RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak Health secretary, longtime vaccination skeptic, spent years boosting misinformation about vaccines including MMR The Guardian - US · Aug 2
The era of Doctor AI is already here Artificial intelligence is opening access to medical information in an entirely new way. Axios · Mar 6
RFK Jr peddles dubious health claims as CDC roils under his leadership As leaders at Centers for Disease Control quit after director’s firing, Kennedy stokes controversy with pet theories The Guardian - US · Aug 29, 2025
The US intends to leave the World Health Organization. What happens next? Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) has been met with dismay in the public health field. The Conversation · Jan 23, 2025
Pandemic lessons for Biden’s COVID czar Ashish Jha, the former White House Covid-19 response coordinator, discusses the country’s successes and mistakes Salon · Nov 23, 2024
Here’s why Covid cases are spiking again and how it could affect you The FDA announced Thursday that it has approved new Covid vaccine shots The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024
New COVID vaccines get FDA approval Vaccines for a fall immunization drive against COVID-19 just got the green light from the Food and Drug Administration. The agency says the vaccines can protect people, as hospitalizations tick up. WEKU · Sep 11, 2023
Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 coordinator, to leave post next week Ashish Jha, the White House’s point person on the COVID-19 response, will depart from the administration next week The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023
US to lift most federal Covid-19 vaccine mandates next week The Biden administration will end the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends The Independent UK · May 2, 2023
US to end Covid vaccine requirement for foreign travellers on May 11 The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining federal Covid-19 vaccine rules next week Evening Standard · May 2, 2023
U.S. Finally Ends Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Travelers, Employees, Head Start The last vestiges of the Biden administration's pandemic mandates are disappearing on May 11. Reason · May 1, 2023
US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week The Biden administration will end the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends The Independent UK · May 1, 2023
White House to disband Covid response team in May, reports say Ashish Jha, Joe Biden’s Covid response coordinator, likely to leave the administration once emergency team is dissolved The Guardian - US · Mar 23, 2023
Doyle McManus: Biden said the pandemic is over, but the pandemic won't cooperate WASHINGTON — Three years after the United States logged its first case of COVID-19, the pandemic has slipped off the front pages and seemingly out of public consciousness. Los Angeles Times · Jan 23, 2023
Axios · Jan 14, 2023 The symbolic end of Operation Warp Speed A key member of Biden's COVID team is retiring, and there's no new federal funding.
WEKU · Jan 6, 2023 RSV recedes and flu peaks as a new COVID variant shoots 'up like a rocket' RSV and the flu appear to be receding in the U.S., but COVID is on the rise, new data suggests, driven by holiday gatherings and an even more transmissible omicron subvariant that has become dominant.
Nottingham Post · Jan 5, 2023 New Covid variant 'most transmissible yet' hits UK as NHS drugs run out People asked to keep children off school with symptoms and to wear masks if unwell to avoid passing it on
Daily Mirror · Jan 5, 2023 New Covid variant XBB.1.5 is 'most transmissible yet' warns World Health Organisation The new Covid subvariant XBB.1.5, which has seen a rise from 4% to 41% of US infections during December, is the "most transmissible yet" warned the World Health Organisation
Fortune · Dec 20, 2022 It's not just you. Everyone really is sick this holiday season as the U.S. battles a ‘worst in a decade’ flu and rising COVID cases The winter COVID surge is only part of the problem, as the U.S. confronts a flu for the record books and a fierce resurgence of RSV, among other infections.
Los Angeles Times · Dec 16, 2022 ‘A lot of viruses running around’: LA County hospital beds at lowest availability since pandemic began LOS ANGELES — The number of available Los Angeles County hospital beds has fallen to its lowest level of the pandemic, the result not only of the enduring threat of COVID-19 and the reemergence of flu and RSV, but also the needs of a populace that put off nonemergency care.
Los Angeles Times · Dec 14, 2022 How to avoid illness as COVID-19 and the flu surge LOS ANGELES — A one-two punch of COVID-19 and the flu is striking California, sickening residents — some so severely they’ve had to go to the hospital — interrupting daily life and threatening to upend holiday plans.
Los Angeles Times · Dec 4, 2022 As COVID-19 spikes in California, booster shots could make all the difference LOS ANGELES — With coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rising in Los Angeles County, officials are voicing new confidence in the effectiveness of the updated COVID-19 booster shot.
WEKU · Nov 30, 2022 Twitter will no longer enforce its COVID misinformation policy Public health experts and social media researchers are concerned that the change could have serious consequences if it discourages vaccination and other efforts to combat the still-spreading virus.
The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022 Twitter ends enforcement of COVID misinformation policy Twitter is no longer enforcing its policy against misinformation about COVID-19
The Guardian - US · Nov 27, 2022 White House health officials: up-to-date vaccines key to move on from Covid Fauci and Jha comments come amid campaign to encourage public to get the new coronavirus boosters as well as flu shots