Who can get a COVID vaccine—and how? It’s complicated.
We’re working with a patchwork system, and there are a lot of gray areas.
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RFK Jr. says COVID shots still available to all as cancer patients denied access
RFK Jr. accused senators of making things up as they made factual points on vaccines.
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Putin: “Immortality” coming soon through continuous organ transplants
What do warmongers and strongmen chat about? Living forever, of course.
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In win for infectious diseases, Florida to end all school vaccine requirements
Exposing vulnerable people to vaccine-preventable disease is just part of life, Ladapo said.
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OTC nasal spray seemed to cut COVID infections by 67% in mid-sized trial
The Phase 2 trial is not definitive, but it comes as vaccine access is severely restricted.
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CDC spiraled into chaos this week. Here’s where things stand.
CDC is in crisis amid an ouster, resignations, defiance, and outraged lawmakers.
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CDC director has been ousted just weeks after Senate confirmation
Monarez aligned with evidence-based public health community and had support of experts.
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CDC slashed food safety surveillance, now tracks only 2 of 8 top infections
"If you want to make foodborne disease go away, then don’t look for foodborne disease."
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Most Read
Horrifying screwworm infection confirmed in US traveler after overseas trip
It's not a first—there was a case last year—but it's still disturbing.
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Two men fell gravely ill last year; their infections link to deaths in the ’80s
The bacterium is known to live in Mississippi, but the new cases may expand its range.
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America’s fragile drug supply chain is extremely vulnerable to climate change
More than 60 percent of US drug facilities are in areas with weather disasters.
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Top pediatricians buck RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine meddling on COVID shot guidance
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children under age 2 get vaccinated.
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The West Texas measles outbreak has ended
A measles outbreak that killed two children is now over.
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RFK Jr.’s Wi-Fi and 5G conspiracies appear to make it into MAHA report draft
The "Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy" draft doesn't mention top killers of kids.
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Anti-vaccine RFK Jr. creates vaccine panel of anti-vaccine group’s dreams
With new vaccine panel, fears rise RFK Jr. will upend childhood shots.
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Bat colony checks in to hotel; 200 guests check out, unaware of rabies scare
The risk is likely low for most, but rabies is nearly 100 percent fatal.
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Worm invades man’s eyeball, leading doctors to suck out his eye jelly
These parasites are usually found in the skin, but they can invade anything.
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Boar’s Head to reopen plant as mold and funky meat problems pop up elsewhere
Inspection reports of other Boar's Head plants do not bode well.
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RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo
Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. has vilified COVID-19 vaccines and the CDC.
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Texas prepares for war as invasion of flesh-eating flies appears imminent
In Colombia, the parasites were caught expanding into endangered wild mountain tapirs.
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After using ChatGPT, man swaps his salt for sodium bromide—and suffers psychosis
Literal "hallucinations" were the result.
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RFK Jr. defends $500M cut for mRNA vaccines with pseudoscience gobbledygook
He clearly has no idea what antigenic shift means.
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In trial, people lost twice as much weight by ditching ultraprocessed food
Swapping foods like premade lasagna for hand-made spaghetti Bolognese made a difference.
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“Red meat allergy” from tick bites is spreading both in US and globally
Remember to check for ticks after your next stroll through the woods or long grasses.
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Four radioactive wasp nests found on South Carolina nuclear facility
Officials say there are no leaks and hazardous nests are from legacy contamination.
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Idaho has become the wild frontier of vaccination policy and public health
Idaho charts a new path as trust in public health craters.
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Five children see HIV viral loads vanish after taking antiretroviral drugs
The first widespread success in curing HIV may come from children, not adults.
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Under RFK Jr, CDC skips study on vaccination rates, quietly posts data on drop
Vaccination rates fell once again as nonmedical exemptions hit a new high.
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Man had a cross tattooed on his neck—it vanished, then his flesh started dying
The man needed surgery to remove the lesion and to have his neck reconstructed.
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Senate confirms CDC director as top FDA official resigns under political pressure
Senate confirmed Susan Monarez to CDC while Vinay Prasad made a quick exit from FDA.
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$15 billion in NIH funding frozen, then thawed Tuesday in ongoing power war
NIH leaders got funding-pause memo Tuesday afternoon. Trump admin then backpedaled.
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“It’s shocking”: Massive raw milk outbreak from 2023 finally reported
The outbreak occurred in 2023–2024, but little information had been shared about it.
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Trump admin. is muffling CDC’s flagship health journal, report finds
CDC's MMWR is publishing much less, and sources say studies now require RFK Jr.'s sign-off.
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Widely panned arsenic life paper gets retracted—15 years after brouhaha
Opinions are mixed on the retraction, and the authors continue to defend their work.
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Inventor claims bleach injections will destroy cancer tumors
A lack of medical training isn't stopping a man from charging $20,000 for the treatment.
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RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine group sues him: “This is not the Bobby we know”
The group wants a task force that no health secretary has set up since 1998.
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