Ebola cases in Kenya highlight US failures amid Trump cuts to key services Opposition to US-led quarantine center in Kenya follows sweeping funding cuts and withdrawal from WHO The Guardian - US · 9h ago
Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could reach 20,000 cases without strong public health measures The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated to slow the spread The Independent UK · Jun 5
Ebola outbreak a ‘wake-up call’ to the danger of US and UK aid cuts As cases start to spread from DRC, former government minister Rory Stewart said: ‘I’m not trying to start a scare - I’m hoping people will see this and realise how dangerous this is’ The Independent UK · May 19
Trump administration is failing to address spread of measles, experts say As number of cases climbs past 1,000, experts say CDC is not taking obvious steps amid funding cuts The Guardian - US · Mar 5
‘Viruses don’t know borders’: US anti-vaccine rhetoric could impact global measles crisis Experts say global measles vaccination rates are falling as Trump officials signal a deprioritization of the virus The Guardian - US · Feb 28
US sees spike in flu cases in December, after most severe season since 2018 Not clear whether more people will get the flu this season, but more than 3,100 people have died in last year in US The Guardian - US · Jan 3
RFK Jr faces calls to quit as CDC chief fired and senior staff resign: ‘an embarrassment’ Susan Monarez’s ousting and four top resignations follow vaccine confusion, leaving US health agencies in turmoil The Guardian - US · Aug 28, 2025
Doctors decry RFK Jr decision to slash mRNA vaccine grants: ‘Our nation will pay in lives’ ‘A tremendous step backward, the politicization of science, and RFK Jr., who has been a lifelong anti-vaccine propagandist and science denialist, is now making policy,’ one doctor said The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2025
Pandemic preparedness ‘dramatically eroding’ under Trump, experts say With misinformation and murky details on bird flu and measles outbreaks, experts worry about the next pandemic The Guardian - US · Jun 20, 2025
US experts fear all vaccines at risk as Trump officials target mRNA jabs Administration’s actions signal move away from technology as health agencies see vaccine-related shakeups The Guardian - US · Jun 14, 2025
HHS cancels funding for bird flu vaccine development because of RNA concerns The Trump administration said the move signals a ‘shift in federal vaccine funding priorities’ The Independent UK · May 29, 2025
CDC buried pro-vaccine measles forecast The move is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line with RFK Jr's vaccine views Salon · Mar 29, 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
What is bird flu, and should you be worried about it? In January, the first person in the US died from bird flu. Learn what the symptoms are and how you can stay safe The Guardian - US · Mar 10, 2025
The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025 Experts warn Americans ‘should bank on’ having more pandemics in the future It’s been five years since Covid gripped the globe. Experts say the next global pandemic is coming
Fortune · Feb 25, 2025 U.S. Customs in Texas has stopped more than 90 people from smuggling eggs into the country this year as bird flu ratchets up prices There’s been a 29% year-over-year increase in detained eggs at U.S. ports of entry from October to February, according to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
Fortune · Feb 19, 2025 The USDA is scrambling to rehire officials working to curb the spread of bird flu after firing them The H5N1 avian flu has impacted more than 160 million birds, resulting in the deaths of 20 million egg-laying chickens since 2022.
Salon · Feb 4, 2025 Withdrawing from WHO puts US at risk The Trump administration is limiting the nation’s ability to respond to infectious disease as Marburg, Ebola rise
The Guardian - US · Jan 15, 2025 Biden administration allocates $306m in its final days for bird flu response ‘Critical’ funding comes as H5N1 outbreak intensifies and will go toward developing a response to the virus
Salon · Nov 26, 2024 Mysterious bird flu cases worry experts Anytime the origins of an infection can’t be traced, it “raises a lot of red flags"
The Guardian - US · Nov 11, 2024 Bird flu infections more widespread among US dairy workers than thought – study Rate of dairy workers with antibodies to bird flu significantly higher than known cases of virus
The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2024 1st US case of bird flu in a pig raises concerns over potential human threat A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu
Salon · Oct 26, 2024 Struggle to track human bird flu cases Public health decisions largely lie with farm owners who have reported outbreaks among their cattle or poultry
Salon · Oct 10, 2024 Experts worried humans getting bird flu While California reports more human cases of bird flu, experts say the true number of cases could be much higher
The Guardian - US · Sep 4, 2024 ‘A ton of Covid out there’: US summer wave not taken seriously enough – experts Epidemiologists push newly approved booster vaccines as current virus strain threatens at-risk groups