GeetMark NEWS GeetMark https://GeetMark.com/ Tue, 20 May 2025 06:46:16 +0000 en hourly 1 World Health Assembly opens amid high-stakes pandemic treaty vote, global funding crisis https://geetmark.com/article/40167 Mon, 19 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 40167 The 78th World Health Assembly opened on Monday with a broad appeal to global solidarity, as delegates from around the world gather in Geneva to confront mounting health, climate, and financial challenges – and finalise a global treaty to head off the next pandemic. NIH scientists to be laid off, despite what RFK Jr. told Congress https://geetmark.com/article/40150 Mon, 19 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000 40150 "As far as I know, we have not fired any working scientists," RFK Jr. had told Congress. Bay Area mother turns pain into art on Mental Health Action Day https://geetmark.com/article/40023 Fri, 16 May 2025 23:22:59 +0000 40023 We don't always get to choose the name we carry, but sometimes, if you're lucky, you grow into it. On a quiet morning in May, as she labored over her latest masterpiece, Theresa Fortune was finally living up to hers. Pool fences and life jackets could save hundreds of lives, CDC estimates https://geetmark.com/article/40024 Fri, 16 May 2025 21:48:56 +0000 40024 The study was one of the CDC's last before its injury prevention teams were laid off. UnitedHealth Group shares plunge 13% on report of DOJ probe into possible Medicare fraud https://geetmark.com/article/40019 Thu, 15 May 2025 18:08:31 +0000 40019 Shares of UnitedHealth Group are down about 49% this year following a string of setbacks for the company. UC San Francisco's psilocybin therapy shows promise for Parkinson's patients https://geetmark.com/article/39968 Thu, 15 May 2025 06:34:32 +0000 39968 On a quiet plot of land in rural New Mexico, Jeff Deming feels like he's really living, once again. Kennedy sidesteps vaccine questions: ‘I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me’ https://geetmark.com/article/40020 Wed, 14 May 2025 22:51:29 +0000 40020 The health secretary appeared before the House Appropriations Committee this morning. This afternoon he'll go before the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee. Trump wants drug price caps tied to foreign nations. Here's why Biden never did it. https://geetmark.com/article/39969 Wed, 14 May 2025 20:34:13 +0000 39969 President Trump is now seeking to implement the idea through an executive order. Head of worker safety agency NIOSH restored, ahead of RFK Jr. hearing https://geetmark.com/article/39941 Tue, 13 May 2025 23:30:12 +0000 39941 Letters reversing the layoffs arrived a day before House and Senate hearings with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. where he was expected to face questions about the layoffs. Inside the first U.S. medical school incorporating AI into its program https://geetmark.com/article/39942 Tue, 13 May 2025 00:48:56 +0000 39942 The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City has become the first in the nation to incorporate AI into its doctor training program. "The Food Babe" helps lead the charge against some food dyes https://geetmark.com/article/39876 Sat, 10 May 2025 22:50:00 +0000 39876 This week, the FDA approved three new natural food color additives, a big step in the Trump administration's push to phase out petroleum-based dyes. Adam Yamaguchi has the story. HHS revokes some layoff notices, including to 9/11 program https://geetmark.com/article/39685 Tue, 06 May 2025 22:49:00 +0000 39685 The Food and Drug Administration's food safety labs and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's World Trade Center Health Program were reinstated. FDA picks critic of COVID boosters to be new top vaccines official https://geetmark.com/article/39686 Tue, 06 May 2025 18:44:18 +0000 39686 Dr. Vinay Prasad replaces Dr. Peter Marks, who Prasad had called "dangerous." Luigi Mangione's legal defense fund hits $1 million in donations https://geetmark.com/article/39664 Tue, 06 May 2025 17:30:54 +0000 39664 Organizers said the financial milestone came from over 28,000 donations, with a median contribution of $20. Lives of pregnant women and newborns at risk as funding cuts impact midwifery support https://geetmark.com/article/39786 Tue, 06 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 39786 Midwives are vital frontline workers who can provide up to 90 per cent of essential sexual, reproductive, maternal, and newborn health services – from safely delivering babies to caring for survivors of sexual violence. FDA's top inspector abruptly retires https://geetmark.com/article/39605 Tue, 06 May 2025 03:26:04 +0000 39605 Michael Rogers had worked for the FDA for more than three decades. Hinge Health says revenue increased 50% in first quarter — still no price range for IPO https://geetmark.com/article/39665 Mon, 05 May 2025 22:41:16 +0000 39665 Hinge Health said in its updated IPO prospectus on Monday that revenue in the first quarter climbed 50% to $123.8 million. NIH lays off hundreds more staff, including at cancer research institute https://geetmark.com/article/39606 Mon, 05 May 2025 20:25:26 +0000 39606 The cuts at the National Institutes of Health blindsided staff, after reassurances that no further layoffs were planned. Worker safety agency NIOSH lays off most remaining staff https://geetmark.com/article/39539 Sat, 03 May 2025 01:06:00 +0000 39539 Laid-off employees ranged from those working in firefighter health programs, to those approving new respirators. Weekly measles cases hit new record amid worst outbreak since 1990s https://geetmark.com/article/39540 Fri, 02 May 2025 22:54:32 +0000 39540 There were at least 111 cases of measles reported in the last week of March, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.