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Kennedy’s recently released ethics agreement, a document that all Cabinet nominees sign, revealed that he intends to retain a financial stake in a lawsuit against Merck, the company that produces the Gardasil vaccine against human papillomavirus, or HPV. (1/28)

President Donald Trump’s swift move to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization will compromise global health — and is no way to Make America Healthy Again. (Lisa Jarvis, 1/28)

My son was 5 years old when he climbed out of bed and landed on the floor. He was always a teaser. “C’mon, silly,” I said. “Time to get ready for school.” “Mommy,” Aaron said, very puzzled. “I can’t feel my legs.” (Martha Ann Overland, 1/29)

When I read the recent news that the Trump administration has frozen all federally funded grants and loans to researchers like me, it felt like the ground beneath my feet gave way. My work, which investigates how to support the physical, social, and emotional wellbeing of people affected by cancer, is suddenly in limbo. And I know I’m not alone. Across the country, researchers whose work depends on federal funding are wondering if the projects to which they’ve dedicated their careers will come to an abrupt halt. (David Victorson, 1/28)

No one asks questions when illness strikes. Everyone’s preoccupation is with treatment and cure. But shock commonly follows in the form of onerous medical debt — sometimes to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Hospitals and insurance companies have a profit motive on steroids. (Armstrong Williams, 1/28)

Recent restrictions on National Institutes of Health (NIH) operations imposed by the Trump administration threaten not just abstract scientific progress, but the livelihood of thousands in our St. Louis community. As a researcher at Washington University School of Medicine studying stroke prevention, I've experienced firsthand how funding disruptions can derail critical scientific work. (Jaclyn Schwartz, 1/28)