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Upcoming Conference: Public health and technology -- NextMed Health, March 30-Aug 2

Thu, 2025-03-06 08:56 — mike kraft

Conference alert: NextMed Health is a unique cross-disciplinary international conference exploring the use of accelerating technologies, and their potential to improve the future of health and medicine, including community public health, worldwide. It is being held March 30-April 2nd at the historic Hotel del Coronado located on the beach in San Diego, California.

Sessions include the use of technology to improve “Public, Global and Planetary Health,” and “Accelerating Health Access and Equality.” Among the distinguished faculty speakers are famed epidemiologist Larry Brilliant of the Skoll Foundation, Prof. Chris Mason of Cornell Weill, and Eric Topol of Scripps. Learn more at NextMed Health 2025 and use registration code 'Resilient' to save $500.

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Trump Juistice Department steps up efforts to reclaim funding for climate change programs

Tue, 2025-03-11 11:06 — mike kraft

Trump officials escalate fight to take back $20B in climate money The Justice Department is demanding documents from nonprofits that were awarded the money through the Inflation Reduction Act. Jean Chemnick Politico

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Federal government no longer accepting orders for free Covid-19 tests

Tue, 2025-03-11 10:54 — mike kraft

Federal government no longer accepting orders for free Covid-19 tests | CNN The federal government program that provides free at-home Covid-19 tests says it is “not currently accepting orders,” according to the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response website. Jen Christensen CNN

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Trump administration cuts time to enroll in Obamacare health program

Tue, 2025-03-11 10:50 — mike kraft

Trump administration plans to restrict Obamacare enrollment period

NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters) - The Trump administration aims to close the enrollment period for Obamacare health insurance plans on December 15, one month earlier than the current deadline, the agency that oversees the program said in a press release.

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US measles cases now found in 12 states, a 35% jump

Tue, 2025-03-11 10:20 — mike kraft

US measles cases jump 35% in a week: Now found in 12 states U.S. measles cases jumped by a third over the past week, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, a worrying sign in the outbreak that's already linked to two deaths. Medical Xpress

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U.S. cases since the beginning of the year rose by 58 to 222 across 12 states, the CDC reported Friday, and 38, or 17% of those confirmed cases, have led to hospitalization.

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US aid cuts weaken the fight against maleria, the deadliest disease in Africa

Mon, 2025-03-10 20:10 — mike kraft

No disease is deadlier in Africa than malaria. Trump's US aid cuts weaken the fight against it Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa. No disease is deadlier on the continent, especially for children. AP News

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Texas measles outbreak: doctors try to counter RFK Jr misinformation about vitamin A

Mon, 2025-03-10 19:51 — mike kraft

Doctors push back as parents embrace Kennedy and vitamin A in Texas measles outbreak

March 8 (Reuters) - As a measles outbreak spreads across West Texas, Dr. Ana Montanez is fighting an uphill battle to convince some parents that vitamin A - touted by vaccine critics as effective against the highly contagious virus - will not protect their children.

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TB cases rise in the U.S. and world wide, health officials puzzled by resurgence

Mon, 2025-03-10 12:22 — mike kraft

As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB—a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough—began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of early March ... Medical Xpress

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Trump administration's firings of CDC employees hurts local health departments

Mon, 2025-03-10 11:30 — mike kraft

CDC Firings Fray Lifelines to Local Health Departments - KFF Health News Get our weekly newsletter, The Week in Brief, featuring a roundup of our original coverage, Fridays at 2 p.m. ET. Terry Byrne KFF Health News

The U.S. public health system has long been under strain, stymied by declines in funding as well as employees. And so state and local public health departments around the nation — tasked with monitoring and responding to disease outbreaks that threaten to sicken the masses — have relied on workers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help.

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