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Ex-CDC acting director calls RFK Jr’s false vaccine theories ‘cruel’

Richard Besser criticizes Trump’s health secretary pick, and says falsely linking vaccines to autism is a ‘cruel thing to do’

The Guardian - US · Nov 17, 2024

Dr. Deborah Birx Excited For Senate Confirmation Hearing

Dr. Deborah Birx discusses the importance of transparency and data-driven discussions in health issues, anticipating Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Senate confirm...

Top News · Nov 17, 2024

Do Covid tests work after they expire? What to know as case counts rise across the US

Some, but not all, at-home tests have been given extended expiration dates by the FDA

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

Trump’s Covid czar warns Americans are dangerously underestimating surge: ‘2 or 3 of your friends have it’

Dr Birx, who served as White House Covid response coordinator under Donald Trump, said Americans are living in ‘a bit of a fantasy world’ and ‘pretending that Covid is not relevant’

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

What the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency means for you

Ending the federal emergency reflects both a scientific and political judgment that the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis has ended and that special federal resources are no longer needed to prevent disease transmission across borders.

Fortune · May 11, 2023

What does ending the emergency status of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US mean in practice? 4 questions answered

The COVID-19 pandemic’s public health emergency status in the U.S. expires on May 11, 2023. And on May 5, the World Health Organization declared an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, designation that had been in place since Jan. 30, 2020.

The Conversation · May 10, 2023

We can't keep up with COVID's mutations

The FDA is allowing additional bivalent shots — but a new study suggests they don't work as well as they used to

Salon · May 2, 2023

COVID will eventually evade Paxlovid, former White House advisor Deborah Birx says

She worries that the virus' evolution is outpacing U.S. development of vaccines and treatments—and that it could soon render popular antiviral Paxlovid useless.

Fortune · Apr 29, 2023

America's pandemic preparedness plan 'failed in the first week' of COVID, former White House advisor Deborah Birx says. As for the next pandemic: 'We're not ready'

The country is unprepared for the next pandemic—perhaps even less prepared than it was on the eve of COVID-19, Trump-era White House COVID response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said Wednesday.

Fortune · Apr 27, 2023

Democrat Jamie Raskin hits back at Lauren Boebert with Trump quotes: ‘Pin it on your favourite President’

Maryland Democrat responds as Colorado Republican blasts pandemic-era mask and vaccine mandates

The Independent UK · Mar 2, 2023