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RFK Jr.’s first month as health secretary: Touting French fries and casting doubts on vaccines

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The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025

Measles outbreak spreads as 250 cases reported across multiple states

Cases of highly contagious disease that has killed two reported in Pennsylvania, California and Oklahoma

The Guardian - US · Mar 13, 2025

Ducks were once a conservation bright spot. Now they're declining in the US, new report shows

A new report says at least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years

The Independent UK · Mar 13, 2025

Even five years after COVID and constant Republican attacks most still trust the CDC, survey finds

Previous research shows public trust in health agencies and other institutions has eroded over recent years

The Independent UK · Mar 12, 2025

COVID amnesia puts US at risk

The pandemic has gone so far down the memory hole that it's like it never happened

Salon · Mar 12, 2025

CDC expects measles outbreak in west Texas to ‘expand rapidly’

Two people have died in outbreak in Gaines county, and doctors fear the spread of the extremely contagious disease

The Guardian - US · Mar 12, 2025

Measles cases are still rising in Texas. Here's what you should know about the contagious virus

Measles outbreaks in West Texas and New Mexico now have more than 250 cases total

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025

'A political division, not a physical one, determined who got measles and who didn't': Lessons from Texarkana's 1970 outbreak

"Today, Texarkana's unusual geographic and political arrangement continues to instruct us about the deeply intertwined nature of politics and health."

LiveScience · Mar 11, 2025

5 years of COVID-19 underscore value of coordinated efforts to manage disease – while CDC, NIH and WHO face threats to their ability to respond to a crisis

Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic. The novel coronavirus, dubbed SARS-CoV-2, began as a “cluster of severe pneumonia cases of unknown cause” reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It had spread to 118,000 cases reported in…

The Conversation · Mar 11, 2025

From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health

Federal datasets began disappearing from public view on Jan. 31, 2025, in response to executive orders from President Donald Trump. Among those were the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which asks respondents about their gender identity and sexual orientation and tracks behaviors like smoking and…

The Conversation · Mar 11, 2025