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U.S. vaccination rates are declining as more states loosen mandates

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Vaccination rates are declining and might get worse as states relax rules More states are loosening vaccine mandates, scaling back vaccine promotion efforts and taking other steps likely to lower vaccination rates—even as a major measles outbreak spreads in Texas. Shalina Chatlani Medical Xpress

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Opinion: Once children start dying, we'll see how parents really feel about immunization mandates

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Once kids start dying, we’ll see how people really feel about immunization mandates Anti-vaxxer movement is putting children at risk, with 13 states allowing immunization exemptions and governors issuing executive orders allowing latitude for exemptions, while the number of measle… dfreddoso The Hill

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Analysis: The COVID controversy-- Why the COVID deniers won

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Why the COVID Deniers Won Lessons from the pandemic and its aftermath David Frum The Atlantic
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Americans' support for school vaccine mandates remains strong, but opt-out options gain traction --poll

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Americans' support for school vaccine mandates remains strong, but opt-out options gain traction With President Donald Trump having threatened school vaccine mandates for children during his campaign, a new survey finds that nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults support requiring that children be ... Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Xpress

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Infections increases are prompting more use of masks and mandates

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Are mask mandates making a comeback? Hospitalizations have spiked in major cities, including Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. sthomas The Hill

In Southern California, most hospitals never ended their mask mandates after the COVID-19 pandemic. But now, more mandates are returning. ...

Hospitalizations are up sharply in major cities, including Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.

Health officials are advising the immunocompromised to mask in public to prevent illness, and in Wisconsin, a major health care group is reinstating a mask mandate beginning next week.

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Republican- led U.S. House COVID subcommittee final report criticizes public health response to the pandemic, supports lab theory of origin

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House Covid-19 panel releases final report criticizing public health response to the pandemic | CNN A Republican-led House committee investigating broad aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects in the US released a final report Monday summarizing its two-year effort, saying it hoped the work would “serve as a road map for Congress, the Executive Branch, and the private sector to prepare for and respond to future pandemics.” Katherine Dillinger CNN

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Analysis: How a 2nd Trump presidency might cut back the CDC

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What Trump winning the election could mean for the CDC Conservatives in Congress and Washington think tanks have proposed eliminating CDC programs they say are not central to fighting infectious diseases. Lena H. Sun The Washington Post
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Australia’s pandemic plans called ‘grossly inadequate’, pointing to lessons learned--government inquiry

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Australia’s pandemic plans were ‘grossly inadequate’, an inquiry has found. What lessons can be learned? Initiated by the Albanese government in 2023, the 866-page report finds people still feel ‘resentment about what they lost’ during pandemic lockdowns The Guardian
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Vaccine skepticism politics: Trump leads, and his party follows

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Trump leads, and his party follows, on vaccine skepticism | CNN More than four years ago, former President Donald Trump’s administration accelerated the development and rollout of the covid-19 vaccine. The project, dubbed Operation Warp Speed, likely saved millions of lives. But a substantial number of Republican voters now identify as vaccine skeptics — and Trump rarely mentions what’s considered one of the great public health accomplishments in recent memory. CNN
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The effects of Covid lockdowns on teenagers outlines in new study

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Teen brains 'aged' during Covid lockdowns, new research suggests Brain scans show that girls were especially affected by the loss of social interaction. NBC News

Covid lockdowns, such as school closures, canceled sports activities and stay-at-home orders, prematurely aged teen brains by as much as four years, researchers from the University of Washington found. 

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