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Two regulatory rollbacks, along with a new A.I. experiment in Medicare, raise some worrisome questions.


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The review looked at more than three dozen studies and found no evidence that acetaminophen increased the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders in children.


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Federal officials working on the new dietary guidelines had considered limiting men to one drink daily. The final advice was only that everyone should drink less.“There are a lot of reasons people drink alcohol,” said one epidemiologist who led an advisory panel on alcohol. “What we’re saying is health shouldn’t be one of them.”


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The Trump administration has signed $11 billion in agreements with African nations, in deals tied to foreign policy goals.A health clinic Mhlosheni, Eswatini, in May. Health funding in Eswatini — where a quarter of adults live with H.I.V. — would drop by 34 percent under the foreign assistance agreement.


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Infant heart transplants are extraordinarily rare. A Times health journalist donned scrubs and witnessed how the surgery unfolded.Dr. Maureen McKiernan, left, preparing for a surgery in December alongside Dr. Andrew Goldstone at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.


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