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Dr. Oz
said
your poop “should gently hit the water like Greg Louganis diving in.” In other news, the Potomac, threatened by one of the largest sewage spills in U.S. history, has been
informally renamed
. Send news tips to
John.Wilkerson@statnews.com
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The transience of Trump’s MFN deals
The White House wants to codify in law the voluntary deals between drugmakers and the Trump administration on lowered prices, CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz said Tuesday at the annual PhRMA Forum.
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