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Health

Eli Lilly Will Buy a Narcolepsy Drug Developer for $6.3 Billion

Eli Lilly plans to acquire Centessa Pharmaceuticals, which has been conducting a midstage clinical trial of its lead drug. Source link

Drinking Raw Milk Is Risky. Should People Be Able to Buy It Anyway?

Several states are considering bills that would expand access to unpasteurized milk. MAHA supporters say consumers should have the right to choose. Source link

A Secret History of Psychosis

Cohen Miles-Rath heard voices telling him to kill his father. After they passed, he spent years retracing the path of his delusions. Source link

Dr. Judith L. Rapoport, Pioneer in Understanding O.C.D., Dies at 92

Her best-selling 1989 book, “The Boy Who Couldn’t Stop Washing,” based on her groundbreaking research, brought public awareness to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Source link

Jesse Roth, Who Advanced the Understanding of Diabetes, Dies at 91

His research showed that Type 2 diabetes was caused by insulin resistance at the cellular level, a controversial idea that initially met with disbelief. Source link

Kennedy’s Vaccine Agenda Hits Roadblocks, Diminishing His Clout

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine skepticism is posing challenges for the Trump administration. Top health jobs are unfilled, and a court has blocked his vaccine schedule changes. Source link

Trump to Delay Nominating New C.D.C. Director

The administration has yet to find a candidate who aligns with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda while avoiding his unpopular stance on vaccines. Source link

Key Adviser Quits Federal Vaccine Panel

Dr. Robert Malone, vice chair of the committee, was appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after a purge of the previous advisers. Source link

Diabetes, Overlooked and Unchecked, Poses New Risks in Africa

As deaths from diabetes start to rival those from infectious threats like malaria, a new form of the condition linked to malnutrition is surfacing in patients who can afford neither screening nor care. Source link

J. Michael Bishop, Nobel Prize Winner for Cancer Research, Dies at 90

He helped discover cancer-causing genes. Later, as chancellor of the University of California, San Francisco, he led a major expansion. Source link
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