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Health & Medicine

Republican senator denounces Trump’s ‘crazy, stupid’ claims about MMR vaccine safety

Outgoing Louisiana senator Bill Cassidy, a medical doctor, voted to confirm anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr as health secretary before speaking out Republican senator Bill Cassidy – a medical doctor who voted to confirm anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy as federal health secretary in early 2025 – on Sunday denounced Donald Trump ’s “crazy, stupid” claims about the safety of the combined MMR…

theguardian.com ·

Republican senator denounces Trump’s ‘crazy, stupid’ claims about MMR vaccine safety

We haven't written up this one. The Guardian US has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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My menopause patch disappeared, and I started asking bigger questions

Awareness of menopause is improving but does a prescription script for HRT guarantee access? Women needing medication might be labelled as not coping, ‘difficult’ or moody. Let’s change that.

  • Menopause patch vanished from pharmacy shelves
  • Author questioned access to treatment and medication availability
  • Urged HRT to be essential medicine and addressed supply chain issues

·dailymaverick.co.za

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