At AHRQ, cuts undermine federal research on how to improve health care
WASHINGTON — A small federal agency that studies how to improve the health care system has been rendered functionally “incapacitated” after much of its staff was laid off or retired, according to three people, including two former employees, who spoke with STAT. The loss of most of the workers at the Agency for Healthcare Research […]
How to make raw milk safe(r)
When H5N1 avian flu was detected in commercial raw milk samples from a dairy called Raw Farm in California in December, the company released a press statement: “There are no illnesses associated with H5N1 in our products, but rather this is a political issue.” To critics of raw milk — and of Robert F. Kennedy […]
Here’s How Worms Get Into Your Brain And How To Prevent It
LAMBOURN, UNITED KINGDOM – OCTOBER 17: Pigs at Sheepdrove Organic Farm, Lambourn, England where … [+] Camborough sows are kept with Duroc boars. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images) Tim Graham/Getty Images The internet blew up recently on reports that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a worm in his brain. Unfortunately, this medical problem, called neurocysticercosis, […]