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Texas Confirms a Measles Outbreak in Montgomery County After a Traveler Infected Four Unvaccinated Residents

Texas DSHS confirmed a measles outbreak in Montgomery County after four unvaccinated family members were infected by an out-of-state traveler.

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A Utah Lab Class Misidentified a Bacterium and 32 People Took Antibiotics They Never Needed

CDC says 32 people at a Utah university took preventive antibiotics after a lab sample was misidentified as meningococcus. It was harmless.

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USDA Tells Oregon and Washington Shoppers to Throw Out a Curry Chicken Salad Over Possible Listeria

USDA issued a public health alert for Mary's Harvest Curry Chicken Salad sold in Oregon and Washington over possible Listeria.

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Five Hospitalized in a Pico-Union Typhus Cluster as Los Angeles County Cases Reach a Record High

LA County reports five hospitalized flea-borne typhus cases in Pico-Union as countywide cases hit a record 220 in 2025.

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USDA Issues a Public Health Alert for Red's Steak Burritos Sold at Costco After Egg Went Undeclared

USDA issued a public health alert for Red's Steak Cilantro and Lime Burritos sold at Costco in three states over undeclared egg.

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CDC, public health preparedness nominees advance in Senate

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday approved President Donald Trump’s nominees to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and to serve as a key assistant secretary, two leadership roles that the administration has struggled to fill. The committee voted 12-11 along party lines to…

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Stephen and Katie Miller turned to Fauci for advice early in the pandemic, diaries reveal

Katie Miller claimed she deliberately led Fauci, who said he repeatedly checked in on her when she had Covid, to believe they were on friendly terms so he ‘did not leak against me or my husband’

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The US public is fed up with RFK Jr. To really ‘make America healthy again’, it should look to Europe

Americans are dying younger than Europeans, despite being the wealthiest people on the planet. Wellness fads won’t change that, says public health expert Devi Sridhar

The Guardian - UK

Quick Facts About Dr Fauci as He Pleads the Fifth More Than 100 Times at Senate Hearing

Dr Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment during a Senate hearing led by Senator Rand Paul, focusing on COVID-19 origins and research. Fauci's role and controversies remain under scrutiny.

International Business Times UK

Japan develops heat-beating cooling booths

As extreme summer temperatures become an increasingly serious public health concern, Japanese manufacturers have introduced a portable cooling booth designed to help people recover quickly from dangerous heat exposure.

Bangkok Post

Colorado Recorded More Than 250 Salmonella Cases This Month, About a Hundred Above Normal, with No Food Identified

Colorado reported over 250 Salmonella cases in July, more than 100 above average. No source has been identified.

Medical Daily

Brown promises ‘future-focused’ pandemic plan while relitigating the past

Comment: In the collective obsession to avoid every little mistake from the Covid-19 response, we risk failing to learn from what went right.

Newsroom.co.nz

Canada’s gender-based violence laws are improving. Frontline worker conditions are not

When it comes to gender-based violence (GBV) Canada has made legal and policy strides over the past decades, and indeed the past few years. Once viewed as a domestic matter, GBV is increasingly recognized as a public safety, public health and human rights issue.

The Conversation

At Senate Hearing, Fauci Takes the Fifth To Avoid Accounting for Inconsistent Statements About a Lab Leak

Diary entries show the former public health official acknowledged that U.S.-supported researchers were conducting gain-of-function research in Wuhan that could have caused the pandemic.

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Wildfire smoke: A health emergency beyond the flames, WHO warns

Wildfire smoke from southern Europe's fires is a growing health emergency, WHO warns, and public health authorities need to do more to inform and protect the most vulnerable.

The Independent UK

After Venezuela's quakes, experts say environmental and health risks have just begun

More than a month after Venezuela's devastating earthquakes, public health experts tell The Associated Press the coming weeks are critical to prevent secondary crises from contaminants

Medical Daily

Public Health Experts Say the Record Cyclospora Outbreak Exposed a Communications Failure, Not an Investigative One

A public health scientist argues the record Cyclospora outbreak was a communications failure, not an investigative one. Here is the case she makes.

The Independent UK

Trump uses Truth Social to rip Fauci’s athletic skills via a six-year-old video

Trump called the former public health official a ‘terrible’ athlete and a ‘phony’

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Tarrant County's First West Nile Patient of the Year Has the Severe Neuroinvasive Form of the Illness

Tarrant County confirmed its first 2026 West Nile case, and it is the severe neuroinvasive form. What Fort Worth area families should watch for now.

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Contentious Democratic Senate contest dominates Michigan’s primary season

Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary has been among the most contentious elections so far this year. With a week to go until the Aug. 4 primary, the matchup that pits Rep. Haley Stevens and former Wayne County public health official Abdul El-Sayed highlights the ongoing tension between the party’s moderate and…

Medical Daily

Three Central Valley Counties Confirm Their First West Nile Cases as Mosquito Samples Test Positive Statewide

Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties confirmed their first 2026 West Nile cases as California logged 670 positive mosquito samples.

The Guardian - US

Trump administration needs to stop ‘public harassment’ of Fauci and scientists, open letter says

Letter, published before Anthony Fauci will appear before Congress, accuses Republicans of ‘waging a war on individual scientists’

The Guardian - US

Cyclosporiasis cases show ‘vulnerabilities’ in US food safety system, experts say

US states and federal government tracking cases as outbreak comes amid cuts to public health funding

The Conversation

Vaccine mis- and disinformation isn’t just a threat to public health, but also to our autonomy

A previously eliminated disease — measles — is resurgent in Canada amid declining vaccination rates

Medical Daily

Delaware Declares a Measles Outbreak in Kent County as Arizona and Wyoming Track Separate Clusters

Delaware declared a measles outbreak with four Kent County cases. Arizona and Wyoming are tracking separate clusters. What declaring an outbreak triggers.

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