Roni Rabin

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Apoorva Mandavilli |Roni Rabin

The extensive layoffs of federal health workers that began on Tuesday will greatly curtail the scope and influence of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the world's premier public health agency, an outcome long sought by conservatives critical of its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. The reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services shrinks the C.D.C. by 2,400 employees, or roughly 18 percent of its work force, and strips away some of its core functions.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Ellen Barry |Roni Rabin

Late in February, as the Trump administration ramped up its quest to transform the federal government, a psychiatrist who treats veterans was directed to her new workstation - and was incredulous. She was required, under a new return-to-office policy, to conduct virtual psychotherapy with her patients from one of 13 cubicles in a large open office space, the kind of setup used for call centers.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Roni Rabin

The Department of Veterans Affairs is phasing out gender-affirming medical treatments for veterans, including hormone treatment for patients newly diagnosed with gender dysphoria, the V.A. announced on Monday. The V.A. will continue hormone treatment for veterans who currently receive it or were receiving it when they separated from the military. The rationale is that abrupt cessation can be harmful to patients' health.

1 month ago | infobae.com | Roni Rabin

En una granja de 120 hectáreas situada en un lugar desconocido del área rural de Wisconsin, rodeada de campos salpicados de grandes graneros rojos y bordeada de achicoria azul silvestre y vara de oro, viven algunos de los cerdos más mimados del mundo. Nacen por cesárea para protegerlos de los virus que pueden transmitir las cerdas y, por la misma razón, se les alimenta con biberón en lugar de amamantarlos.

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Roni Rabin

On a 300-acre farm in an undisclosed location in rural Wisconsin, surrounded by fields dotted with big red barns and bordered by wild blue chicory and goldenrod, live some of the most pampered pigs in the world. They are delivered by C-section to protect them from viruses that sows can carry, and bottle-fed instead of nursed for the same reason. They are kept under warming lights and monitored around the clock for the first days of their lives, given toys and marshmallows as treats.