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Long Covid is still here. I know – my life came to a stop because of it

With more than 200 possible symptoms, long Covid isn’t easy to treat and diagnose. Rolled-back federal funding has led longhaulers to ask: is this all in my head?

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5 Hidden Ways the WHO Exit Could Change Your Healthcare Costs

While leaving won't immediately change things, healthcare costs could potentially change for many Americans -- find out more.

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Year in review: The standout health stories of 2025, from measles outbreaks to AI-made viruses

Catch up on the latest trends in health news in this roundup of long-reads compiled by Live Science's health channel editor.

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Measles cases are surging across the US. Experts are blaming the nation’s anti-vaccine push

Doctors say the spread of misinformation and vaccine hesitancy are tied to the nation’s falling measles vaccine rates

The Independent UK

Government shutdown means many CDC experts are skipping a pivotal meeting on infectious disease

An annual conference about infectious diseases is seeing a dramatic attendance decline, in part because Centers for Disease Control and Prevention experts can’t participate

The Independent UK

'The Big One' could be even worse than COVID-19. Here's what epidemiologist Michael Osterholm says we can learn from past pandemics.

The new book "The Big One" describes lessons learned from past pandemics and how they might be applied to mitigate the dangers of future outbreaks.

LiveScience

'We have basically destroyed what capacity we had to respond to a pandemic,' says leading epidemiologist Michael Osterholm

Live Science spoke with leading epidemiologist Michael Osterholm about his new book, "The Big One," which discusses the next pandemic and how to mitigate its harm.

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RFK Jr.’s ‘information crisis’ has doctors ditching the CDC to save your kids

Real doctors want to help you, unsurprisingly.

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US medical groups fill gap with own vaccine guides amid ‘information crisis’

As official health guidance changes, scientific groups are stepping in with evidence-based recommendations

The Guardian - US

Who's in charge? CDC's leadership 'crisis' apparent amid new COVID-19 vaccine guidance

The CDC, a $9.2 billion-a-year agency tasked with reviewing life-saving vaccines, monitoring diseases and watching for budding threats to Americans’ health, is without a clear leader

The Independent UK

Mystery over sudden drop in bird flu cases across the US

Fears government cuts are affecting bird flu monitoring

The Independent UK

‘Don’t call it zombie deer disease’: scientists warn of ‘global crisis’ as infections spread across the US

The contagious, fatal illness in deer, elk and moose must be taken seriously, say experts as it takes hold in the US and reaches other countries. While it has not infected humans yet, the risk is growing

The Guardian - UK

US reports first death linked to bird flu in Louisiana

The late patient had been hospitalised in December with severe respiratory symptoms after contact with infected birds.

Al Jazeera

CDC Calls Bird Flu Mutations Inside Louisiana Man 'Concerning,' Could Make It More Transmittable

But the CDC emphasized that no cases of the virus being transmitted person-to-person have been detected

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The Independent UK

Bird flu virus likely mutated within a Louisiana patient, CDC says

A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the first severe case of the illness in the United States

The Independent UK

RFK Jr. wants America to drink raw milk. Bird flu was just found in bottles

Scientists have issued a warning about unpasteurized milk

The Guardian - US

Who is RFK Jr and what are his likely top priorities?

Trump’s nominee to oversee key US health agencies is a vaccine denier and experts predict the return of diseases ‘we have controlled for decades’

The Guardian - US

Ghost of pandemic haunts US election with win for anti-vax movement

Robert F Kennedy Jr, vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist, says Trump promised him control of health policy

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The Guardian - US

Covid deaths in US lower than earlier peaks amid summer surge

Covid was not as deadly in 2023 as it was in prior years, falling from the fourth to 10th leading cause of death

Salon

Pinpointing bird flu mortality rate

Avian flu is reported to kill more than half the people it infects. The reality is much more complicated

Fortune

What are the symptoms of bird flu and how does it spread?

No evidence of human-to-human transmission has been documented, the CDC says.

Fortune

No one wants another pandemic—but bird flu has already flown the coop

The H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu or avian influenza, is surging among mammals and proving itself very versatile at jumping from species to species.

The Guardian - US

As avian flu hops to cows and at least two humans, migrant farm workers are at risk

Officials are incentivizing testing, but experts say workers need protective equipment and paid sick leave to limit spread

Fortune

Bird flu FAQ: Everything you need to know about the H5N1 outbreak that’s spread to dairy cows in 9 states

The disease has spread to poultry in 48 states, dairy cattle in nine, and two people in Texas and Colorado.

WEKU

Launching an effective bird flu vaccine quickly could be tough, scientists warn

Federal health officials say the U.S. has the building blocks to make a vaccine to protect humans from bird flu, if needed. But experts warn we're nowhere near prepared for another pandemic.

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