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Measles: charts show how falling vaccination rates could lead to a surge in cases

Thu, 2025-05-15 11:10 — mike kraft

How much worse could America’s measles outbreak get? Our charts show how falling vaccination rates could lead to a surge in cases The Economist The Economist

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Estimated 60,000 people set to prematurely lose U.S. federal housing assistance

Thu, 2025-05-15 10:41 — mike kraft

60,000 people set to prematurely lose federal housing assistance The Emergency Housing Vouchers program was supposed to last through 2030, but funding will probably run out sometime next year. Anumita Kaur The Washington Post

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RFK Jr. clashed with Congressional committee in hearing focusing on vaccines

Thu, 2025-05-15 09:50 — mike kraft

US health chief Kennedy clashes with lawmakers over vaccine commentshttps://

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Some of the most heated exchanges centered on his remarks on vaccines. Kennedy has for years sown doubt about the safety and efficacy of vaccines, but pledged to maintain the country's existing vaccine standards to secure his appointment in the Trump administration.

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Problems in federal programs leave rural patients without internet connection to telemedicine

Wed, 2025-05-14 12:03 — mike kraft

Flawed Federal Programs Maroon Rural Americans in Telehealth Blackouts - KFF Health News Taxpayers — through federal infrastructure programs — have paid billions of dollars to internet companies to hook up rural Americans. Some communities have nothing to show for it, leaving medically vulnerable rural patients disconnected and without access to telehealth. sjtribble KFF Health News

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U.S. Ag department, facing law suits, says it will restore climate change-related websites.

Wed, 2025-05-14 11:56 — mike kraft

Facing lawsuit, USDA says it will restore climate change-related webpages The U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to restore webpages related to climate change after it was sued earlier this year over the deletions. AP News

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Some U.S. biotech companies are considering moving clinical trials overseas because of U.S. FDA budget cuts and staff layoffs.

Wed, 2025-05-14 10:22 — mike kraft

Upheaval at FDA pushes some biotech firms to move early trials out of US

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Trump administration's medcal research cuts reached $2.7 billion--Senate report

Wed, 2025-05-14 10:03 — mike kraft

Trump administration cut $2.7 billion in NIH research funding through March, Senate committee minority report says | CNN A Senate committee report by minority staff, and obtained by CNN, slams the Trump administration for terminating some funding for research, firing thousands of federal workers and removing certain scientific data from government websites. Jacqueline Howard CNN

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Majority of Americans support measles vacinations, worry about Trump administration's handling of outbreaks --poll

Wed, 2025-05-14 09:49 — mike kraft

Americans worry about Trump's handling of measles outbreak, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds The vast majority of Americans believe that vaccines for measles are safe, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Jason Lange,Julie Steenhuysen Reuters

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How wastewater testing can predict community's COVID cases--new study

Wed, 2025-05-14 09:41 — mike kraft

Wastewater testing predicts community COVID cases, experts say SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance accurately predicts the incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 infections in the community, data from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities suggest. CIDRAP

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US health officials advise older travelers not to get a chikungunya vaccine

Tue, 2025-05-13 12:09 — mike kraft

US health officials advise older travelers not to get a chikungunya vaccine The U.S. government is advising that international travelers age 60 and older not get a chikungunya vaccine as it investigates possible side effects. AP News

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