter series. Our seven-part guide has helpful hints to achieve better sleep. To prep for a good night’s sleep, start at breakfast. What you eat throughout the day could affect your quality of sleep at night. Adding foods with the

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With vaccine approval process set to change, FDA advisers leave wiggle room in annual Covid-19 shot recommendations

By Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A group of experts who advise the US Food and Drug Administration on its vaccine decisions voted unanimously Thursday to make a broad recommendation about which lineage of the coronavirus should be included in this year’s Covid-19 vaccines, giving the agency latitude to keep the current shots or update

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Urologist Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt regularly discusses PSA testing with his patients.

Given Biden’s diagnosis, what a urologist wants you to know about prostate screening

Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt (CNN) — When I learned that former President Joe Biden had not undergone prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening since 2014—and was later diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer—I knew there would be renewed interest and debate about prostate cancer screening guidelines. As a urologist, I regularly discuss the complexities surrounding PSA testing with my

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The FDA is telling Pfizer and Moderna to expand warning labels about the risk of a rare heart condition after Covid-19 vaccination.

FDA requires Covid vaccine makers to expand warning about risk of rare heart inflammation

By Jen Christensen, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration will now require Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna to use expanded warning labels with more information about the risk of a rare heart condition after vaccination. The vaccines’ previous labels warned about the risk of a heart condition called myocarditis, inflammation of the heart

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