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RFK Jr. Committee Hearing Set; Who Funds WHO; Why Avoid Seed Oils?

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s with the U.S. Senate Finance Committee is set for Jan. 29. (FirstWord Pharma)

Ahead of this, Kennedy has been trying to revamp his image as among senators considering his nomination. (Politico)

If Kennedy is confirmed as HHS secretary, he will in which he referred clients to a law firm suing Merck over the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, but from two biotech companies. (New York Times, Fierce Biotech)

Some Americans embrace Kennedy's alternative health approaches, but . (Washington Post)

Concerns swirled following the abrupt cancellation of , including a meeting of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee scheduled for next month. (STAT)

Who -- and how much -- to the World Health Organization? (NPR)

President Donald Trump describing a fetus as a person from conception into an executive order. (The New Republic)

Meanwhile, Senate Democrats . (Politico)

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed two bills into law that for hormonal contraceptives like birth control pills, emergency contraceptive pills, patches, and vaginal rings. (The Hill)

A former chemical industry executive who during Trump's first administration returned to the Environmental Protection Agency. (New York Times)

More than 100 ducks in New York will be euthanized due to . (USA Today)

Prehabilitation for adults undergoing surgery, a 186-trial meta-analysis showed. (BMJ)

Sleep surgery significantly in people with obstructive sleep apnea compared with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. (Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery)

Three Democratic senators penned a letter to Trump urging him . (Bloomberg Law)

The FDA's decision whether to hangs in limbo after Trump paused federal regulations. (NBC News)

People with (ADHD) died earlier, a U.K. study showed. (British Journal of Psychiatry)

An analysis of 626 nursing homes found had fewer registered nurses on staff. (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)

Here's what a offers. (New York Times)

One abortion clinic owner who detailed hostility from the local government and community members. (CNN)

Why are people being told to ? (NBC News)