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Measles: RFK Jr. supports vaccinations as 2nd unvaccinated child dies, and total U.S. cases top 600

Mon, 2025-04-07 14:39 — mike kraft
RFK says the "most effective way" to prevent measles spread is the MMR vaccine Kennedy has a long record of sowing skepticism about vaccines. Rebecca Falconer Axios
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RFK Jr. says he plans to reinstate some personnel and programs hit by massive health agency layoffs

Fri, 2025-04-04 19:02 — mike kraft
Kennedy says he plans to reinstate some personnel and programs severed in massive HHS layoffs | CNN Some personnel and programs affected by sweeping reductions at federal health agencies on Tuesday will be reinstated, including a program at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that monitors lead in kids, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday. Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell CNN

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Trump administration immigration crackdoiwn disrupts U.S. caregiving

Fri, 2025-04-04 18:32 — mike kraft
Immigration Crackdowns Disrupt the Caregiving Industry. Families Pay the Price. - KFF Health News Families, nursing facilities, and home health agencies rely on foreign-born workers to fill health care jobs that are demanding and do not attract enough American citizens. The Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies threaten to cut a key source of labor for the industry, which was already predicting a surge in demand. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

 

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U.S. FDA staff cuts suspend program to improve testng for bird flu

Fri, 2025-04-04 18:20 — mike kraft
FDA suspends program to improve bird flu testing due to staff cuts The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese and pet food due to massive staff cuts at the agency, according to an email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation. Leah Douglas Reuters

 

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FDA staff hard pressed to meet product review deadlines because of DOGE job cuts

Fri, 2025-03-28 13:38 — mike kraft

 

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Cuts in U.S. and European aid predicted to result in 2.9 million HIV deaths by 2030--study

Thu, 2025-03-27 17:03 — mike kraft
Aid cuts predicted to cause 2.9 million more HIV-related deaths by 2030 – study Reductions to overseas budgets by US, UK and EU countries will have ‘devastating consequences’, say researchers in modelling published in the Lancet HIV
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Climate change dropped from U.S. intelligence agencies' anual threat assement in 2nd Trump adminstration's first report.

Thu, 2025-03-27 16:34 — mike kraft
Climate change taken off spy agencies' global threat list Climate change has been included in annual threat assessments since 2009, in one form or another. Andrew Freedman Axios
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Measles misinformation issue: some patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity

Thu, 2025-03-27 14:26 — mike kraft
Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation | CNN Doctors treating people hospitalized as part of a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico have also found themselves facing another problem: vitamin A toxicity. Neha Mukherjee CNN

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

Thu, 2025-03-27 13:59 — mike kraft
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U.S.Agriculture Dept is cutting funds to support food banks for the needy

Wed, 2025-03-26 21:42 — mike kraft

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-cuts-hit-struggling-food-banks-risking-hunger-low-income-americans-2025-03-25/

 

U.S. Agriculture Dept cuts support for food banks

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