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

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2025-03-25 17:59

Measles Vaccination, Disease Surveillance And Labs Hit Hardest By US Budget Cuts - Health Policy Watch Cuts to global immunisation budgets are hitting measles vaccine coverage, disease surveillance, laboratory networks and outbreak response the hardest, Health Policy Watch

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Long Covid office is being closed in Health and Human Services agency

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2025-03-25 11:58

Long Covid office latest casualty in HHS shake-up The Trump administration is closing HHS' long Covid office, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO. POLITICO

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USAID cuts could cause 8 countries to run out of HIV treatments--WHO

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2025-03-18 10:30

Eight countries could run out of HIV treatments due to USAID cuts, WHO says

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RFK Jr. claims measles can be trated with vitamin A but many experts disagree

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2025-03-14 10:51

RFK Jr. claims measles can be treated with vitamin A, linked to poor diet. Here's what science says RFK Jr. has claimed measles can be treated with vitamin A and that severe infection is linked to poor diet. But many experts who spoke with ABC News disagreed. ABC News ABC News

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Analysis: it took extraordinary measures to stop the last spread of measles in 2019

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2025-03-10 09:55

During the last major measles outbreaks in the US, it took extraordinary measures to stop the spread | CNN Six years ago, two communities in New York – one in Brooklyn and one in Rockland County – were facing the worst measles outbreaks the United States had seen in decades. It was the closest the nation has gotten to losing elimination status for the extremely contagious disease, a milestone that was achieved in 2000. Deidre McPhillips CNN

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Misinformation Concerns: RFK Jr. focuses on unconventional measles treatments

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2025-03-05 09:41

Instead of vaccines, RFK Jr. focuses on unconventional measles treatments, driving worries about misinformation | CNN As a measles outbreak in West Texas continues to grow, the response from US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has leaned heavily on treatment with vitamin A, as well as “good results” from the use of the steroid budesonide, the antibiotic clarithromycin and cod liver oil. Neha Mukherjee CNN

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Doctors say that this messaging might take away from efforts to increase vaccination, and some misinformation about these therapies is already circulating online.

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