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Climate change dropped from U.S. intelligence agencies' anual threat assement in 2nd Trump adminstration's first report.

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Trump administration is seeking forced treatment instead of housing for the homeless.

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Rising measles cases in Kansas may be linked to Texas and other outbreaks

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Measles misinformation issue: some patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity

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Measles vaccination rates may be lower than thought, undermining herd immunity concept

Measles vaccination rates for young children may be far lower than publicly reported, a troubling development that could mean the United States is closer than expected to losing its “elimination status” for the extremely contagious disease.

“We are experiencing an extremely concerning decline in measles vaccination in the very group most vulnerable to the disease,” said Benjamin Rader, a computational epidemiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the author of a recent study that looked at children’s vaccination rates.  

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RFK Jr eliminates another 10,000 jobs in U.S. Health and Human Services agency

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U.S.Agriculture Dept is cutting funds to support food banks for the needy

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Trump administration cuts funds for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment

The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment and other urgent health issues.

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Anti-vaccine advocate hired by RFK Jr to study debunked link between vaccine and autism

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Vaccine aid to developing nations among foreign aid programs being cut by Trump administration

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Upswing in measles vaccinations noted in areas hard hit by cases.

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Vaccination cuts by 27% the risk of long COVID --study

COVID-19 vaccination slashed the risk of experiencing prolonged symptoms by about 27% in fully vaccinated adults who were later infected, estimates a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) systematic review of 12 studies.

 

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NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change

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Trump administration pulls back $11.4B in COVID funding for local health departments

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U.S. budget cuts are hitting measles vaccination and other disease prevention programs the hardest-- Study

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