Dec 16 (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday ended a long-standing recommendation that all U.S. newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, leaving it instead to parents, in consultation with a healthcare provider, to decide whether infants born to hepatitis B-negative mothers should get the vaccine, including the birth dose. …
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. National Institutes of Health is seeking to fill nearly half of its top roles at breakneck speed following a wave of departures since President Donald Trump’s return to office in January, according to job postings on its website and interviews with two current and three …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – As President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown got underway in Washington, D.C., in August, federal agents and police spotted a man named Torez Riley tugging at his backpack inside a Trader Joe’s store, searched it and recovered two firearms. But federal prosecutors were forced to dismiss the …
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By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Helen Coster Dec 16 (Reuters) – Authorities on Tuesday once again asked members of the public for help identifying the suspected gunman who killed two Brown University students in a classroom over the weekend, as the manhunt stretched past 72 hours and residents remained on edge. In a late-afternoon press conference, …
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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles revealed internal tensions in the Trump administration over issues from immigration enforcement to government downsizing in comments published by Vanity Fair on Tuesday that paint an unflattering picture of the role played by some of President Donald Trump’s close aides. …
By Jane Ross and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Dec 16 (Reuters) – The younger son of Hollywood filmmaker and political activist Rob Reiner was formally charged on Tuesday with first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, who were found slain in their Los Angeles home over the weekend. Nick Reiner, 32, was arrested …
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By Mike Scarcella and Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Washington said on Tuesday that he was not inclined to order the Trump administration to immediately halt work on a $300 million White House ballroom on the site of the demolished East Wing while hearing a lawsuit alleging the project …
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By Nate Raymond Dec 16 (Reuters) – A former Harvard Medical School morgue manager was sentenced on Tuesday to eight years in prison for stealing and selling organs and other parts of cadavers that were donated to the school for medical research and education. Cedric Lodge, who managed Harvard’s morgue for more than two decades …
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By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has agreed to pay $15 million to resolve claims that the Harvard Medical School affiliate wrongly used National Institutes of Health grant funding to support the publication of studies in medical journals that contained manipulated or duplicated images. The Boston-based cancer treatment and research …
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Helen Coster Dec 16 (Reuters) – Authorities on Tuesday once again asked members of the public for help identifying the suspected gunman who killed two Brown University students in a classroom over the weekend, as the manhunt stretched past 72 hours and residents remained on edge. In a late-afternoon press conference, …
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