OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 can ace the Turing Test, which evaluates whether a machine can fool a user into thinking it’s human. The bots also serve as therapists, and, at least in one case, a bot got engaged to a human.

On April 1, the HHS officials sent layoff notices to thousands of employees at the CDC and other federal health agencies, part of a sweeping overhaul designed to vastly shrink the agencies responsible for protecting and promoting Americans’ health.

At least 600 employees of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving permanent termination notices, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday, citing the American Federation of Government Employees.

COLLATERAL DAMAGE — The CDC’s malaria control efforts are buckling under the Trump administration, which slashed millions of dollars of global health funding, forcing the agency to dissolve an already underfunded division and recall its employees working in Africa.

NEW YORK (AP) — At least 600 employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving permanent termination notices in the wake of a recent court decision that protected some CDC employees from layoffs but not others.

The AAP published its own vaccine schedule in a break from federal guidance. HHS secretary RFK Jr. took to social media to respond.

One in three kids ages 12 to 17 is now considered prediabetic, according to new CDC research. Dr. Theresa Horton from Utica Park Clinic in Owasso explains what parents should know and how to help.

The Trump administration has delayed or blocked millions of dollars in federal grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), leaving state and local health departments in the