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Indian-American Jay Bhattacharya to head CDC in addition to NIH

President Trump has appointed Indian-American Dr. Jay Bhattacharya to lead both the NIH and CDC, a first for federal health leadership. This consolidation aims to synchronize health policy, bridging research and implementation. Bhattacharya, a physician and health economist, previously co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration, advocating against universal Covid -19 lockdowns.

The Times of India

Ultra-Processed Foods Are the New Tobacco?

You open a packet of chips and you tell yourself that you will eat a few but in 10 minutes it is all finished and you were not even that hungry but you were craving it. Is this situation familiar to you? This situation is experienced by most of us…

Times Life

Trump climate health rollback likely to hit poor, minority areas hardest, experts say

The Trump administration’s revocation of a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health is likely to affect communities of color the most

The Independent UK

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Trump ditched the World Health Organization. His new plan will cost three times as much, report says

Public health experts have said leaving the health organization will hamstring global cooperation on fighting disease

The Independent UK

African Union: how does it make a difference in everyday life and what would happen if it didn’t exist?

The African Union held its 39th Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in February 2026. The two-day assembly produced the usual number of decisions and declarations across African peace and security, trade, governance and development.

The Conversation

Foodborne illnesses grown antibiotic resistant across Europe, agencies warn

Antimicrobial resistance in foodborne bacteria remains a public health concern in Europe as it limits treatment options, according to a new report.

Euronews

Trump admin appoints Covid lockdown critic Dr Jay Bhattacharya as CDC chief

The director of the National Institutes of Health is poised to take on one of the most powerful roles in American public health. Dr Jay Bhattacharya, an Indian-origin physician and health economist, is set to become acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to reports…

The Times of India

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‘It’s a catastrophe’: Wellington rages as millions of litres of raw sewage pour into ocean

Abandoned beaches, public health warning signs and seagulls eating human waste are now features of the popular coastline in New Zealand

The Guardian - AU

FDA’s abrupt flip-flop on Moderna’s mRNA flu shot highlights growing risks to drug-makers of investing in vaccines

The Food and Drug Administration’s decision, made public on Feb. 10, 2026, to not review an application to approve Moderna’s proposed mRNA-based flu vaccine set off a firestorm of criticism from public health experts.

The Conversation

When ICE sweeps a community, public health pays a price – and recovery will likely take years

The Trump administration announced on Feb. 12, 2026, that it is ending Operation Metro Surge, its deployment of more than 3,000 federal immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis, St. Paul and the surrounding metro area. Federal officials say some agents will remain in the area and have vowed that similar immigration…

The Conversation

Public health, green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections

A coalition of health and environmental groups is suing the Environmental Protection Agency, challenging its determination last week that revoked a scientific finding that has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions

The Independent UK

Environmental groups sue Trump’s EPA over repeal of landmark climate finding

Lawsuit from health and environmental justice groups challenges the EPA’s rollback of the ‘endangerment finding’

The Guardian - US

Trump has pulled the US out of the World Health Organization – here’s why that’s sheer hypocrisy

There’s a lesson here for the UK and the anti-WHO Nigel Farage – Trump attacks it in public, but in private he knows he still needs it, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18

The hit podcaster, author and former GP says a failure to regulate big tech is ‘failing a generation of children’. He explains why he quit the NHS and why he wants a ban on screen-based homework

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Global warming, American cooling: US freezes climate science

WASHINGTON: The United States has gone cold on global warming after putting climate safeguards on ice. In a sweeping move, President Donald Trump on Thursday revoked the 2009 “endangerment finding” issued under Barack Obama, which had declared that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare. The ruling empowered the US…

Euronews

‘Akin to flat Earth or denying gravity’: Experts weigh in on Trump repeal of key climate finding

As the US rolls back the endangerment finding, what impact could it have on citizens' health?

Evening Standard

East London council misused £2 million of government grant, councillors told

The grant from the Department of Health and Social Care was supposed to be spent on improving public health

The Independent UK

Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger, while Trump calls it a 'scam'

The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.”

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Evening Standard

Donald Trump revokes landmark ruling that greenhouse gases endanger public health

Former President Barack Obama ⁠blasts the move saying ‘we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change’

Kiplinger

A Scary Emerging AI Threat

An emerging public health issue caused by artificial intelligence poses a new national security threat. Expect AI-induced psychosis to gain far more attention.

The Conversation

Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwise

The Trump administration took a major step in its efforts to unravel America’s climate policies on Feb. 12, 2026, when it moved to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding – a formal determination that six greenhouse gases that drive climate change, including carbon dioxide and methane from burning fossil fuels, endanger…

The Independent UK

RFK Jr. promised to restore trust in US health agencies. One year later, it’s eroding

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reshaping U.S. health policy as HHS secretary, and doctors say his changes are eroding trust

The Independent UK

RFK Jr. pledged more transparency. Here's what the public doesn't know anymore

Health experts say the federal government now shares less public health data, even after Robert F_ Kennedy Jr_ promised “radical transparency.”

Roll Call

EPA repeals endangerment finding, tailpipe emissions standards

The EPA formally repealed the 2009 endangerment finding that greenhouse gases are a pollutant that threaten public health.

The Guardian - US

‘Unprecedented’ spate of toxic mushroom illnesses jar California

After state sees four deaths and 40 hospitalizations, public health officials and foraging experts urge caution

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