The WHO should blame its own failures for Trump’s withdrawal
As the largest financial contributor to the WHO, the U.S. provides most of the organization’s funding, amounting to more than $367 million of voluntary contributions, compared to China’s paltry sum of ...
A look at changes at US health agencies in the 1st week of the new Trump administration
President Donald Trump's first week in office came with big changes to U.S. health agencies, including the pausing of all ...
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FDA pauses updates on foodborne outbreak probes
The Food and Drug Administration, a federal agency of the HHS, usually releases updates on probes of outbreaks linked to ...
Trump administration paused updates from CDC, FDA. You can use these WA resources instead
Federal health agencies were ordered to pause all communications this week, but these Washington health organizations are still running.
Bird flu isn't an immediate health threat in New York, but preparations have begun
As more cases of bird flu emerge across the country, public health leaders in New York City are watching warily -- and making ...
How RFK Jr. could discourage vaccination
If he’s confirmed as health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have broad authority to pursue an anti-vaccine agenda.
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Pemivibart only option against ‘false reassurance’ of reduced SARS-CoV-2 virulence
The next phase of pre-exposure prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2 currently rests on the shoulders of a single monoclonal ...
Newly FDA-approved COVID-19 treatment helps protect immunocompromised
A big step forward in COVID-19 treatment and a breakthrough for a Florida-based nonprofit blood center serving the southeast. OneBlood just became the first blood center to get full FDA approval to ...
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What does the health and human services secretary do?
The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, or HHS, plays a significant role in every American’s access to health care and in the nation’s overall well-being.
Texas woman sentenced for smuggling unapproved drug across U.S. to cure fatal feline coronavirus disease, $4 million in property seized
A Texas woman was sentenced Wednesday to one year of probation after she admitted to using fake names to smuggle an unapproved drug from China and Hong Kong into the United to treat a fatal cat ...
Balto, RFK Jr., and the Value of Vaccines
Just outside New York City’s Central Park Zoo, not far from where Robert F. Kennedy Jr. once stealthily deposited a dead bear cub, stands a bronze statue to another animal: Balto, the husky that, 100 ...