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As flu, COVID and RSV numbers — the so-called “tripledemic” — tick up, the media say “it’s time to slap on those N95s once more, avoid crowds, and socialize outdoors,” notes Vinay Prasad at The Free Press.
Fewer precautions, recent holidays and subvariants have driven rise but boosters, masks and other measures still effective. Plus, will Donald Trump be allowed to return to Facebook?
Despite an injection of funding, the agency still has not recovered from an exodus of scientists and policy experts, both insiders and critics say.
The Trump administration first issued the Covid emergency declarations in 2020.
Former President Trump first declared a national emergency on March 13, 2020.
A Biden administration task force designed to reunite children separated from their families during President Trump's presidency has reconnected nearly 700 children with their families, officials said Thursday.
Move targeting power-plant emissions is part of a broader Biden administration push on environmental and climate rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday reaffirmed the basis for a rule that requires “significant reductions” in mercury and other harmful pollutants from power plants, reversing a move late in former President Donald Trump's administration to roll back emissions standards.
The moves sets the stage for the agency to issue tighter controls on mercury, a neurotoxin emitted by power plants.
“The most rigorous and comprehensive analysis of scientific studies” on mask mandates found they made zero difference.
House members spent a Tuesday hearing debating who to blame for school closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with Republicans deriding the influence of teacher’s unions and Democrats blasting the Trump administration. During the hearing, titled “The Consequences of School Closures: Intended and Unintended,” members of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic agreed that school…
Covid-19 virus was declared a national emergency by former US President Donald Trump in March, 2022
For example, studies where people watch videos about the impacts of climate change in local versus distant locations do not show these people having different intentions to engage in environmental behaviour.As Ive written in an article on the new study, these results remind us that evidence should always trump intuition when it comes to applying psychological theory.
Title 42 is a public health order that was adopted three years ago by the Trump administration because of the COVID pandemic.
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An experiment shows it's possible to harness partisan politics for the sake of getting people vaccinated.
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America Letter: Re-introduction of government requirements to wear masks or take vaccines seems unlikely even as incidence of the virus ticks upwards
"I wasn't pleased with that; I wasn't happy to do it," the former chief medical adviser said, adding he had "a great deal of respect for the presidency."
The investigation by the Pentagon's internal watchdog was prompted by complaints during the Trump administration
Presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed at the Libertarian National Convention, a stark contrast to the support he usually receives. Libertarians criticized Trump for his COVID-19 vaccine policies and public health restrictions. While Trump sought Libertarian support, he faced a mixed reception and promised to commute Ross Ulbricht's sentence if elected.
This material provides a comprehensive overview of current world events. UNICEF calls for emergency Mpox vaccines, Kamala Harris criticizes Trump's Arlington visit, and Israeli strikes in Gaza claim lives. Other reports cover Typhoon Shanshan's impact in Japan, Zelenskiy's appeal to the US, and a tragic yacht disaster off Sicily.
Donald Trump has had as many as seven private phone calls with Vladimir Putin since leaving office and secretly sent the Russian president COVID-19 test...
Anyone who doubts that a second Trump term would take vaccine skepticism into the mainstream of American government and life should watch Kaitlan Collins’ interview on CNN Wednesday with the co-chair of Trump’s presidential transition team, Howard Lutnick.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Johns Hopkins surgeon Martin Makary to head the FDA. Makary, known for his views on natural immunity and opposition to COVID vaccine mandates, could bring unconventional changes to the influential agency responsible for overseeing drugs, food safety, and medical devices.
Several public health officials joined forces Thursday to discuss the importance and efficacy of routine vaccines, as flu and RSV start to increase nationally, with COVID almost certain to follow suit.
President-elect Donald Trump has praised the polio vaccine as the “greatest thing,” but a lawyer affiliated with Trump’s pick to lead the country’s top health agency has petitioned the US Food and Drug Administration to revoke approval of the vaccine used in the United States.
The statement appeared to be directed at Trump’s pick for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Argentina's libertarian President, Milei, who considers Trump a close ally, ordered the country's exit in response to what he described as "deep differences" regarding the WHO's management of health issues.
Positions cut also appeared to focus on agency’s centers for tobacco products, including oversight of e-cigarettes
A quarter of the personnel working in nearly five dozen U.S. laboratories trying to solve the latest avian influenza outbreak have been laid off as the Trump administration reduces the size of the federal workforce.
A former FDA official said cutting recent hires could backfire, eliminating staffers who tend to be younger and have more up-to-date technical skills.
Free training classes for firefighters and other first responders are provided through Fema at the Maryland site
A White House official confirms that President Donald Trump will nominate Susan Monarez, the acting director of the U.S.
FDA was supposed to decide on Novavax vaccine by April 1, but it now wants more data.
The Trump administration’s effort to impose new requirements on Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine — the nation’s only traditional protein-based option for the coronavirus — is sowing uncertainty about updates to other vaccines, too.
The Trump administration’s effort to impose new requirements on Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine — the nation’s only traditional protein-based option for the coronavirus — is sowing uncertainty about updates to other vaccines, too.
The Trump administration proposes significant budget cuts affecting health and research sectors. Texas reports 683 measles cases amid nationwide outbreaks. Medical device demand boosts Stryker's earnings. The FDA reviews weight-loss drugs, while Neuralink's device for speech restoration gains breakthrough status. Thailand faces its first anthrax death in decades.
The Trump administration canceled Moderna's contract for developing a bird flu vaccine due to scientific and safety concerns. Despite earlier advancements under the Biden administration, the project faced scrutiny and was ultimately halted. Moderna is now exploring alternatives to progress its vaccine pipeline.
The US FDA approved Moderna's next-generation COVID-19 vaccine, mNexspike, for adults 65+ and at-risk individuals aged 12-64. This low-dose option enhances immunity with fewer restrictions compared to previous vaccines. The decision followed a study affirming its safety and effectiveness, despite financial hurdles from the Trump administration.
Two days after firing vaccine experts who help set the nation's immunization policies, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has picked eight successors for the CDC panel.
The medical achievements of the 20th century demonstrate how global health infrastructure is key to public health.
The government hired back more than 450 CDC employees that were fired as part of the widespread restructuring that took place in April.
(Reuters) -One of the new vaccine advisers picked by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has earned thousands of dollars as an expert witness in...
Whole Foods and other U.S. grocers confirm they are only being “partially stocked” after United National Foods confirmed the attack on Monday.
The victim went underwater to snorkel when the incident happened in the waters off Boca Grande, Florida, according to family.
A new documentary shows an intimate behind-the-scenes portrait of a country's leader as she holds back the pandemic, cradles her baby, and persuades her citizens to turn in their automatic weapons.
The program will allow for compensation for exposure to toxic waste.
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Earlier this week, two new leaders of the US Food and Drug Administration published a list of priorities for the agency. Both Marty Makary and Vinay Prasad are controversial figures in the science community. They were generally highly respected academics unti…
The senator failed America on vaccines.
Experts predict this summer might be hotter than average—and the U.S. is not prepared to meet the challenge.
Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs) are already known to be toxic to aquatic life—now we're finding them in the air.
Global health specialists talk about the consequences of the full or partial ban on travel to the U.S. from 19 countries.
Trump says he backs the MAHA agenda which includes eliminating toxins linked to human health problems. But his administration continues to cuts funds, grants and regulations that support that goal.
The latest 12-month report from the CDC showed 1,400 more deaths in January of this year compared with the year prior. This comes after more than a year of dramatic progress. Experts say they're not sure if this is a "blip" or something more troubling.
A drug called lenacapavir, administered in two injections a year, offers protection from HIV comparable to daily pills. One looming question: Will it be affordable for lower resource countries?
The federal government said this week it will end the national suicide hotline's specialized support for LGBTQ+ youth.
Health specialists were put on leave, and a report on how to protect 20 million workers from wildfire smoke has stalled
Francis Collins has overseen some of the most revolutionary science of the last few decades. He led the Human Genome Project that sequenced the entire human genome by 2003, and then in 2009, he became director of the National Institutes of Health, where he se…
Children from Gaza with cancer are finally making it to Jordan for long-promised treatment. But a plan to allow as many as 2,000 patients out of the war-torn enclave has slowed.
Below is a graph showing a trend that exploded during the 2020s: What is this depicting? Compute use for AI? Crispr gene edits per year? No, this is another, much less-known example of massive growth these past several years. This is a chart of the number of …
Jessica Chaikof says research into gene therapies could someday save her eyesight. But she worries cuts to federal research funding could mean that therapy won't be ready in time.
Summer has officially begun with a blast of scorching temperatures across much of the United States. The National Weather Service is warning of “extremely dangerous heat” baking 160 million people under a heat dome stretching from the Midwest to the East Coas…
For the first time since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replaced all the members of the vaccine committee, it is meeting in Atlanta.
A presentation slated to be shared at this week’s meeting of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claimed that a study in...
President Trump's pick for the director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Susan Monarez, is set to face questions about her vision for the agency.
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: An influential panel that makes vaccine recommendation…
In the early 1900s, long before smartphones and selfie sticks, tourists flocked to Yellowstone National Park — not for the geysers or scenery, but for a grotesque show: A nightly spectacle of grizzly bears raiding cafeteria scraps from open-pit landfills like…
Swarms of aggressive killer bees are on the move and spreading across the U.S. The Africanized honey bee has been found in 13 states, primarily in the South, but appear to be moving north.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F
“It’s just more salt in the wound on how incompetent all of this has been.”
NASA and the National Science Foundation cancelled their major events at a major astronomy conference this summer. Scientists who attended were left disappointed.
The deadliest country in the world for young children is South Sudan — the United Nations estimates that about 1 in 10 children born there won’t make it to their fifth birthday. But just a hundred years ago, that was true right here in the United States: Eve…
An expert group charged by the World Health Organization to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic started released its final report Friday, reaching an...
Everyone’s health is at stake.
This San Antonio, Tex., lab takes biosecurity seriously. Suit up with its scientists and go behind the scenes of the science of vaccine creation.
The state and local health departments that rely on CDC funding say the money is not coming in on time and no one can tell them why. Some are laying off staff.
Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) is one of the 12 stocks that will make you rich in 10 years. On June 23, the company shared encouraging results from its Phase 3...
With the “Big Beautiful Bill” in flux, and federal funds for gender-affirming care hanging in the balance, protections for trans children and adults continue to be dismantled at the state level. Grace Byron reports.
Jeffrey Bell watched as crews dug up and replaced neighbors’ lead water pipes, hoping his mother’s house would be next. Workers told him it wasn’t on their ...
A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like.
The State Department is taking over programs previously run by the U.S. Agency for International Development, also known as USAID.
The figure from the Lancet, a leading science journal, includes 700,000 child deaths globally a year.
With summer in full swing and temperatures on the rise, Whit Johnson shares how zoos are helping animals across America beat the heat.
The A.I. industry seems set for growing pains as Big Tech companies scramble for solutions to the medium's unprecedented strain on the power grid.
Besides nicotine replacement therapies, the FDA has only approved two smoking cessation drugs without nicotine. This may change soon if cytisinicline gets approved.
Several hospitals throughout the country are currently without some international medical graduates (IMG) because of President Trump’s travel band and visa restrictions.
The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment. The clinic's federal funding is also threatened. Patients with scarred lungs worry about what's next.
Brain differences in children and teens who experiment with drugs early show up before they take their first puff or sip
Drugs and explosive chemicals are difficult to detect, but a device more sensitive than a dog’s nose can pick up their traces in seconds
Drugs and explosive chemicals are difficult to detect, but a device more sensitive than a dog’s nose can pick up their traces in seconds
A new study in the journal JAMA finds the health of America's children has worsened across several key indicators over the last two decades. That includes the number of children with chronic diseases.
“This company has a long history of not taking care of their workers,” an employee rights advocate said.
The symptoms can include nerve pain, emotional numbness and sexual dysfunction and can last for years after stopping the drugs. Patients are pushing for recognition and more research.
United Nations 2025 Global AIDS Update says if funding not replaced, cuts may reverse 'decades' of progress on HIV/AIDS.
Children's Health Defense says it's illegal for news outlets to "censor" anti-vax garbage.
The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying a flesh-eating parasite has moved further north in Mexico than previously reported.
The UN warns that funding cuts will have catastrophic consequences for the fight against the disease.
The Microsoft co-founder is in a desperate fight against the Trump administration's foreign aid cuts, warning that the consequences are not abstract. They are happening right now.
An estimated 14.3 million children globally remain unvaccinated and vulnerable to vaccine-preventable illnesses – meaning that those children have received...
The Medicaid changes caused by the now-signed law will cause more deaths, job losses, and rural hospital closures, researchers concluded.
US president has pushed other countries to crack down on manufacturing and exportation of fentanyl.
Measles, cholera, typhoid, polio — the ripple effects of violence on health often go unrecognized
Solid-state batteries have been hailed as the game-changer for EVs. The technology would slash EV prices and weight, and maybe double range. Experts are divided though.
A new study in JAMA shows how proximity to Coldwater Creek, where nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project was improperly stored, affected cancer rates over the decades.
It was 35 years ago this month that the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. Across the U.S., it's being marked with festivals and parades — and concern due to recent Medicaid cuts.
U.S. officials are cracking down on a surge of sophisticated new illicit vaping products that are flooding U.S. markets, an ABC News investigation has found.
Many Americans get much of their health care from ERs. Defunding this service will be a financial and human disaster for everyone.
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk Collaboration. Stories of struggle flow unceasingly from our public lands — here, a senior botanist pulled from invasive species removal to check campg…
Tesla needs all the help it can get.
ABC News' Linsey Davis took a closer look at a new generation of vaping products — some of which are unrecognizable as e-cigarettes.
How many people are going to die because of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s abolition of USAID, and the Trump administration’s apparently-under-consideration plans to destroy PEPFAR, the landmark George W. Bush-era program to end the globa…
The charity says the deaths were caused due to funding cuts by international donors amid insecurity in northern Nigeria.
"The last thing we need is to have algorithms designed to maximize revenue driving LLM output and interactions," Cuban wrote on X.
At least 11 children in the U.S. have died from influenza-associated acute necrotizing encephalopathy since October 2023, a new study shows.
Fueled by MAHA, state lawmakers are moving to remove dyes and other additives from food. A wide range of state laws could make it difficult for manufacturers and could spur further federal regulation.
This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. One of the central claims that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services and de fact…
To reflect democratic principles, AI must be built in the open. If the U.S. wants to lead the AI race, it must lead the open-source AI race.
Experts across the political divide agree that addressing stagnant life expectancy requires government funding of a wide range of initiatives that affect public health.
The 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health report found that in recent years, depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in teens have declined.
The Trump administration cancelled about $500 million for research into mRNA vaccines. The move slows progress in using the technology to prevent a future pandemic or treat disease, experts say.
The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
A cluster of Legionnaires’ disease – a type of pneumonia that is caused by a bacteria that grows in warm water – broke out in the Harlem area of New York City last week.
Speed and flexibility have made mRNA a blockbuster technology
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: In a blow to US pandemic preparedness, Health Secretar…
The woman who contracted the disease had not traveled out of the country recently, marking the first potential locally-acquired case of malaria in the state.
Americans get about 55% of our calories from tasty, cheap — and unhealthy — manufactured foods, the latest data from CDC says. For kids, the percentage is even higher.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting announced last week that it would shut down after Congress voted to claw back over $500 million of federal funding from the organization. The announcement imperils local PBS and NPR stations around the country that have…
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified the man who opened fire at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as Patrick Joseph White. White died and a police officer was shot and killed.
A new book explores the science behind the suffering.
What else do you call a strategy designed to raise prices and lower productivity?
A gunman opened fire on CDC headquarters in Atlanta, killing a police officer. The shooter may have blamed a possible illness on vaccines.
The White House inherited a system for handling outbreaks. No one left knows how to use it.
President Donald Trump vowed this week to rid Washington, D.C., of homeless encampments, though what those plans will look like are unclear.
Investigators say the suspect blamed the COVID vaccine for his health issues ahead of a deadly shooting in Atlanta.
HHS is slashing hundreds of millions in funding for mRNA vaccines and infectious disease treatments, but leaving the door open to mRNA therapies for cancer and genetic conditions.
Detainees reported 'crowded, squalid and punitive' conditions in the holding areas of 26 Federal Plaza, an ICE facility.
Climate change and funding cuts are putting our drinking water, ecosystems and lives in danger
The shrimp was sold at Walmart with a best-by date of March 2027.
Remarkable new treatments can free millions of kids and adults from the deadly threat of peanut allergy, tackling one of our fastest-growing medical problems
Here we go again. Whenever policy makers insist that there’s some “nerd harder” solution to tricky societal problems, actual experts have to spend a ridiculous amount of time explaining basic realities to them. Sometimes those are realities about the technolo…
America is not a good place to be an early adult.
Dr. Katelyn Jetelina (aka Your Local Epidemiologist) has a frustrating update on how Covid vaccines are probably going to work thi
If the center and left succumb to the view that “nothing worked,” no one will remain to defend sensible public-health measures the next time a pandemic comes around.
Big Balls gets carjacked and the troops come out. The CDC gets shot 500 times and Trump doesn’t even mention it.
After a California resident tested positive for the plague, Dr. Alok Patel breaks down what to know about the bacterial infection, which dates back to the 1300s.
The River Thames is supposed to be the beautiful heartbeat of London. Instead, there are an estimated 400,000 pounds of wet wipes clogging up one 820-foot stretch along the riverbed.
As you will recall, a single gunmen opened fire on a CDC campus in Atlanta earlier this month, claiming to have been injured by COVID vaccines. The rhetoric he had used prior to the shooting closely aligned with what RFK Jr. had been spouting for years. While…
Cardiologist Aseem Malhotra claims that the Trump administration will take action to remove mRNA vaccines from the U.S. market later this year.
The crisis is linked to the high price of medicines, a shrinking national budget and cuts in US aid.
Kennedy made the announcement at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
Susan Monarez is reportedly being pushed out for not supporting RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine agenda.
The news that the CDC director was being ousted and four high-profile officials were resigning was the latest in turmoil that has been plaguing the federal health agency.
Susan Monarez was fired on Wednesday night after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked her to step down.
At least five senior CDC employees, including its director, have resigned or been fired since Wednesday.
The CDC's departing leaders discuss the agency’s future—or lack thereof.
The simmering showdown between US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has finally boiled over. The White House said on Wednesday that CDC director Susan Monarez was fired — and Monarez’s …
At least three high-level officials have resigned in protest against the policies of Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy.
Susan Monarez fired while four officials resign amid tensions over vaccine policies and public health directives.
Lawyers for Director Susan Monarez accused the Trump administration of "weaponizing public health."
As America's pivotal health agency descends into chaos, the White House has selected the worst possible person to run it.
The Centers for Disease Control had several top officials depart recently, leading to calls for the health secretary's resignation.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, on "Good Morning America," weighed in on turmoil at the CDC, the Minneapolis shooting and what's next for Congress on the Epstein files.
Salmonella illnesses have been identified in 14 states so far.
The CDC has plunged into chaos. Dr. Susan Monarez, the newly minted CDC Director, a role she held for a matter of mere weeks, has been fired by the Trump administration. We actually wrote about Monarez previously, as she was engaged with both the CDC team tha…
I’m starting to think that American is suffering from some sort of collective amnesia. Look, whatever your opinions on how the government handled the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in its early days, I would hope we can all agree that it sucked. Think the gove…
Former CDC head was expelled after clashing with Trump administration over policies she says were not driven by science.
Drug deaths in the U.S. are at their lowest level since March 2025, according to federal data. Trump continues to cite fentanyl as justification for policies ranging from tariffs to immigration.
Sanders’ op-ed details RFK Jr.'s firing of CDC leadership, dismantling vax advisory boards, defunding mRNA research
But the demise of American leadership in science didn't begin with him
Nine former directors of the CDC are speaking out, saying Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is endangering the health of Americans.
CDC employees are being called back to the office by mid-September, following a shooting and significant internal changes at the agency.
It’s prudent to take Kennedy’s word at face value. He’s not content with incremental tweaks. Rather, he’s pursuing disruption that may alter the public health landscape.
President Donald Trump demanded that pharmaceutical companies release data pertaining to the success rates of their Covid "drugs" in order to clear up the discrepancy "mess" over the products, though some information already appears to be available.
As COVID surges yet again, the best tool against the virus — vaccine — is under assault by the Trump administration.
"We need to draw attention to this." Dr. Richard Besser explains why he and other former directors publicly denounced RFK's handling of public health.
Critics warn Florida's plan to scrap vaccine mandates risks public health, calling it a 'disaster in the making'.
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New research shows that filtration systems that remove PFAS can also get rid of other harmful substances. Whether they'll actually be introduced is a different matter entirely.
The health secretary dodged any blame for imploding the CDC's leadership and appeared to endorse anti-vaccination talking points.
Cassidy, who is a doctor, criticized Kennedy for limiting the public’s access to the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday.
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren accused HHS Secretary RFK Jr. of turning back on his statements during his confirmation hearing that he would not take away vaccines for Americans who want them.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will come before the powerful Senate Finance Committee on Thursday for hours of questioning sure to center on his vaccine policy.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced a grilling before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday over CDC turmoil and vaccine changes. Here are four takeaways.
Health experts said Kennedy's 'repeated efforts to undermine science and public health' left Americans 'less safe'.
The CDC stop publishing data on bird flu infections in animals back in July.
With the CDC in disarray and its future uncertain, this episode explores what’s driving the exodus of agency staff and what this means for national health security.
Doctors and pharmacists say new federal guidance is all but guaranteed to discourage some people from getting the vaccine this fall — even as a late summer...
The US health secretary's plans could have a huge impact on health policy not just in the US, but across the globe.
A report that health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has promised will come out this month will look at the causes of autism. Many worry it will have claims unsupported by science.
RFK Jr. faces bipartisan and family backlash over CDC cuts, vaccine rollout delays after Senate grilling
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the world’s most despicable “Health and Human Services” secretary faced some tough questions even from Republicans about his quack-y assaults on vaccinations when he appeared before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday. That was af…
The state's surgeon general argued that projections and analyses on increased rates of illness were unnecessary
Plus, he really, really wants that Nobel Prize! "Screw MAGA, gimme that gold medal!" Via ABC News: President Trump on Friday was asked to weigh in on Florida's surgeon general moving to end vaccine mandates in the state, including for children. "Well, I thi…
New dietary guidelines are coming soon. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised the days of skim milk and other low fat dairy products are over. Is there a case for more fat in dairy?
The Asian longhorned tick, which has been spotted in over 20 states, was first identified in the U.S. in New Jersey eight years ago.
Former CDC Director Susan Monarez will come before the Senate next week for her first public appearance since she was pushed out of her position.
High school students, especially 12th graders, are reading and learning math and science at historic lows, according to a new report.
William Parker, who says that children taking Tylenol causes autism, has spoken with the health secretary five times in the past month.
A childhood health report led by RFK, Jr., links poor diet, chemicals, inactivity and “overmedicalization” to worsening U.S. pediatric health
AI now scans for bird flu and measles news, but public health officials say outbreaks can go undetected as the U.S. guts national and global tracking
In an interview about the new book he co-authored, Science Under Siege, Hotez talks about forces driving the anti-science movement, the risks it poses — and why he won't debate RFK Jr.
A new study finds dozens of heat waves would be "virtually impossible" without the activity of major fossil fuel producers, including oil companies.
They're called "serodiscordant" couples. One is HIV positive, the other negative. Aid from the U.S. enabled them to obtain medicines and condoms for protection — until this year.
New research estimates that as many as 2.2 million more people could die of tuberculosis if U.S. cuts to foreign aid become permanent.
Though the FDA narrowed criteria for the shots, many people still want them, to avoid illness and protect vulnerable family members. Some are turned down at the pharmacy or have to jump through hoops.
Researchers tested 12 “magic mushroom” edibles. None contained psilocybin, but most contained undisclosed ingredients, including synthetic drugs whose safety hasn’t been tested in humans
Note for readers: This newsletter discusses gun violence, a raw and tragic issue in America. It was already in progress on Wednesday when a school shooting occurred at Evergreen High School in Colorado and Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley Unive…
The World Health Organization nixed the name "monkeypox." The virus is spread by rodents and small mammals. And there's a stigma factor. Mpox took its place. Why has the U.S. returned to "monkeypox"?
Data centers are growing at breakneck speed, but so is the opposition to them.
The Trump administration's document about children's health and chronic disease doesn't mention the word "nicotine" once. Tobacco remains the top cause of preventable death in the U.S.
Declining birth rates and the growth of school vouchers are hurting public school enrollment. Homeschooling, though, is on the rise.
Kiva Williams lives in Tampa, Florida, but she’s worried the state is going to turn into the “wild, Wild West.”
An infectious disease — one that rejects scientific expertise, metastasizes conspiracy theories and contaminates programs that track and treat illnesses...
In South Texas' Rio Grande Valley, many people go without health insurance, and the health system struggles as a result. Similar communities dot the nation.
Susan Monarez was grilled Wednesday by Republican senators who are running cover for Kennedy and Trump's anti-science agenda.
Acting director Jim O’Neill wrote in part that the CDC was experiencing "mission creep" that has led it to be too involved in Americans' health decisions.
Information on subjects other than vaccines is largely reliable—for now.
Former CDC chief Susan Monarez testified that Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., had demanded she rubber-stamp recommendations from his remade vaccine panel
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. Given the draconian cuts to US federal funding for science, including the admini…
Ex-CDC Director Monarez says she was fired for refusing to approve vaccine policy changes without scientific review.
Wildfire smoke is the air quality nightmare of our generation, eating away at previous gains made by cracking down on industrial emissions and tailpipe pollution. Constant exposure to smoke is becoming a chronic threat even in places that historically haven't…
Three vaccines are on the agenda for this week’s meeting of ACIP, the CDC’s key advisory panel on immunization: the combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine, the hepatitis B vaccine and COVID vaccines
Free speech has become an increasing focal point after comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination have caused people to lose jobs. And, a CDC vaccine panel rolls back MMRV vaccine guidance.
The Trump administration stated on Monday that the use of an over-the-counter pain medication during pregnancy may be linked to autism.
"They are reviewing existing literature, and they're doing it badly."
Years after scientists retired the term “monkeypox” for being inaccurate and stigmatizing, the federal government has started using it again for no clear reason.
Some studies have suggested an association between the two, but experts say there is no causal relationship.
Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. plan to tie Tylenol use during pregnancy and folate deficiencies to rising autism rates—but the evidence is thin
President Trump and HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are expected to tie autism to acetaminophen use during pregnancy, and present a cancer drug as a possible treatment. There is little credible scientific evidence for either claim.
During a highly anticipated announcement today, President Donald Trump urged pregnant people to avoid taking Tylenol if possible because of the painkiller’s possible link to autism. At the same time, Trump promoted leucovorin, a decades-old medication that m…
Some studies have suggested an association between the two, but experts say there is no causal relationship.
The President says pregnant women should stay away from Tylenol due to possible autism link. World health authorities strongly disagree, say the drug is safe in pregnancy.
The science on Tylenol and autism isn't clear, despite President Trump's claims. Here's what parents need to know to make their own decisions about acetaminophen.
Scientists say that Trump distorted facts on vaccines, Tylenol and autism during a news conference in which he encouraged pregnant women not to take the drug.
Major medical organizations are pushing back against the Trump admin’s claim that the use of Tylenol during pregnancy may be linked to an increased risk of autism.
As Trump cautioned pregnant women about the possible links between Tylenol and autism in children, his remarks went beyond available scientific evidence and even the FDA.
Major medical groups stated acetaminophen is safe for pregnant women to take and that no studies have found a direct cause and effect between use in pregnancy and autism.
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Scientific evidence is lacking to support the US government’s decisions to caution against using a common painkiller in pregnancy and fast-track the approval of an experimental medication for autism
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Other countries and major health organizations have been quick to denounce the Trump administration's attempts to blame autism on acetaminophen use during pregnancy.
Physicians worry pregnant women may forgo a treatment over an unproven link between Tylenol and autism.
The Trump administration recommended pregnant women limit Tylenol intake.
Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s advised pregnant women against taking Tylenol, claiming without real evidence that it can lead to autism.
US President Donald Trump has linked childhood vaccine use and paracetamol use by pregnant women to autism.
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Global health leaders expressed dismay at Kennedy's objection but vowed to move forward without the support of the U.S.
Medical scholars say, efforts to find a singular cause for autism has historically led to scrutinizing parents and fueling stigma about autism
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Our mad, idiot king recently declared war on Tylenol. Nobody really knows why, exactly. There’s only shaky, correlational data to support any link between Tylenol and autism (did you know summertime ice cream consumption leads to an increase in shark attacks?…
President Trump says Tylenol is not safe for young children. Here’s what the science says about acetaminophen
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After the president urged pregnant women to avoid Tylenol, rumors about its effects spread rapidly online — all with varying degrees of truth.
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The poll also found that most respondents don't agree with the Trump administration's assertion that taking Tylenol during pregnancy increases the risk of autism.
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Kennedy’s doubling down on disputed links isn't a one-off. He has often done this regarding exposure to substances like acetaminophen that he thinks are linked to autism.
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Since the White House made an announcement linking Tylenol use in pregnancy to autism, misinformation about the drug has been spreading online.
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From raw milk to cod liver oil, few of Kennedy's professed alternatives to mainstream medicine pass scientific muster.
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The US health secretary’s claims are false, as research finds no clear connection between circumcision and autism.
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As November looms, states are trying to sort what options they can offer beneficiaries to fill the gap in food assistance. Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the impact of this potential lapse in states across the country.
Food banks have already been contending with higher food prices and increased need. Administrators say demand will skyrocket if federal nutrition benefits stop in a few days because of the government shutdown.
After a year of ongoing outbreaks, Canada is expected to lose its measles-free status. Experts say the U.S. is on track for the same fate.
Researchers pinpointed an association between maternal covid-19 infections and children being diagnosed with neurodevelopmental issues years later.
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A new review shows a "lack of robust evidence" linking the use of Tylenol during pregnancy to either autism or ADHD.
The evidence that ultra-processed foods are bad for us is piling up. But efforts to reduce their role in our diets face a big hurdle: experts can't agree on what they are and which to target.
Taking acetaminophen during pregnancy is not clearly linked to autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, a new analysis finds.
Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm talks about efforts by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy to inform vaccine recommendations and maintain public-health awareness during the Trump administration.
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"This represents a new and devastating turn by the CDC."
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Ken Paxton’s bullshit lawsuit against the makers of Tylenol, built on Trump and RFK Jr.’s bullshit press conference in which they pretended that science says acetaminophen causes autism, is off to a predictably bad start. I had a bit of a laugh shortly after …
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The Trump administration’s war on vaccines continues, it seems. We’ve already written extensively about all the bullshit RFK Jr. is pulling when it comes to public health around vaccines. From his dismantling the CDC’s ACIP committee and rebuilding it full of…
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Rinse, lather, repeat. That is supposed to be the self-serving message on the back of a shampoo bottle, but it can easily be applied to Senator Bill Cassidy’s response to all the bullshit RFK Jr. continues to pull when it comes to vaccines. The last time we s…
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Public health experts agree that a clear definition of ultra-processed foods is needed to shape policy decisions for our food system.
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Meet the new year, same as the old year, at least as far as America’s measles problem goes. We talked a lot about this disease last year, and for good reason. In RFK Jr.’s first year as Secretary of DHS, America managed to suffer its worst measles infection c…
Welcome to year two of the unmitigated disaster that is RFK Jr. being in charge of Health and Human Services and its child agencies. To call Kennedy an anti-vaxxer is not remotely controversial any longer, and probably never was. To state that he’s a corrupt …
Two Danish researchers faced accusations of “questionable research practices” as RFK Jr.’s top appointees made their study a “funding priority”
Flu activity remains elevated throughout the United States, with children being hit especially hard, according to newly released data from the CDC.
Researchers say their gold-standard review should put an end to the debate over use of the common painkiller during pregnancy.
It's the latest research to find no clear link between maternal acetaminophen use and a higher autism risk.
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A common pain reliever taken in pregnancy might raise the risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to research in the past decade. But proof of cause and effect remains elusive.
The U.S. has officially completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, HHS and the Department of State announced on Thursday.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new approach to six shots that were formerly given routinely will introduce new hurdles for getting kids immunized. And it could have a chilling effect on doctors.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics and 12 other medical groups are recommending the same childhood shots once endorsed by the CDC.
Wildfire smoke, spore-spread fungal diseases and microplastic are all on the rise, even as the US government slashes support for respiratory research and policy.
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This mercury-containing compound, used as a vaccine preservative, is commonly used in lower-income countries — and deemed safe. The U.S. is now demanding that Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance stop using it.
Researchers analyzed samples of Utahns' hair going back a century to document a 100-fold decrease in lead concentrations.
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Several children have come down with serious complications like encephalitis and pneumonia, state health officials reported this week.
The American Medical Association is launching an effort to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness independently of U.S. government health agencies
Drug trials have typically excluded pregnant people for safety reasons. But that’s now starting to change.
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I want to say a little something upfront in this post, so that there is no misunderstanding. While I’ve spent a great deal of time outlining why I think RFK Jr. and his cadre of buffoons at HHS and its child agencies are horrible for America and her people’s …
Hundreds of thousands have died from infectious diseases and malnutrition thanks to the Trump administration gutting USAID. Those funds would have gone toward fighting numerous preventable and treatable diseases abroad. Instead, Reuters has found that the Tr…
Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and ‘biodefense’ from the agency’s website, a Nature investigation finds
After initially rejecting Moderna’s application for review, the FDA will now consider the company’s mRNA flu shot
The pharmaceutical giant expressed optimism that its new flu shot would be available this year, after approval concerns.
Dr. Vinay Prasad is currently the FDA’s top vaccine regulator. He’s also one of many medical goons hand-picked by RFK Jr. to help lead his decidedly anti-vaxxer movement. In fact, the last time we discussed Prasad, it was over his selective censorship attempt…
Drinking water around the District of Columbia hasn't been contaminated. But scientists say the environmental damage could be severe.
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Measles. Yes, yes, I know you’re sick of hearing about it. For that, though, you must lay the blame at the feet of Donald Trump, RFK Jr., and this entire administration of clown-tools that isn’t bothering to do anything about what has become the worst continu…
A nationwide analysis found that counties closer to nuclear power plants have higher cancer mortality rates.
As the Trump admin urges folks to have more kids, new data shows early pregnancy care moving in the wrong direction
The Trump administration wants Americans to have more conversations with their physicians. But it also can’t seem to stop disparaging the medical establishment.
When it comes to health advice, more people trust the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association than they do federal health agencies, according to a new poll
Acetaminophen use among pregnant women in the ER dropped following the White House's autism announcement last September.
The FDA ultimately ruled against approving leucovorin for autism, citing a lack of "sufficient data."
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a generic medication for a rare brain disorder, while walking back suggestions by President Donald Trump...
The FDA on Tuesday approved leucovorin as a treatment for a rare genetic condition, not for autism, as the Trump administration had suggested
Some researchers are sounding the alarm over the official data sets that track crucial aspects of life in the United States, Argentina, the United Kingdom and India.
It's been a year since mass firings began at the CDC, the federal public health agency. Then came a shooting, and the government shutdown. Atlanta is still feeling the economic and emotional effects.
If you agree with me that what RFK Jr. has done at HHS — particularly when it comes to altering vaccine schedules, approvals, research, and access — is bad well, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Kennedy road Trump’s coattails, building his own Make America Health …
In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee.
At her nomination hearing last month, Casey Means avoided directly endorsing vaccines for measles and other preventable diseases.
A federal judge on Monday issued a stay on the CDC’s move to reduce the number of routinely recommended childhood vaccines
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One in three Americans trust childhood vaccine guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics more than the CDC’s recommendations, a new poll finds
For years, ACIP has advised U.S. vaccine policy. But after changes to its membership made by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., were challenged in court, the Trump administration is apparently changing tack
Tens of thousands of bottles of children's ibuprofen have been recalled over the possible presence of a foreign substance.
Autism researchers are working to counter a federal autism advisory panel that has vaccine skeptic members and, they say, a “striking absence of scientific expertise”
Infectious disease experts say shots against meningococcal meningitis can be lifesaving during an outbreak, but U.S. regulators have attempted to roll back recommendations of such a vaccine for children
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Trump’s Health Secretary hits a major setback to “Make America Healthy Again”
Cigarette smoking among U.S. adults continues to fall to record low levels as e-cigarette use rises, according to a new report from the CDC.
The COVID pandemic ushered mRNA vaccines into the spotlight, and the technology has even greater potential. Here’s what to know about the way that they work, their safety, and more
More than a dozen peptides are expected to be removed from a list that bans compounding pharmacies from producing them.
There's been a lot of public is concerned about health risks from the chemicals, especially from the Make America Healthy Again movement. The agency's move doesn't in itself guarantee regulation.
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Thursday to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first ...
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency announced a joint effort to track microplastics in drinking water—but experts say doing so will be difficult
The FDA asked the producer of the raw cheese that has given 9 people E. coli infections to take it off the market. The producer said no.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: Responding to public health concerns about microplastics and pharmaceuticals in the nation's drinking water, the Trump administration for the first time has placed them on a draft list of contaminants maintained b…
The EPA proposed to include microplastics and pharmaceuticals on a list of contaminants in drinking water for the first time, a step that could lead to limits on those substances for water utilities.
The war in Iran has slowed down international shipping, much of which contains medical and humanitarian goods destined for Asia and Africa.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sweeping changes to federal vaccine guidance are paused for now. But even if they’re reversed, lasting damage has already been done.
Dozens of bills in more than 15 states are targeting harmful additives, many of which have been ignored by the FDA
GAO report: big gap between illicit vape scale and enforcement A GAO report highlighted a mismatch in the United States between the size of the illegal e cigarette market and the level of enforcement focused on those products. The coverage says thousands of i…
I’ve been fighting Duchenne muscular dystrophy for 40 years. My brothers Angelo and Antonio died from it at ages 20 and 22, respectively. Antonio died in 2015, when my son, Ryu, was barely a toddler and had already been diagnosed with the same terminal illnes…
Biologists are racing to save America’s freshwater mussels—the water-filtering keystone species that once filled the country’s rivers and streams—from extinction
Peptide-based substances are largely unproven and risky, experts say, but they’re gaining popularity among influencers and athletes—and the U.S. secretary of health
One of the most remarkable staffing decisions of the second Trump administration has been to allow the anti-vaxxers to run America’s health agencies. While RFK Jr. and his cadre of lieutenants prattle on about how they’re going to be super transparent, data-d…
Gov. Kelly Ayotte said New Hampshire will continue to be involved with the Northeast Public Health Collaborative but will not formally join the group. Her...
President Donald Trump named Dr. Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, on Thursday as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee seized on public health policies enacted under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The White House has nominated Erica Schwartz to replace NIH director Jay Bhattacharya as CDC chief. Bhattacharya has been leading the CDC on an acting basis since February, after the public health agency’s director was fired in 2025
The Trump administration's militarised approach and cuts to health programmes threaten progress against fentanyl.
RFK Jr. was pressed on cuts to the National Institutes of Health, vaccine messaging and the firing of the former director of the CDC during a hearing on Tuesday.
Black doctors and medical community say RFK Jr.'s rhetoric poses real dangers to public health
Foreign objects were the most common type of complaint, including wood in corn dogs.
The environmental crises of the past often seem to disappear—have problems like acid rain and smog been solved?
Survey results suggest a rise in questioning of scientific evidence.
Somewhat maddening new research has linked a rise in young lung cancer patients to a healthy diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.
The states with the greatest increases in 988 crisis hotline use since 2022 experienced the greatest decrease in suicide mortality, but the hotline alone may not explain the drop
In the year 2,000 (cue the Conan O’Brien music), America had so successfully defeated measles as a disease that we were awarded elimination status for the disease. Then Trump was elected to a second term, for reasons I still can’t fully explain, after which R…
Roughly seven in 10 people still trust vaccine researchers, a new poll finds. The number is in line with trust for other scientists
When a group of mothers and wellness influencers, including surgeon general nominee Casey Means, was asked to go to the White House this month, some of them assumed a few staffers would hear their grievances about the health risks of weedkillers.
Dr. Jennifer Miao explains the risks and science behind a viral trend using Allegra and Pepcid to ease menopause symptoms.
We discussed RFK Jr.’s recent appearance before Congress, where he bravely declared that the current measles outbreak in America has absolutely nothing to do with him, despite that definitely not being true. But, unsurprisingly, that wasn’t the only craziness…
Construction of an advanced nuclear power plant partly funded by the U.S. government -billed as the first of its kind this century, is now underway in Wyoming. The Bill Gates-backed company says its technology is proven but there are still hurdles to nuclear.
The FDA rejected the promising skin cancer drug RP1 twice, leaving many puzzled and worried about what this means for other drug approvals
The Trump administration previously cut off funding to global HIV/AIDS programs, including in Zambia, in an effort to reduce what it deemed as waste.
Families receive food at the Reaching Out Community Services food pantry on March 25, 2025, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. City Harvest released its annual report on child hunger as families brace for deep cuts to SNAP. [ more › ]
The president had vowed to 'save vaping' on the campaign trail in 2024, but the decision is already drawing fire from anti-nicotine advocates and a bipartisan group of lawmakers
The Devils hole pupfish lives in just one spot in Death Valley. Wildlife officials have managed this iconic fish for decades, and last spring, just as the Trump administration was laying off all kinds of scientists, the wild population of this fish plummeted …
Dr. John Brownstein answers the biggest questions about hantavirus, including how it spreads, treatment options and whether it could ever become a pandemic.
The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases were designed to study viruses that could jump from animals to people, including hantavirus, but in 2025 the National Institutes of Health said the work wouldn’t continue
The U.S. says it intercepted Iranian attacks yesterday targeting three Navy ships. And, what to know about the hantavirus outbreak that started on a cruise ship.
The UK confirms two British cases on board a cruise ship and a suspected infection on the Tristan da Cunha island.
Those who cheered ivermectin as a Covid-19 treatment are now making unsubstantiated claims about its use against hantavirus. The post Amid Hantavirus Panic, the Ivermectin Super Fans Are Back appeared first on The Intercept.
US President Donald Trump says a hantavirus cruise ship cluster is ‘under very good control.’
There are nine U.S. residents being monitored for the illness across six states, though none have shown any signs of illness.
There are nine U.S. residents being monitored for the illness across six states, though none have shown any signs of illness.
The passengers dressed in protective clothing and masks were escorted to the shore and expected to continue on flights back to their home countries.
The president thinks "smaller shots" will tamp down anti-vax paranoia and offer "much better results with autism"
Sen. Chuck Schumer speaks during a press conference. The lawmaker says the White House should restore funding and rejoin the World Health Organization. [ more › ]
There are nine U.S. residents being monitored for the illness across six states, though none have shown any signs of illness.
There are nine U.S. residents being monitored for the illness across six states, though none have shown any signs of illness.
In the wake of a deadly hantavirus breaking out on a Dutch cruise ship and with exposed passengers now in at least five states, you might be wondering how adept is our public health system, headed by the spectacularly unqualified Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to pre…
For six years, Sen Ron Johnson (QAnon-Moscow) has been spewing the craziest anti-vaccine nonsense, especially regarding the COVID vaccine. Usually, RoJo's nonsense stems from not being able to understand the VAERS system. He refuses to accept the fact that th…
The following is the transcript of the interview with former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who is on boards the of Pfizer and UnitedHealthCare, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on May 10, 2026.
Dr. Amesh Adalja, senior scholar for Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, explains the Andes variant of the hantavirus and how it spreads.
The American passenger who tested positive for hantavirus will be transported to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, according to Nebraska Medicine, which hosts the facility.
Answering this question is essential to public health, but people keep getting it wrong.
Researchers would have been studying this exact Andean strain of hantavirus already, until the Trump administration revoked their funding.
US officials say 18 Americans are being monitored for symptoms, as WHO insists risk to public remains low.
Malaria incidence is increasing, progress on maternal mortality is stalling, and some childhood vaccine rates are plateauing or have dipped below the threshold for herd immunity
Richard Danker said the vape authorization "undermines" the department's recent guidance document related to youth risks of flavored nicotine, according to the letter.
AI and the bit barns that power it have developed a serious PR problem
Health officials in the US are monitoring 41 potential hantavirus cases across 12 states, prompting federal response and public health warnings.
We’ve complained a great deal about RFK Jr.’s stint running HHS and its effects on the health of Americans in the short and long term because, well, there’s a lot to complain about. His anti-vaxxer stances have begun infecting national vaccine policy, of cour…
Dr. Brian Christine, a prominent figure in the American hantavirus response, is a surgical urologist with little background in public health.
The surge in cases marks the 17th Ebola outbreak in the Congo since 1976.
The current Ebola outbreak in Congo poses a threat to the entire world, with a strain that has no therapies or approved vaccine.
A New York doctor who contracted and survived Ebola more than a decade ago says he is worried for healthcare workers who are at the center of treating the latest outbreak.
Officials first announced the outbreak on Friday, with 65 deaths and 246 suspected cases.
The work of Peter Aaby and Christine Stabell Benn has long been controversial. Until Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became US health policy chief, most vaccine scientists tended to ignore it. Now they can’t.
The FDA recently declined to endorse leucovorin for autism, citing a lack of strong evidence for it.
May 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. health department has withdrawn an April charter renewal for a key vaccine advisory panel that laid out new membership rules and ...
As world health leaders face deadly outbreaks of hantavirus and Ebola, a major pandemic preparedness report finds we are less safe from viral outbreaks than before COVID
Recent outbreaks of hantavirus and Ebola are tied to funding cuts to the WHO, the WHO chief and other UN leaders said.
Funding cuts in health research, and the antivaccine movement make it challenging to respond to viruses.
Trump and health officials expressed concern about the deadly outbreak that has grown to more than 500 suspected cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Fruit flies, mold, and refrigeration failures, oh my! Cruise ships sure are having a moment. Just in the first half of 2026, norovirus outbreaks sickened 115 people on the Caribbean Princess in early May, dozens on the Oceania Insignia in early April, and at …
The World Health Organization top official has expressed concern over the rapid spread of a rare type of Ebola in Congo. Authorities have reported at least 134 suspected deaths and over 500 cases.
The Trump administration warned that too much screen time for children is linked to poor sleep, bad behavior and less physical and social activity
The EPA’s new plan would repeal federal drinking water limits for four PFAS compounds and delay “compliance deadlines” for two of the most studied and dangerous ones, PFOA and PFOS, until 2031.
Some Americans seem to be extra-alarmed about Ebola and hantavirus in the wake of COVID-19. But public health experts say they don't expect another pandemic this time.
"The response is too slow and inadequate, not anywhere close to the standards that are required in a response for an epidemic like Ebola."
Methane's part in the climate crisis remains largely overlooked, even though it is responsible for 30 percent of all global warming to date, and despite the fact that it's still possible to purge it from our skies.
The fuckery that is going on across HHS and vaccine programs is just plain incredible. As the Trump administration continues to provide whatever cover it can so that RFK Jr. can wreck shop on the health of Americans, the damage Kennedy is doing to our inocula…
One American who contracted Ebola is receiving treatment in Germany.
One American who contracted Ebola is receiving treatment in Germany.
Dhruv Khullar on how the recent outbreaks of hantavirus and Ebola expose the shortsightedness of the United States’ retreat, under the Trump Administration, from its role as a global-health leader.
Several treatment centers have been destroyed and tensions are rising in Congo, the center of the Ebola outbreak.
Murmurs of a “casket disease” had already begun by mid-May, as patients began to die in waves. Patrick LaRochelle, an American missionary physician, was 20...
Police claimed the woman's Facebook posts of her own faucet water were creating "fear, panic, or unnecessary emergency response."
Trump administration officials, confronted by overlapping outbreaks of Ebola and the hantavirus, have taken a more aggressive approach to locking down potentially exposed people than in past outbreaks, surprising many public health experts… Dr. Jay Bhattachar…
One group is an outlier for gestational-diabetes risk, and no one can yet say why.
I’m starting to wonder if RFK Jr. can do anything right at all. After the courts put an injunction on Kennedy’s overhaul of the CDC’s ACIP panel on vaccines, as well as pretty much all of their recommendations since it was rebuilt on a foundation of anti-vaxx…
US keeps Ebola cases abroad as outbreak grows in Africa. Experts question travel policy, funding gaps and readiness for a deadly spread.
Doctors at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo told ABC News that the deadly virus is still spreading at an alarming rate.
Alright, this is getting dire. In addition to all of the anti-vaxxer bullshit that has infected HHS thanks to RFK Jr.’s appointment to run the department, we have also made the point recently that an equally big problem is the talent drain occurring at HHS as…
A surge in malaria cases in Zimbabwe is exposing fragile health systems and growing treatment shortages in rural areas.
Canada, the Bahamas and the US are banning arrivals from affected countries to prevent the spread of the rare strain.
The deadly disease was identified half a century ago in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is unacceptable that it continues to take lives.
The plan to send Ebola-exposed US nationals to Kenya, which has no known cases of the virus, has provoked a backlash.
Politicized public health agencies also make it harder to hold officials accountable
There have been more than 220 suspected deaths since the start of the Ebola outbreak.
There have been more than 220 suspected deaths since the start of the Ebola outbreak.
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A decade ago, Michigan had high rates of parents not vaccinating their children, so it required them to attend an in-person education class to get an exemption. It worked — until things got ugly.
Mara Hoplamazian has spent years reporting on 'forever chemicals,' or PFAS. Here's what they've learned about what may help limit everyday exposure to the contaminant.
As global concern about an Ebola outbreak in central Africa grows, hundreds of Kenyans have taken to the streets to protest a plan by the Trump administration to send American citizens who have been exposed to the virus to Kenya, rather than bringing them bac…
Comments by RFK Jr. and Joe Rogan appear to have encouraged a 38.7% increase in vitamin A poisoning cases early last year.
The parasitic fly has resurged throughout the Americas since 2023.
Some jurisdictions have weakened their public health authorities in response to criticism of lockdowns, school closures, mask mandates, vaccine requirements and other COVID-era restrictions.
At least three vaccines are being funded, research being fast-tracked as the outbreak spreads faster than the response.
The plan has drawn backlash from Kenyans as well as the country’s union of healthcare workers.
After cutting its support for frontline healthcare workers in Central Africa, the Trump administration is pointing fingers. The post Trump Administration Tries to Shift Blame for Ebola Response appeared first on The Intercept.
ABC News’ Dr. Tara Narula explains a discovery that could help doctors predict and prevent the world’s deadliest cancer.
Dr. Ann Hohenhaus, senior veterinarian and director of pet health information at Schwarzman Animal Medical Center, discusses more about the "new world screwworm" detected in a baby cow in Texas.
The FDA’s ongoing review of mifepristone could skip over established science, health experts warn
Dozens of people have died and hundreds have been sickened in an Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is urging European countries to mirror U.S. travel restrictions implemented in response to Ebola as the U.S. prepares to host the largest-ever World Cup amid growing concerns about the spread of the disease, according to …
The American Medical Association will launch a national campaign called “Have You asked your Doctor?” to combat health misinformation and “rebuild trust in medicine.”
After Elon's DOGE eliminated a program designed to contain the parasite last year, it's now returned and threatens the entire U.S. livestock industry. Heck of a job, Trump. Source: NBC News A flesh-eating parasite that had been kept out of U.S. livestock for …
Normally, the CDC's vaccine advisors weigh in on flu vaccines in June. This year, the panel is in disarray.
The U.S. eradicated screwworm in the '60s, but it was found in a calf in La Pryor, Texas, June 4.
“American consumers deserve access to the best available sun protection. Today they’re finally getting closer to it," said Alexa Friedman, a senior scientist at EWG.
The USDA has reported more cases of the New World screwworm, including one outside of Texas.
Opinions are divided about the new facility in Kenya. The U.S. defends it. Kenyans are protesting it. Doctors who were on the ground in the last Ebola outbreak voice criticism as well.
A mere 12 percent of Americans say they trust the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations “a great deal”
Health officials are following 5,681 contacts, but only 56% have been reached.
Back in January of this year, RFK Jr. clearly strong armed the CDC into changing the childhood vaccination schedules in America to mimic those of Denmark. The public messaging was crafted to sound as reasonable as possible and amounted to a claim that America…
The administration imposed mandatory quarantine orders on two passengers from the cruise ship hit by hantavirus and is blocking Americans who catch Ebola from returning home for treatment.
The governor and her Republican challenger have very different views on vaccines. [ more › ]
The ban will apply to platforms including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. The move makes the U.K. part of a growing global movement to tighten online safety for children.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has today announced that under-16s in the U.K. are to be banned from social media. [Read More]
It turns out *a lot* of products use powdered milk.
Sure, the raw milk may or may not contain potentially deadly pathogens, but turning it into cheese will obviously fix the problem!
Report highlights the growing threats posed by climate change and calls for the green transition to be accelerated.
Aid cuts and poor sanitation are deepening fears that Ebola is spreading through displacement camps.
The water of the Reflecting Pool remained filled with algae, peeling paint as well as white blobs on Friday.
The US Air Force has reinstated mandatory flu jabs for recruits at a Texas base after an outbreak reportedly infected more than 200 members Read Full Article at RT.com
Top officials are championing the dangerous industry’s expansion rather than curbing the danger.
Jake Rosamarin discusses how he went into voluntary quarantine and the events that unfolded while aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship.
During Grandpa Puddin' Brain's first term, he declared that COVID-19 wasn't a big deal. He asserted that he wouldn't close the country down for a flu, so COVID wasn't gonna lock the doors either. He scoffed at how dangerous the coronavirus was at the time, do…
Flu shots are mandatory once again, less than two months after being made "optional," following a major military base outbreak.
The timeline to develop coronavirus vaccines blew many predictions out of the water.
Meteorologists simply aren't able to gather as much data as they used to, and you're suffering for it.
ABC News' Dr. Tara Narula shares simple tips to stay safe around food, fun and fireworks this Fourth of July.
The event was shut down for several hours on Friday afternoon as temperatures reached 105 degrees. Great American State Fair: 11 Attendees Hospitalized as Brutal Heat Pauses Event Alex Young
The Fourth of July fireworks display in the capital impacted the amount of fine particulate matter in the atmosphere.
Longer-lasting hot spells and high temperatures at night are making it harder to cope, leading to thousands more deaths from extreme heat
As you will recall, the combination of RFK Jr.’s announcement that he’d find a root cause for all this autism going around combined with Donald Trump’s idiotic claim that there must be some external environmental cause of all this autism going around resulted…
Record-breaking crowds are gridlocking America’s top wilderness destinations, sparking an unexpected peak-season crisis after budget cuts and staffing shorta...
A proposed rule change could expose more Americans to higher doses of radiation from nuclear facilities
As if we needed one more thing to worry about so soon after the hantavirus scare, there is a new public health threat for Americans to contend with: a rapidly escalating outbreak of, of all things, diarrhea. It’s a parasite called cyclosporiasis. It can cause…
A rash of cyclospora infections is sending thousands to the bathroom. Experts say this was all predictable
As heat waves strain the power grid, passive cooling can help homes stay safer when the air goes out.
A nationwide outbreak of explosive diarrhea is currently underway, and it's tied to a parasite the CDC quietly dropped from federal surveillance back in July 2025. That timing lines up almost exactly with the Trump administration's broader gutting of health a…