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Susan Williams,seated center, a patient at the John B. Amos Cancer Center in Columbus, Georgia, is receiving a new cancer treatment known as Bispecific T-Cell Engager (BiTE) therapies on Feb. 11, 2025. Here, she is photographed with some of her care providers. Credit: Mike Haskey/Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

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  • News

‘It’s working!’ Columbus cancer center is first in Georgia to administer this new therapy

John B. Amos Cancer Center at Piedmont Columbus Regional’s midtown medical complex is the first in Georgia to offer this groundbreaking cancer treatment. The treatment, Bi-Specific T-Cell Engager (BiTE) therapy, is showing promising results in U.S. patients with certain types of cancer, including small-cell lung cancer, lymphoma and multiple myeloma. 

February 14, 2025
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By:
  • Jordyn Paul-Slater
Shades of maroon to purple show states with very high levels of influenza-like-illness at the beginning of February. (CDC)

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  • Health

Flu cases ‘worst in 15 years,’ Macon-Bibb health administrator says

Georgia and much of the nation reported very high or high levels of influenza as of the beginning of February.

February 14, 2025
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
Today's parents are putting more time into child care and work than they were two decades ago, according to <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/parents-under-pressure.pdf"target="_blank"   >a 2024 advisory on parental well-being</a> from the U.S. Surgeon General. That leaves parents with less time for themselves, their partners and leisure activities.

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  • Mental Health

Parents, are you worried about burnout? Here are 3 red flags to watch out for

Parenting can keep you on your toes all day. But if you find it so physically and mentally draining you can't enjoy family time, it may be a sign of burnout. Here's what you can do about it.

February 14, 2025
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By:
  • Andee Tagle and
  • Malaka Gharib
This photo provided by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows an Igloo 90 Qt. Flip & Tow Rolling Cooler that has been recalled across the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

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  • National

Igloo recalls over a million coolers after handle hazard causes fingertip amputations

Consumers in possession of the coolers are urged to stop using them immediately — and contact Igloo for a free replacement handle.

February 14, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
CDC employees can no longer publish documents without review by the executive branch.

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  • Health

Unease grows at the CDC as Trump administration keeps grip on research, messaging

CDC employees can no longer publish documents without review by the executive branch, and must withdraw their names from external papers pending publication.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Pien Huang and
  • Will Stone
The unstaffed reception area at the Kampala offices of Uganda Young Positives (UYP) on February 12. UYP is a nongovernmental organization that aims to improve the quality of life for young people living with HIV/AIDS and reduce infection rates through awareness programs. President Donald Trump's executive order to pause virtually all USAID funding for 90 days has had an impact on the group's programs and staff, says UYP executive director Kruish Mubiru.

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  • Global Health

What's happening with the anti-HIV program PEPFAR? It depends whom you ask

The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has been the subject of a series of presidential orders and memos that have left uncertainty about how it operates.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Melody Schreiber
A worker removes the U.S. Agency for International Development sign on their headquarters on February 7. A judge is set to extend the pause of President Donald Trump's plan to put employees on administrative leave.

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  • Global Health

A judge extends the pause on Trump's plan to put USAID workers on leave

A federal judge has ruled to continue for another week the freeze on the Trump administration's plan to put thousands of staffers for the U.S. Agency for International Development on paid leave.

February 13, 2025
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  • Hansi Lo Wang
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during his confirmation hearing with the Senate Finance Committee on Jan. 29. The full Senate voted to confirm him as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday.

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  • Health

RFK Jr. confirmed as Trump's health secretary, over Democrats' loud objections

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wins confirmation to be President Trump's secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The vote was 52 to 48.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is a survivor of childhood polio and was the only Senate Republican who opposed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leading the Department of Health and Human Services.

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  • Health

Why Mitch McConnell voted against RFK Jr. for health secretary

A survivor of childhood polio, Sen. Mitch McConnell was the only Republican in the Senate to vote no. Here's how he explained his vote.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Carmel Wroth
In this photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a lactating dairy cow stands in a pen after inoculation against bird flu at the National Animal Disease Center research facility in Ames, Iowa, on Monday, July 29, 2024.

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  • Health

After delay, CDC releases data signaling bird flu spread undetected in cows and people

After going quiet on bird flu, CDC scientists have published a report on its spread among veterinarians. The findings suggest a need for better surveillance.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone
A Black woman looks at a beauty product and holds a cellphone

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  • Health Care

Nearly 80% of beauty products marketed to Black women contain health hazards, study shows

Scientists who analyzed more than 4,000 products like makeup, shampoo, hair relaxers and dyes found that 74% presented moderate to high health hazard risks. But closer to 79% of products with marketing phrases such as "for melanated skin" or certain textured hair or curl patterns contain ingredients that may be harmful.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
The waiting room at Alamo Women's Reproductive Services emptied the day the Supreme Court overturned <em>Roe v. Wade, </em>making it certain abortion would become illegal in Texas. The state is among nearly a dozen with laws criminalizing abortion that report zero or only a handful of abortions in 2023.

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  • Health

Some red states report zero abortions. Doctors and researchers say it's not true

The reports are from 2023, in states where abortion is banned. They contradict what doctors and researchers say is happening on the ground, raising concerns about data integrity.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Sarah Varney
Maggie Loucks was just 28 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She chose a treatment plan, new at the time, that could safeguard her fertility. Today, Loucks, 40, and her husband have three daughters.

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  • Health

She wanted to be a mom. So she chose a cancer treatment that gave her a chance

New, less damaging treatments are giving some patients the choice to try to preserve their ability to have children after cancer.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Yuki Noguchi
Ione and Doug Whitney, February, 2025.

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  • Science

His genes forecast Alzheimer's. His brain had other plans.

Doug Whitney was supposed to develop Alzheimer's by 50. Now scientists are trying to understand why his brain remains healthy at 75.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Jon Hamilton
Lung tissue samples that will be used in research are prepared at the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio on Sept. 5, 2024.

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  • Education

What National Institutes of Health funding cuts could mean for U.S. universities

What do National Institutes of Health funding cuts mean for universities? We ask Holden Thorp, editor-in-chief of the journal Science and former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill chancellor.

February 12, 2025
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  • Taylor Haney
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