A White House internal memo listed intended HHS budget cuts in addition to ongoing layoffs, particularly for the CDC and NIH.

All federal employees trained to calculate appropriate metrics for assessing poverty levels and Medicaid eligibility have been fired.

Layoffs within the CDC have ended its Lead Program and prevented it from fulfilling Milwaukee's EpiAid request to address lead poisoning.

Kevin Hall resigned from the NIH and accused the HHS of censoring his research findings on ultra-processed foods.

Climate change is affecting the health of all individuals and represents an even more significant health risk for individuals with COPD.

Treatments for COPD, psoriasis, and neuroendocrine tumors, as well as a next-generation COVID-19 vaccine are under review.

The WHO's draft agreement, to be approved in May, emphasizes international coordination to improve pandemic preparedness.

BeiGene has made the decision to end the clinical development program for ociperlimab (BGB-A1217) for the treatment of lung cancer.

Inappropriate Medicare imaging examinations may have produced as many tons of carbon dioxide equivalents as a town of 72,000 people annually.

Patients with COPD and established cardiovascular disease have more MACEs and seek less preventive cardiac care than patients with CVD alone.

Pressurized metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs) for COPD and asthma contribute to climate change, and countries are moving away from their use.

Experts expect the NIH funding freeze to reduce new drug development and impede scientists' growth across American research facilities.