CDC to lose one-tenth of workforce under Trump administration probationary job cuts
Nearly 1,300 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are being forced out under the Trump ...
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Urgent CDC data and analyses on influenza and bird flu go missing as outbreaks escalate
Sonya Stokes, an emergency room physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, braces herself for a daily deluge of patients sick with coughs, soreness, fevers, vomiting, and other flu-like symptoms.
In rural West Texas, a measles outbreak grows with no end in sight
At least 49 cases have been confirmed. Health officials — who are scrambling to get a handle on the vaccine-preventable ...
Trump administration begins mass firings across government
The job cuts are being imposed unilaterally, without the approval of Congress to shrink or overhaul federal agencies.
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Trump admin fires CDC 'disease detectives' as bird flu fears rise: sources
Nearly half of an elite US epidemiology program known as the "disease detectives" were dismissed by the Trump administration ...
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Publisher’s Platform: FDA closes romaine lettuce outbreak with 89 sick and says nothing more?
With no fanfare after 89 reported sick, the FDA has closed its investigation into a romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak without ...
How opioid deaths tripled in Philly over a decade − and what may be behind a recent downturn
Over a decade spent treating and researching substance use disorders taught one researcher that the overdose epidemic is a ...
UPDATE: Coalition of Groups Representing Tens of Millions of Patients Calls for Protection of the Nation’s Vital Health Infrastructure
A broad coalition of patient organizations today issued the following statement in response to cuts in staff, and research funding at federal agencies vital for American health. “Nearly every American ...
Republican states claim zero abortions. A red-state doctor dalls that ‘ludicrous.’
Medical professionals say accounts from nearly a dozen states of no or very few abortions are not only untrue but ...
Texas measles outbreak rises to 48 cases. It's the state's worst in nearly 30 years
The ongoing measles outbreak in West Texas has doubled in size to 48 cases, mostly in children and teens, making it the state's worst in nearly 30 years. State health officials said Friday in a news ...
US FDA approves GSK's combo meningococcal vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved GSK's combination vaccine to protect against meningococcal infection for ...
New Mexico health department reports two more measles cases in Lea County
LUBBOCK, Texas ( NEWS RELEASE) - The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) reports two adult Lea County residents tested ...