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<p>Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.<br>—</p><p>Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/geo</span><span class="invisible">rgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.<br>—</p><p>Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>

<p>Here&#x27;s how wildfire smoke exposure can impact your health</p><p>Exposure to wildfire smoke — especially if it&#x27;s heavy and over a long period of time — can cause adverse health effects in anybody, regardless of health status or age. 👉 But even mild wildfire exposure can significantly impact at-risk groups, such as people with chronic health conditions, seniors, young children and pregnant women. </p><p><a href="/tags/wildfire/" rel="tag">#Wildfire</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <br> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#EU</a> <br><a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/wildfire-smoke-exposure-health-1.7551559" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cbc.ca/news/wildfire-smoke-exposure-health-1.7551559"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cbc.ca/news/wildfire-smoke</span><span class="invisible">-exposure-health-1.7551559</span></a></p>

<p>⚠️ 🚨 Health Alert-Wildfire Smoke⚠️ </p><p>Be aware:</p><p>Breathing wildfire smoke? </p><p>At any level, it is Not Safe ! </p><p>Read this is link and download the PDF </p><p>Link here: <a href="https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/documents/services/publications/healthy-living/wildfire-smoke-health/wildfire-smoke-health.pdf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/documents/services/publications/healthy-living/wildfire-smoke-health/wildfire-smoke-health.pdf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-s</span><span class="invisible">c/documents/services/publications/healthy-living/wildfire-smoke-health/wildfire-smoke-health.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/wildfire/" rel="tag">#Wildfire</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>

<p>🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🔥 💨 </p><p>If your Air Purifier suddenly stops working and you notice the change filter light illuminated , but you remember it was recently changed try this:<br>Take it apart, then examine and gently clean the sensor .<br>Reassemble and reset, then it might work again.</p><p><a href="/tags/wildfire/" rel="tag">#Wildfire</a> <a href="/tags/smoke/" rel="tag">#Smoke</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <br><a href="/tags/airpurifier/" rel="tag">#AirPurifier</a> <a href="/tags/diy/" rel="tag">#DIY</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#Canada</a></p>

<p>What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic<br>---</p><p>To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback. Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/bird-flu-airborne-usda-pandemic?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/bird-flu-airborne-usda-pandemic?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/bir</span><span class="invisible">d-flu-airborne-usda-pandemic?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/birdflu/" rel="tag">#BirdFlu</a> <a href="/tags/pandemic/" rel="tag">#Pandemic</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/agriculture/" rel="tag">#Agriculture</a></p>

<p>Ticks are showing up in places where they didn’t use to<br>Ticks are showing up in more places, earlier in the season and bringing disease risks with them. CBC&#x27;s Johanna Wagstaffe breaks down how climate change is helping ticks thrive — and why public-health experts say it’s time to pay attention. <br><a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/disease/" rel="tag">#disease</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#environment</a> <br><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6795771?cmp=rss" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6795771?cmp=rss"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.67957</span><span class="invisible">71?cmp=rss</span></a></p>

<p>Montana Renews Accused Cancer Doctor’s License Despite Criminal, Civil Inquiries<br>—</p><p>Questions about whether oncologist Dr. Thomas Weiner would be permitted to continue practicing medicine intensified after a ProPublica investigation exposed a trail of patient harm tied to his practice.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-medical-license-renewed?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-medical-license-renewed?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tho</span><span class="invisible">mas-weiner-montana-medical-license-renewed?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/montana/" rel="tag">#Montana</a> <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>25.5 k steps today (10K running + 8k walking).</p><p>Everything is aching. 🤣 I think I pushed too much when I&#x27;m only in recovery phase. 😆</p><p>IMPT: Don&#x27;t do this yourself.</p><p><a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/fitness/" rel="tag">#Fitness</a></p>

<p>Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. ProPublica heard from more than 150 researchers to understand the work that’s been lost.<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-research-lost-trump/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-research-lost-trump/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/nih-cu</span><span class="invisible">ts-research-lost-trump/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>

<p>Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling work to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death.</p><p>“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-federal-workers-public-health-hhs?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-federal-workers-public-health-hhs?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-federal-workers-public-health-hhs?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>

<p>Judge deems <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>&#x27;s <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> grant cuts illegal</p><p>A federal judge in Boston on Monday said the termination of National Institutes of <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/grants/" rel="tag">#grants</a> for <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> on <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#diversity</a>-related topics by Trump&#x27;s admin&#x27;s was &quot;void &amp; illegal,&quot; &amp; accused the government of discriminating against minorities &amp; <a href="/tags/lgbt/" rel="tag">#LGBT</a> people.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/business/healt</span><span class="invisible">hcare-pharmaceuticals/federal-judge-says-trump-cuts-nih-grants-are-illegal-politico-reports-2025-06-16/</span></a></p>

<p>Georgia Won’t Say Who’s Now Serving on Its Maternal Mortality Committee After Dismissing All Members Last Year<br>—</p><p>Before ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, the names of committee members had been publicly released. Now, Georgia says releasing the identities would be a violation of state law.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/georgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/geo</span><span class="invisible">rgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>Federal Judge Deems Trump Administration’s Termination of NIH Grants Illegal<br>—</p><p>In a ruling issued Monday, the judge called the government’s directives “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered funding for some of the NIH grants, including many profiled by ProPublica in recent months, to be restored.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-nih-grant-terminations-illegal?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>

<p>Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs<br>—</p><p>A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drug-loophole-sun-pharma?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fda-drug-loophole-sun-pharma?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fda</span><span class="invisible">-drug-loophole-sun-pharma?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/pharma/" rel="tag">#Pharma</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>

<p>ProPublica has sued the FDA, accusing the agency of withholding information about the safety and availability of generic drugs critical to millions of Americans.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-fda-lawsuit-drug-safety?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-fda-lawsuit-drug-safety?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-fda-lawsuit-drug-safety?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>

<p>When Joe DeMayo’s donated kidney started to fail earlier than expected, he didn’t know that the drug he was taking could’ve left him vulnerable — and that one of the most formidable drug regulators in the world may have failed to protect him.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-tacrolimus-kidney-transplant-patient?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fda-tacrolimus-kidney-transplant-patient?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fda</span><span class="invisible">-tacrolimus-kidney-transplant-patient?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/kidneydonation/" rel="tag">#KidneyDonation</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a></p>

<p>Newborn babies have been exposed to measles at a Texas hospital and are receiving antibodies to protect them, NBC reports. The virus was brought into the University Medical Center Children&#x27;s Hospital by a mother in labor — doctors didn&#x27;t realize until after her admission that she was infected, and it&#x27;s unclear when she tested positive. The immunoglobulin injections have been given to babies as young as three days old. A 2021 study found this therapy is highly effective in protecting exposed newborns who are too young to be vaccinated. Emergency masking procedures have also been implemented. </p><p><a href="https://flip.it/0.ZRbx" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/0.ZRbx</a></p><p><a href="/tags/measlesoutbreak/" rel="tag">#MeaslesOutbreak</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/vaccination/" rel="tag">#Vaccination</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a></p>

<p>National Cancer Institute Employees Can’t Publish Information on These Topics Without Special Approval<br>—</p><p>Vaccines. Fluoride. Autism. Communications involving these and 20 other “controversial, high profile, or sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/national-cancer-institute-flagged-topics-vaccines-autism-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/national-cancer-institute-flagged-topics-vaccines-autism-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nat</span><span class="invisible">ional-cancer-institute-flagged-topics-vaccines-autism-rfk-jr?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#Vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#Autism</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/rfk/" rel="tag">#RFK</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>After Vernor’s breathing machine stopped working, a Lincare representative promised his mother a company respiratory therapist would stay in contact “until we get him a new machine.”</p><p>But she didn’t hear from Lincare until 7 days later, the same day Vernor died.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/lincare-wrongful-death-lawsuit-sleep-apnea-oxygen?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/lincare-wrongful-death-lawsuit-sleep-apnea-oxygen?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/lin</span><span class="invisible">care-wrongful-death-lawsuit-sleep-apnea-oxygen?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/sleepapnea/" rel="tag">#SleepApnea</a></p>

<p>Senators Demand Investigation Into Canceled VA Contracts, Citing “Damning Reporting From ProPublica”<br>—</p><p>The senators are calling for a federal watchdog to investigate the Trump administration’s killing of hundreds of VA contracts. Among their concerns: ProPublica revealed DOGE used artificial intelligence to mark contracts as “munchable.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-veterans-affairs-ai-senator-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/doge-veterans-affairs-ai-senator-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dog</span><span class="invisible">e-veterans-affairs-ai-senator-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/veterans/" rel="tag">#Veterans</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a></p>

<p>In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.</p><p>Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drugs-banned-foreign-factories-list?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fda-drugs-banned-foreign-factories-list?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fda</span><span class="invisible">-drugs-banned-foreign-factories-list?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/diabetes/" rel="tag">#Diabetes</a> <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a> <a href="/tags/depression/" rel="tag">#Depression</a> <a href="/tags/anxiety/" rel="tag">#Anxiety</a> <a href="/tags/hiv/" rel="tag">#HIV</a></p>

<p>We’re convinced we animate our bodies.</p><p>That we’re the brains running things (aliens merely using our bodies to get around, a favourite columnist once said).</p><p>Then we learn our bodies animate us.</p><p>The extent to which we depend upon and are made by them.</p><p>It’s a hard lesson—</p><p>Be kind to yourself.</p><p>Eat well.</p><p>Enjoy life.</p><p>Do your best without self-punishment or negative self-talk; embrace forgiveness—of yourself &amp; others.</p><p>And know even then, good as you be, it can end any time.</p><p><a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/life/" rel="tag">#life</a></p>

<p>A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.<br>—</p><p>St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won. Now it’s backing its doctors on the abortion front.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/st-lukes-hospital-idaho-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/st-lukes-hospital-idaho-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/st-</span><span class="invisible">lukes-hospital-idaho-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>The FDA allowed into the United States at least 150 drugs or their ingredients made at banned factories that were found to have mold, foul water, dirty labs or fraudulent testing protocols.</p><p>Key takeaways of our investigation:<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drug-safety-foreign-manufacturers-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fda-drug-safety-foreign-manufacturers-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fda</span><span class="invisible">-drug-safety-foreign-manufacturers-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/pharma/" rel="tag">#Pharma</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/lab/" rel="tag">#Lab</a></p>