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Trump Orders Change That Could Reduce Childhood Vaccines Recommended for Kids

President Trump has ordered US health agencies to review and potentially reduce childhood vaccine recommendations, following a federal assessment comparing US immunisation schedules with those of other countries.

International Business Times UK

Trump cuts to global health hit home

Politicized public health agencies also make it harder to hold officials accountable

Salon

Trump tells agencies to align with study calling for narrower childhood vaccine recommendations

President Donald Trump is giving his endorsement to a January study by the Department of Health and Human Services that calls for cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every American child

The Independent UK

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Trump order endorses plan to halve vaccines recommended for children

Executive order recognizes health department assessment as guide for federal government for childhood vaccines

The Guardian - US

The Least Surprising Headline Ever: 'Blowing Up Boats Hasn't Slowed Cocaine Traffic to U.S.'

After nine months of murdering suspected cocaine smugglers, the Trump administration has no evidence that the strategy is working as advertised.

Reason

The US hantavirus cruise passengers may soon go home ahead of the 42-day symptom period. Here’s why

21 days is the highest risk period for the rodent-borne illness

The Independent UK

Beyond Theory and into Practice: Professor Gal J. Nahum Explores Conducted Direct Current for Indoor Air Quality Systems

Professor Gal J. Nahum has spent more than a decade exploring Conducted Direct Current, or CDC, as part of that broader discussion. His work examines how electrical configurations may influence particulate interaction within controlled environments and how those concepts could eventually connect with existing air management systems.

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'Rhino Tranq' Is in the Drug Supply and Naloxone Won't Stop It: A Growing Overdose Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight

When emergency medical teams respond to an overdose call, their most reliable tool has long been naloxone — a medication that rapidly reverses the effects of opioids and has saved hundreds of thousands of lives since the fentanyl crisis began.

Medical Daily

Rare Ebola Strain Border Panic Triggers Swift US Travel Bans Following Controversial Health Funding Cuts

The WHO declared an Ebola outbreak in Africa a global health emergency, prompting the US and other countries to impose travel restrictions

International Business Times UK

New CDC data shows young Americans still make up most urgent care visits. Doctors say forgoing primary care could be risky

More than 40 percent of adults aged 18-29 do not have a primary care physician

The Independent UK

Los Angeles Declared a Historic Win Against Fentanyl. Eight People Are Still Dying Every Day. Here Is What the Data Is Really Saying.

LA County's 22% drop in overdose deaths in 2024 — the biggest single-year decline in its history — is being called a victory. But with nearly 2,500 people still dead in a single year, fentanyl still in 52% of all accidental overdose deaths, and a 1,652% long-term surge since 2016,…

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Bird Flu Found in the Tap Water You Flush Away: H5N1 Has Been Detected in Wastewater Across 10 Texas Cities — Including Houston

A landmark scientific finding that emerged from Texas's own universities — and that received far too little public attention — revealed that the H5N1 avian influenza virus was detected in the wastewater of 10 Texas cities simultaneously.

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Los Angeles woman suffers bathroom emergency at Hollywood party: ‘Abandoned my underwear’

The Tinkerbell costume didn't help.

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Trump team plans to send Americans exposed to Ebola to Kenya instead of bringing them home for treatment: report

One expert has criticized the plans as a ‘dramatic abdication of what we owe our own’

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RFK Jr.'s CDC Turns to Unpaid Airport Volunteers for Ebola Screening After Gutting Its Trained Workforce

The CDC urgently seeks volunteer screeners at major US airports as the Ebola outbreak nears 1,000 cases, following workforce cuts that have depleted public health resources.

International Business Times

Trump Administration Barred Key US Scientists From WHO Virus Response Talks: Report

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases officials have reportedly been blocked from direct WHO contact, with only a narrow exception recently allowed as an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo intensified.

Medical Daily

Los Angeles Measles Alert: Child Death Confirmed, School Vaccination Rates Drop, and Health Officials Warn the Worst May Still Be Ahead

Los Angeles County has become one of the most closely watched epicenters of the national measles outbreak — and for heartbreaking reason. Public health officials confirmed earlier this year that a child in Los Angeles County died from a measles-related complication, becoming one of only four measles-associated deaths recorded in…

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Deadly Hantavirus Reaches U.S. Soil: Quarantined Patients in Nebraska and Atlanta After Cruise Ship Outbreak Kills Three and Infects Dozens Worldwide

A deadly outbreak of the Andes strain of hantavirus — carried aboard the Dutch expedition cruise ship MV Hondius on a voyage through the South Atlantic — has resulted in American passengers being quarantined or hospitalized in at least two U.S. cities, raising new questions about the country's preparedness for…

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Ebola Comes to Houston's Front Door: Bush Intercontinental Airport Begins Emergency Screening as Bundibugyo Strain Spreads Across Central Africa

Starting tonight at 11:59 PM EDT, George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston, Texas, will begin receiving travelers who have been present in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda, or South Sudan within the last 21 days, directing them toward enhanced federal health screening. The CDC expansion, announced Saturday…

Medical Daily

Tuberculosis Is Surging in Chicago — A Disease the World Thought It Had Under Control

Illinois recorded 353 active tuberculosis cases in 2023, with 154 concentrated in Chicago alone. Experts call what's happening now a "rebound effect" from COVID-era disruptions — and preliminary data suggests 2025 case counts may have climbed another 10 to 20 percent nationally. The question is why city and state officials…

Roll Call

Hantavirus, Ebola highlight political division over disease

The Trump administration’s shake-up of the United States’ public health apparatus in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has public health experts concerned about the country’s ability to respond to emerging disease outbreaks like hantavirus and Ebola. Whether that’s a concern for Congress, however, often depends on the member’s party…

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The ‘Hantavirus’ Travel Alert: What Cruise Passengers Over 60 Should Know About Recent Rodent-Linked Illness Reports

Many retirees planning summer cruises are suddenly hearing an unfamiliar and alarming word in the headlines: hantavirus. The concern intensified after a recent multi-country outbreak...

The Independent UK

2026 FIFA World Cup faces health risks from heat, infectious diseases and food safety, experts say

‘Any time so many people are traveling, there's always the possibility of various outbreaks or whatnot to happen,’ the CDC’s acting director said

The Guardian - US

US voters support HIV/Aids relief – will Trump’s cuts backfire in the midterms?

Global Pepfar program has long had Republican leadership and bipartisan support, but initiative is at risk

The Guardian - US

US temporarily bans green-card holders from entering country from African nations

Order aimed at preventing spread of Ebola to US affects travelers who have visited three countries in last 21 days

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