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Nam Y. Huh/AP Biden is receiving radiation and hormone therapy to treat his prostate cancer In May, Biden's postpresidential office announced that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and that it had spread to his bone. By Associated Press CDC battered by government shutdown firings, while some are rescinded HHS hasn't released official numbers on the cuts, but most anecdotal reports related to health agency firings have centered around the CDC. By Elizabeth Cooney, Chelsea Cirruzzo, and Helen Branswell STAT+ | Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work Current and former FDA staff said the degree of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters, from autism to vaccines, is unprecedented. By Lizzy Lawrence

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