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March 29, 2025 Viktor Zarev 0 min read
  1. Kansas reports measles outbreak with 23 cases.
  2. Nearly 3M HIV deaths due to foreign aid cuts.
  3. Michigander dies from donated kidney tainted with rabies.
  4. Penn Medicine to acquire Doylestown Health on April 1.
  5. Senators seek to lower Medicaid cuts in GOP tax plan.
  6. RFK Jr. plans to cut 10k HHS employees.
  7. Medicaid, SNAP cuts could lead to 1M job losses.
  8. DOJ backs up providers in suit against Claritev.
  9. J&J boosts US manufacturing as big pharma reshores.
  10. Drug-resistant Candida auris spreads in hospitals.

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