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Some healthcare advocacy groups launched a to fight Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination for HHS Secretary. (Politico)

Meanwhile, Robert Redfield, MD, the former CDC director in President-elect Donald Trump's first administration, gave a to Kennedy. (The Hill)

Trump's allies and advisers are discussing possible overhauls to federal safety net programs and food stamps. (Washington Post)

Social media users heeded Elon Musk's call to like MRIs and CT scans to train X's artificial intelligence chatbot, worrying privacy experts. (New York Times)

Weight-loss drug makers to cover the cost of their drugs for employees. (Wall Street Journal)

rose among young adults but mortality did not, raising questions about overdiagnosis. (Annals of Internal Medicine)

What's behind the rise in sexual and other violent (NBC News)

Philadelphia officials were criticized for using to invest in communities affected by the drug crisis. (NPR)

A was 25% less expensive than a Mediterranean diet, a analysis of trial data showed. (JAMA Network Open)

Bird flu made its way to , state officials said.

Investigational in cholestatic pruritus associated with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), GSK said.

Risk of when people on anticoagulants for venous thromboembolism also took nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) painkillers, a study in European Heart Journal found.

Pope Francis into whether a genocide is happening in Gaza, according to excerpts from a new book. (Washington Post)

AARP said it's to help identify dementia risk factors.

Should people without diabetes use ? (USA Today)

Systemic dexamethasone was associated with improved rates of in infants at high risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, a comparative effectiveness showed. (JAMA Pediatrics)

Alcohol-associated liver disease and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease were projected to be the leading causes of by 2040 for most racial and ethnic groups. (JAMA Network Open)