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Trump Budget Cuts Threaten Biomedical Research and Global Health
President Trump's proposed budget includes significant cuts to the NIH (40%), CDC (54%), and global health initiatives (over 60%), potentially hindering disease research and increasing global mortality and disability.
Trump Budget Cuts Threaten Biomedical Research and Global Health
President Trump's proposed budget includes significant cuts to the NIH (40%), CDC (54%), and global health initiatives (over 60%), potentially hindering disease research and increasing global mortality and disability.
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52% Bias Score
Australia Rejects Cigarette Tax Cuts Amidst Booming Illegal Tobacco Trade
The Australian government rejected calls to lower cigarette taxes, opting instead to increase funding for law enforcement to combat the booming illegal tobacco trade, which has caused a significant increase in organized crime and arson attacks.
Australia Rejects Cigarette Tax Cuts Amidst Booming Illegal Tobacco Trade
The Australian government rejected calls to lower cigarette taxes, opting instead to increase funding for law enforcement to combat the booming illegal tobacco trade, which has caused a significant increase in organized crime and arson attacks.
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40% Bias Score
Martinez Refinery Fire: Contractor Oversight and Regulations Cited as Root Causes
A February 1st fire at the Martinez Refinery Company, lasting three days, injured six workers, and released harmful chemicals, prompting a shelter-in-place order; a root cause analysis blames inadequate contractor training and supervision, worsened by California regulations restricting access to qua...
Martinez Refinery Fire: Contractor Oversight and Regulations Cited as Root Causes
A February 1st fire at the Martinez Refinery Company, lasting three days, injured six workers, and released harmful chemicals, prompting a shelter-in-place order; a root cause analysis blames inadequate contractor training and supervision, worsened by California regulations restricting access to qua...
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36% Bias Score
Gene Editing to Combat Malaria: Ethical Concerns and Ecological Risks
Target Malaria, funded by the Gates Foundation and Open Philanthropy, is using gene editing to suppress malaria-carrying mosquitoes in sub-Saharan Africa, aiming for population reduction within five years, raising ethical concerns about species extinction and ecosystem impacts, but offering potentia...
Gene Editing to Combat Malaria: Ethical Concerns and Ecological Risks
Target Malaria, funded by the Gates Foundation and Open Philanthropy, is using gene editing to suppress malaria-carrying mosquitoes in sub-Saharan Africa, aiming for population reduction within five years, raising ethical concerns about species extinction and ecosystem impacts, but offering potentia...
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48% Bias Score
Barcelona's Ciudad Meridiana: A Neighborhood's Struggle with Suicidal Ideation
A Barcelona neighborhood, Ciudad Meridiana, exhibits a strikingly high suicide attempt rate—triple the city average—with women attempting suicide five times more often than in other areas; this disparity is linked to poverty, social isolation, and inadequate mental healthcare resources.
Barcelona's Ciudad Meridiana: A Neighborhood's Struggle with Suicidal Ideation
A Barcelona neighborhood, Ciudad Meridiana, exhibits a strikingly high suicide attempt rate—triple the city average—with women attempting suicide five times more often than in other areas; this disparity is linked to poverty, social isolation, and inadequate mental healthcare resources.
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72% Bias Score
Daily Sugary Treats Linked to Late-Stage Colon Cancer in Young Adults
A new study of 303 colon cancer patients under 50 found a link between daily consumption of sugary drinks or candy and late-stage (metastatic) disease; nearly half of stage four patients reported daily consumption of such treats, compared to 29% of those with less advanced stages.
Daily Sugary Treats Linked to Late-Stage Colon Cancer in Young Adults
A new study of 303 colon cancer patients under 50 found a link between daily consumption of sugary drinks or candy and late-stage (metastatic) disease; nearly half of stage four patients reported daily consumption of such treats, compared to 29% of those with less advanced stages.
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52% Bias Score
Bavaria's Critical Organ Shortage Highlights Germany's Transplant Crisis
In Bavaria, 1100 people await organ transplants, but only 157 post-mortem donations occurred in 2024, reflecting a nationwide shortage of 8100 people awaiting organs with only 953 donations last year; the current system, requiring explicit consent, leads to many donations being declined.
Bavaria's Critical Organ Shortage Highlights Germany's Transplant Crisis
In Bavaria, 1100 people await organ transplants, but only 157 post-mortem donations occurred in 2024, reflecting a nationwide shortage of 8100 people awaiting organs with only 953 donations last year; the current system, requiring explicit consent, leads to many donations being declined.
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36% Bias Score
CDC Official Resigns After Kennedy's COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance Overhaul
Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos resigned from her CDC role overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unilaterally ordered changes to the agency's guidance, excluding pregnant women, despite expert concerns, impacting public health polic...
CDC Official Resigns After Kennedy's COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance Overhaul
Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos resigned from her CDC role overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unilaterally ordered changes to the agency's guidance, excluding pregnant women, despite expert concerns, impacting public health polic...
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56% Bias Score
California Bill Targets Harmful Ultra-Processed Foods in School Meals
California's AB 1264, if passed, will require the identification of "particularly harmful" ultra-processed foods by July 1, 2026, leading to their removal from school meals by 2035; this contrasts with the Trump-era MAHA Commission's flawed report and aims to improve children's health.
California Bill Targets Harmful Ultra-Processed Foods in School Meals
California's AB 1264, if passed, will require the identification of "particularly harmful" ultra-processed foods by July 1, 2026, leading to their removal from school meals by 2035; this contrasts with the Trump-era MAHA Commission's flawed report and aims to improve children's health.
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40% Bias Score
Meal Timing and Childhood Obesity in Spain: A Study of Metabolic Impacts
A study of 880 Spanish schoolchildren (ages 8–13) found that while later breakfasts, dinners, or prolonged eating windows didn't directly correlate with higher obesity, they did affect metabolic markers and diet quality, suggesting that meal timing is a significant factor in preventing childhood obe...
Meal Timing and Childhood Obesity in Spain: A Study of Metabolic Impacts
A study of 880 Spanish schoolchildren (ages 8–13) found that while later breakfasts, dinners, or prolonged eating windows didn't directly correlate with higher obesity, they did affect metabolic markers and diet quality, suggesting that meal timing is a significant factor in preventing childhood obe...
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12% Bias Score
US Measles Cases Surge in 2025, Wastewater Surveillance Offers Early Detection
A surge in US measles cases in 2025 (1,157), largely due to a West Texas outbreak (742 cases), is being tracked by a new wastewater monitoring program, WastewaterSCAN, deployed across 40 states. Low childhood vaccination rates are a significant contributing factor, and the number of cases reported i...
US Measles Cases Surge in 2025, Wastewater Surveillance Offers Early Detection
A surge in US measles cases in 2025 (1,157), largely due to a West Texas outbreak (742 cases), is being tracked by a new wastewater monitoring program, WastewaterSCAN, deployed across 40 states. Low childhood vaccination rates are a significant contributing factor, and the number of cases reported i...
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36% Bias Score
CDC Official Resigns After HHS Removes Covid-19 Vaccine Recommendations
Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, CDC co-lead for Covid-19 vaccine recommendations, resigned following the HHS's removal of recommendations for Covid-19 vaccines in healthy children and pregnant women, contradicting medical evidence and potentially impacting vaccine access.
CDC Official Resigns After HHS Removes Covid-19 Vaccine Recommendations
Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, CDC co-lead for Covid-19 vaccine recommendations, resigned following the HHS's removal of recommendations for Covid-19 vaccines in healthy children and pregnant women, contradicting medical evidence and potentially impacting vaccine access.
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32% Bias Score
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