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CDC’s top flu scientist says the risk to the public from H5N1 is low, but she isn’t sleeping well. Here’s why

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The director of the influenza division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dugan is leading the team of CDC scientists that is working with partners — in the U.S. Vivien Dugan isn’t getting much sleep these days.

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STAT+: ‘Devalued, disempowered, and unseen’: Mass General Brigham doctors react to latest merger step

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Mass General Brigham, a dominant force in Boston medicine, was launching the latest and perhaps most contentious step in its ongoing effort to merge its two flagship Harvard-affiliated medical centers: combine all departments and divisions at both hospitals in a move that executives argued would improve patient care and access.

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STAT+: The FDA’s diagnostics chief, who led through Covid, has retired

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Timothy Stenzel, the federal regulator who led the Food and Drug Administration’s diagnostics division during the chaotic time of Covid-19 pandemic, has left the agency. The FDA confirmed Thursday that Stenzel, who led the FDA’s office of in vitro diagnostics, retired at the end of 2023. 

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Opinion: Victims of domestic abuse should get the same top-notch concussion care as athletes

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Two vastly different experiences — serving as a “guest coach” on the sidelines for a Division I football team and volunteering in a busy emergency department — showed me just how unequal and damaging the lack of care provided for women who are victims of domestic violence can be.

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STAT+: Viatris executive is charged with insider trading scheme involving a friend and former colleague

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A high-ranking Viatris executive was charged with insider trading for tipping a friend and former colleague about earnings, drug approvals, and a pending merger with a Pfizer division. In exchange, Mallu shared a portion of his illicit trading profits with Rayapureddy through cash payments made in India.

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4th Inflammasome Therapeutics Summit 2022

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Kate Fitzgerald , Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Division of Innate Immunity, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. Alan Watt , Chief Scientific Officer, NodThera. Marc Pelletier , Senior Principal Scientist – Translational Immune Oncology, Novartis.

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Financial assistance for hearing aids

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In most states, you can find out more about hearing care by contacting these agencies: Aid to Families and Dependent Children Children’s Services Department of Human Services (DHS) Department of Rehabilitation State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Ask if your state has a hearing aid bank where individuals can donate devices they no longer need.