Weekly Dose Health News for April 2025

April 7, 2025

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Antiviral Chewing Gum Can Reduce Influenza and Herpes Simplex Transmission

Texas federal judge strikes down Biden-era nursing home staffing mandate

How a mouse watching ‘The Matrix’ helped scientists create the largest map of a brain to date

Trump’s CMS dramatically raises payments to Medicare Advantage plans

Calibr-Skaggs receives FDA approval to test sCAR-T therapy in patients with autoimmune diseases

April 14, 2025

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DaVita hit by ransomware attack

UnitedHealth shares crash after surprise earnings miss, cuts to forecast

CT Scans in a Single Year Could Result in 100,000 Future Cancers in the U.S.

First global pandemic treaty agreed — without the US

Lab-grown teeth might become an alternative to fillings following research breakthrough

April 21, 2025

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Superbug Slayer: New Antimicrobial Paint Kills Flu, MRSA, and COVID-19 on Contact

New Kind of Antibiotic Is First in 30 Years to Treat UTIs That Keep Coming Back

NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women

Smart bandage clears new hurdle: Monitors chronic wounds in human patients