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2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Alexander Tin |Celine Gounder |Nicole Brown Chau

More employees at the National Institutes of Health are expected to be laid off in the coming days, multiple federal officials say, less than a week after an initial wave of cuts gutted many offices within the health research agency. The NIH was initially supposed to lose about 1,200 scientists, support staff and other officials as a result of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s restructuring. It is unclear how many additional employees will be targeted for cuts.

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Sara Moniuszko |Celine Gounder |Nicole Brown Chau

Syphilis is back on the rise across the United States after being nearly eliminated in the late 1990s and early 2000s. But in the Navajo Nation, a solution to curbing the now national epidemic is emerging. The sexually transmitted infection that can lead to serious health problems if left untreated. Syphilis cases skyrocketed in the U.S. as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's STD prevention budget dropped, data shows.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | E.D. Cauchi |Celine Gounder

CDC's airplane testing seeks to prevent a pandemic In the past year, over 135 million passengers traveled to the U.S. from other countries. To infectious disease experts, that represents 135 million chances for an outbreak to begin. To identify and stop the next potential pandemic, government disease detectives have been discreetly searching for viral pathogens in wastewater from airplanes. Experts are worried that these efforts may not be enough.

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Celine Gounder

Parents say off-label drug helped son with autism Caroline Connor's concerns about her son Mason's development began around his first birthday, when she noticed he wasn't talking or using any words. Their pediatrician didn't seem worried, but the speech delay persisted. At 2 and a half, Mason was diagnosed with autism. The Connors went on a mission, searching for anything that would help. "We just started researching on our own.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Celine Gounder

15 hours agoMusk’s unparalleled online reach on X has given him a powerful tool to attack individuals who criticize DOGE. Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette works at the Project on Government Oversight, a nonpartisan watchdog group focused on reducing bureaucratic waste. He also happens to be blind. So when he criticized …