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President Trump announced that all 50 states will join a Medicaid drug pricing model using Most Favored Nation pricing, which the administration says will save billions. Experts and critics say the savings are unverifiable because deal details are not public, and some argue the plan does not broadly address rising health costs.
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Patrick Clancy and his wife Rachel Danis are set to speak on 60 Minutes about the Massachusetts triple-murder trial of his former wife Lindsay Clancy, which ended in a mistrial over postpartum psychosis. Prosecutors will decide this month whether to retry Lindsay Clancy.
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Ellie Freeman served as a surrogate for her gay twin brother Adam Braitberg and his husband, using another sister’s egg. A routine blood test before the surrogacy led to Adam’s colon cancer diagnosis and remission before baby Gali was born. The family describes Gali as a symbol of what family can be.
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The opinion column argues that MAGA pronatalism is selective, contrasting calls for more babies with the treatment of pregnant immigrants in ICE detention. It cites reporting that ICE stopped tracking miscarriages after October 2025 and says detained women lack needed prenatal care, concluding the administration is pro-control rather than pro-life.
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This opinion piece argues that health savings and flexible spending accounts should be allowed to cover fresh, frozen, and canned fruits and vegetables to help address chronic disease. It cites healthcare costs, low produce consumption, and the success of SNAP/WIC produce incentives, urging Congress and the Make America Healthy Again Commission to act.
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The article profiles Black women who choose single motherhood by choice through IVF, insemination, or adoption, describing their support networks and challenges such as limited Black sperm donors and discrimination in maternity care. It frames these mothers as empowered and part of a movement changing narratives around Black single motherhood.
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The article examines fears that advances in AI could make it easier to develop and deploy catastrophic bioweapons, citing recent warnings and incidents. It argues that governments should invest more in pandemic preparedness and take steps to preempt synthetic pandemics, even though the exact scale of AI's added risk remains unclear.
An investigation reveals a woman with no medical training performing cut-price eyelid surgery from a Manchester home, exploiting a legal loophole that allows unregulated cosmetic procedures. Victims are left with disfiguring scars, and taxpayers often foot the bill for corrective NHS care. Campaigners call for law reform to stop cowboy cosmetic surgeons.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro fired back at President Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the state's measles outbreak, calling their handling 'incompetence' after four measles-related deaths. The article details the dispute, including Shapiro's criticism of Kennedy's vaccine skepticism and the CDC's refusal to acknowledge the deaths, alongside Kennedy's accusation that Shapiro is politicizing the outbreak.
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CDC Director Erica Schwartz said in an interview that she may disagree privately with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. but will not publicly contradict him, and that Kennedy makes final decisions. The article contrasts her stance with the fired previous CDC director and notes criticism from Democrats and Sen. Bill Cassidy over vaccine policy and the CDC’s handling of measles deaths.
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President Trump said all 50 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico have applied to a Medicaid drug-pricing arrangement intended to lower prices. CMS said 40 states and Puerto Rico have signed agreements, while critics questioned whether the deals will meaningfully reduce costs and noted key details are secret.
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Trump said his administration is pressuring drugmakers to split childhood vaccines into five lower-dose shots given at six-month intervals, citing the debunked vaccine-autism theory. The article notes the MMR-autism claim traces to a fraudulent, retracted 1998 study and that Trump previously signed an executive order reducing recommended childhood vaccines.