Hawaii governor: An urgent call to action to protect America’s children from measles
Editor’s note: Dr. Josh Green is the governor of Hawaii. Before being elected governor in 2022, he worked as an emergency room doctor and family …
New York Times: Second child dies of measles in Texas
An 8-year-old girl in Texas died Thursday morning of “measles pulmonary failure,” according to The New York Times, citing records it obtained. A Trump administration …
Dramatic HHS cuts leave US ‘weaker as a nation,’ says top FDA vaccine official forced out under Kennedy
Marks, the former director of the US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, had been instrumental in carrying out “Operation Warp …
Measles vaccination rate may be even lower than estimated, leaving kids vulnerable amid outbreak
As the United States faces one of its worst measles outbreaks in decades, with at least 569 reported cases in multiple states, a new analysis …
Kennedy says he plans to reinstate some personnel and programs severed in massive HHS layoffs
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 …
Scholars, groups sue Trump administration over canceled NIH research funding
A public health association and one of the nation’s largest worker unions are suing the Trump administration over the abrupt cancellation of hundreds of research …
FDA delays full approval of Novavax Covid-19 vaccine even though it was on track for clearance
The agency is seeking more data on the vaccine, said the source, who declined to be named because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly about …
Two infants die of whooping cough in Louisiana as cases climb nationally
In his 20 years working in pediatric infectious disease, Dr. John Schieffelin has never seen another illness like pertussis. Also known as whooping cough, it’s …
A city responding to a lead crisis in local schools reached out to the CDC for help. Now, they fear they won’t get it
A few months ago, a test revealed that a child in Milwaukee had elevated levels of lead in their blood. The results triggered an investigation …
Staff cuts at federal health agencies have begun
A massive wave of job cuts began at US health agencies early Tuesday, with some employees receiving early morning emails that their jobs were eliminated …