For today, links to four reports: from Reuters and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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FROM NOV. 15  RFK Jr. vow to purge FDA sets up collision with Big Pharma, by Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman | Reuters  WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed to purge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shortly before being chosen as President-elect Donald Trump‘s nominee for health secretary. Any changes he wants to make . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM NOV. 14   Trump picks RFK Jr. to oversee the Department of Health and Human Services. Reported by Jeongyoon Han and Susan Davis | NPR  President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to oversee the Department of Health and Human Services. “For too long,” Trump said in a statement on Truth Social, “Americans have been . . . Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM NOV. 14  How the CDC could change under the next Trump administration. Reported by Pien Huang | NPR  In its 78-year history, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has evolved from its origins tackling malaria to an agency that aims to safeguard almost every aspect of Americans’ health. But its mission . . . Click HERE to listen and read.

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Nursing aides plagued by PTSD after ‘nightmare’ COVID conditions, with little help. Introduced by Scott Simon of NPR reported by Amy Maxmen of the Kaiser Family Foundation. Some of the lowest-paid essential workers during the pandemic also suffered the most trauma. Nursing aides have had trouble getting healthcare officials to pay attention to their plight. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.