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State Department Modifies the Original Near-Full Stop of Foreign Aid

Wed, 2025-01-29 08:19 — mike kraft

State Department Reverses Near-Full Stop of Foreign Aid Marco Rubio’s memo now exempts ‘core life saving programs’ but withholds assistance for diversity and abortions. Michael R. Gordon and Alexander Ward WSJ

The Trump administration pulled back from its order to pause nearly all foreign aid, and will now exempt “core life saving programs” that involve medicine, medical services, food and shelter, according to a Tuesday memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s federal funding freeze

Tue, 2025-01-28 18:07 — mike kraft

US judge temporarily blocks Trump from freezing federal grants A U.S. judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked part of President Donald Trump's sweeping directive to pause federal grants, loans and other financial aid, giving a win to advocacy groups that said it would disrupt programs that serve tens of millions of Americans. Steve Holland,Luc Cohen,Andy Sullivan Reuters

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Long nursing home stays deaths rose after hospital stays for sepsis for all races --studies

Tue, 2025-01-28 10:25 — mike kraft

Amid COVID, long nursing home stays, deaths rose after hospital stays for sepsis for all races Sixty-seven active TB cases and 79 latent TB cases have been reported in 2 Kansas counties since the beginning of 2024. CIDRAP

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Trump reinstates military members who refused COVID vaccine mandate

Tue, 2025-01-28 10:13 — mike kraft

Trump reinstates military members who refused COVID vaccine The Biden admin discharged 8,000 service members who refused to comply with the COVID vaccine mandate. Avery Lotz Axios

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Analysis: What a US exit from the WHO means for global health

Tue, 2025-01-28 09:47 — mike kraft

What a US exit from the WHO means for global health For decades, the United States has held considerable power in determining the direction of global health policies and programs. President Donald Trump issued three executive orders on his first day in ... Amy Maxmen Medical Xpress

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Trump orders U.S. CDC staff to cut off communication with WHO

Tue, 2025-01-28 09:01 — mike kraft

CDC staff ordered to cut off communication with WHO The directive to the CDC to halt communications with the World Health Organization was imposed to comply with President Trump's executive order. CBS News

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Trump administration pauses federal loans and grants pending spending reviews

Tue, 2025-01-28 08:49 — mike kraft

Trump is pausing federal loans and grants as his administration reviews spending The White House is pausing federal grants and loans as President Donald Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending. AP News

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Trump administrations' NIH communication pause partly lifted to allow some purchasing need for research projects

Mon, 2025-01-27 17:53 — mike kraft

After disruption due to Trump administration communication pause, NIH told it can continue some purchasing for research | CNN Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been told the communications pause announced by the Trump Administration earlier this week includes a pause on all purchasing, including supplies for their ongoing studies, according to four sources inside the agency with knowledge of the purchasing hold. Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell CNN

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Lawmakers in some U.S. states are pushing for vaccine exemptions even as childhood vaccination rates fall

Mon, 2025-01-27 17:31 — mike kraft

State lawmakers are pushing for vaccine exemptions even as childhood vaccination rates fall Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients about the shots. AP News

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Bird flu strain H5N9 reported for the first time in US Poultry

Mon, 2025-01-27 17:23 — mike kraft

What is H5N9? US reports first bird flu strain outbreak in poultry U.S. authorities also identified the more common H5N1 strain on the same farm in Merced County, California. Newsweek

he United States has reported its first outbreak of H5N9 bird flu on a duck farm in California, according to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) on Monday.

H5N9 is a rare subtype of the influenza A virus that can cause highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu. It's a reassortment strain that originated from the H5N1, H7N9, and H9N2 subtypes.

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