The legislation includes tax cuts as well as big cuts to Medicaid, food benefits and other programs, and it would add more than $3 trillion to the national debt.

The five men asked the House and the Senate to hold hearings “to assess the national security implications of Mr. Trump’s dismissals.”

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One study looked at about 12.3 million surgery admissions overall, 2.6 million of which were in rural areas.

The Trump administration may continue — for now — to keep the AP from covering key events. A federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order on Monday.

This Viewpoint discusses scientific, medical, and public health actions, including withdrawing from the World Health Organization, taken so far during the first week of the Trump administration.

Information on topics such as gender, teens' behavior, and infectious diseases was removed from the CDC's website.

Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.

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On Friday, a memorandum signed by Marco Rubio called for a 90-day cessation of foreign aid. That would likely put on hold the work of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

This is a potentially devastating event — not just for the scientific community, but for all Americans.

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