This article originally appeared at TomDispatch. Consider two phenomena that might seem unrelated. This fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data showing a marked increase in overdose fatalities nationally. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute…
The recently hired chief medical officer of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, whose arrival gave agency scientists hope, is leaving after just six months. The Washington Post first reported Jennifer Shuford’s planned departure, citing three anonymous sources familiar…
Bob Sears on TPUSA's Culture Apothecary: “The media portrays measles as a deadly infection that's going to kill everyone left and right. That's not played out in our country for many decades now. It's not a fatal infection in a…
Seven mink have tested positive on C&T Fenn Farms, and no federal rules cover sick mink, ProPublica reports; Utah has issued a verbal hold instead of a formal quarantine. Bird flu has been spreading for more than two months…
The five earlier deaths were a newborn, a six-week-old infant, an 18-year-old, a 20-year-old and a 40-year-old woman. All six were unvaccinated, with the two infants too young to have that protection. The state submitted its request regardless on October…
Since 1991, the Hepatitis B vaccine, administered at birth, has prevented approximately half a million childhood Hepatitis B infections. That’s pretty awesome, especially considering how dangerous (very) a Hepatitis B infection can be for children. According to a study published in…
The strain of bird flu that’s ripped through American barns for the last four years has killed two people who caught it from sick animals. But as far as anyone can tell, humans can’t spread it. The virus has remained…
The strain of bird flu that’s ripped through American barns for the last four years has killed two people who caught it from sick animals. But as far as anyone can tell, humans can’t spread it. The virus has remained…
The Albanese Labor government has ended free COVID vaccination for most of the Australian population, removing one of the last remaining public health protections against the continuing pandemic. Since October 1, COVID vaccinations have cost up to $180 per dose for those…
KFF’s recently released Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust finds that amid continued polarization over the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, public confidence in the safety of these vaccines for use during pregnancy has fallen, and many are uncertain about…
Measles and other outbreaks as progressive outlets report them, the CDC's shrinking capacity, state health departments and the people who staff public health.
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