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Opinion: Transparency needed in Trump administration's key COVID vaccine decisions

Thu, 2025-05-22 12:26 — mike kraft

Viewpoint: Making key COVID vaccine decisions without input, transparency is a public disservice Strengthening trust in public health, especially around big changes to vaccine policy, requires transparency, including letting the American people know what data you're using to make them. CIDRAP

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U.S. FDA requires Covid vaccine makers to expand warning about risk of rare heart inflammation

Thu, 2025-05-22 12:16 — mike kraft

FDA requires Covid vaccine makers to expand warning about risk of rare heart inflammation | CNN The US Food and Drug Administration will now require Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna to use expanded warning labels with more information about the risk of a rare heart condition after vaccination. Jen Christensen CNN

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Victims of St. Louis May 16 tornado stll waiting for federal aid

Thu, 2025-05-22 10:44 — mike kraft

Volunteers Help Tornado-Hit St. Louis Amid Wait for Federal Aid - KFF Health News As St. Louis deals with more than $1.6 billion in estimated property damage from the May 16 tornado, locals are pouring in to help the hard-hit area of North St. Louis. It’s unclear if residents can count on federal support as they rebuild. Terry Byrne KFF Health News

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House passed federal funding bill raises concerns about reductions in home care

Thu, 2025-05-22 10:30 — mike kraft

GOP bill raises fears of major reduction in home care for seniors, disabled Rep. Judy Chu (D-Ca.) said she worries over the future of at-home care for seniors if President Donald Trump’s federal funding package passes in the House. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” proposes cu… aoconnelld The Hill

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Vaccines: Moderna pulled back its licensing sbmission for combined flu-COVID shots

Thu, 2025-05-22 10:10 — mike kraft

Moderna pulls licensing submission for combo flu-COVID vaccine Moderna's combination vaccine was intended for adults 50 and older. CIDRAP

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Measles vaccination rates among babies soared in Texas amid growing outbreak

Thu, 2025-05-22 10:02 — mike kraft

Measles vaccination among babies skyrocketed in Texas as the outbreak grew Measles vaccination among babies skyrocketed in Texas as the outbreak grew, new research shows. NBC News

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U.S. universities struggle to continue cancer research amid Trump administration budget cuts

Wed, 2025-05-21 10:31 — mike kraft

Universities struggle to keep cancer research afloat amid Trump funding cuts The pause of billions of dollars in research funding to universities has had devastating effects on cancer research as lab work is put on hold and schools are halting the acceptance of new Ph.D. st… llonas The Hill

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The U.S. hasn't reported a human bird flu case in 3 months. Experts are wondering why

Wed, 2025-05-21 10:21 — mike kraft

The US hasn’t seen a human bird flu case in 3 months. Experts are wondering why | CNN Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of new human cases have stopped. CNN

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Has the search for cases been weakened by government cuts? Are immigrant farm workers, who have accounted for many of the U.S. cases, more afraid to come forward for testing amid the Trump administration’s deportation push? Is it just a natural ebb in infections?

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Trump administration cuts back on information related to climate change

Wed, 2025-05-21 09:24 — mike kraft

When the Trump administration declared two weeks ago that it would largely disregard the economic cost of climate change as it sets policies and regulations, it was just the latest step in a multipronged effort to erase global warming from the American agenda.

But President Trump is doing more than just turning a blind eye to the fact that the planet is growing hotter. He is weakening the country’s capacity to understand global warming and to prepare for its consequences.

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Trump administration cuts back CDC distribution of health information about diseases

Wed, 2025-05-21 09:12 — mike kraft

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent. NPR

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