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Measles: 3 more states report first cases, half of U.S. states now have had cases

Mon, 2025-04-21 10:31 — mike kraft

3 more states report their first measles case of 2025 Louisiana, Virginia and Missouri all reported their first measles cases of 2025 this weekend. ABC News ABC News

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U.S. Flu continues to ebb as pediatric deaths reach 198

Mon, 2025-04-21 10:20 — mike kraft

Flu continues to ebb in US as pediatric deaths reach 198 One state, however—New York—reports high activity of influenza-like illness. CIDRAP

US flu activity declined steadily again last week, with rates of influenza-like illness (ILI) dropping further and staying below baseline levels, but flu-related deaths in children climbed to 198, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its weekly update Friday. ...

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Trump administration turns the COVID information website into a promotion for the China lab leak theory

Fri, 2025-04-18 17:46 — mike kraft

Trump turns a COVID information website into a promotion page for the lab leak theory A federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing and treatment for COVID-19 has been transformed into a page supporting the theory that the pandemic originated with a lab leak. AP News

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Measles outbreaks hit Michigan and Pennsylvania as well as six previously hit states

Fri, 2025-04-18 12:06 — mike kraft

Michigan and Pennsylvania join six other states with measles outbreaks. Here's what to know Michigan and Pennsylvania officials confirmed measles outbreaks this week. U.S. measles cases topped 700 as of Friday, and two children and an adult have died. New Mexico, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas also have active measles outbreaks. AP News

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Long COVID significantly higher in poorer countries, and among persons of Arab or North African ethnicity --study

Fri, 2025-04-18 11:48 — mike kraft

Studies across 14 nations show 25% to 30% rate of long COVID Among the 25% of participants in 1 study who said they experienced long-COVID symptoms, 13% reported sleep disorders. CIDRAP

A new study in BMJ Global Health across 13 middle- and high-income countries reveals that 25% of patients reported symptoms of long COVID after symptomatic COVID-19, and long COVID is significantly more prevalent in participants from less wealthy nations and in patients of Arab or North African ethnicity.

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About 40 per cent of Trump administration's science funding cuts affect states he won

Thu, 2025-04-17 13:38 — mike kraft

Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.’s NIH Slashed Science Funding Across States That Backed Trump - KFF Health News A KFF Health News analysis underscores how the terminations have spared no part of the country, politically or geographically. Of the organizations that had grants cut in the first month, about 40% are in states President Donald Trump won in November. khnkit KFF Health News

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Staff cuts prompt US consumer safety agency to stop collecting data on car accidents, drug cases

Thu, 2025-04-17 12:46 — mike kraft

US consumer safety agency to stop collecting swaths of data after CDC cuts

April 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. consumer product safety agency will stop collecting data on injuries from incidents like car accidents and adverse drug effects due to staff cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to an agency email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation.

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