Well being and Human Companies (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s determination this week to cancel tons of of tens of millions of {dollars} in mRNA vaccine funding will depart america unprepared for the following pandemic and different public well being emergencies, public well being consultants warned.   “I’ve tried to be objective & non-alarmist in response to current HHS actions—but quite frankly this move is going to cost lives,” President Trump’s former surgeon common,...

Deliberate Parenthood will shut its two clinics in Louisiana on Sept. 30 because the group faces funding challenges underneath President Trump’s tax and spending bundle.  Deliberate Parenthood Gulf Coast President Melaney Linton stated in a press release the Louisiana closures are a “direct result of relentless political assaults.”  “This is not a decision we wanted to make; it is one we were forced into by political warfare. Anti-reproductive health lawmakers obsessed with power and...

An outbreak of the chikungunya virus within the manufacturing hub of Foshan close to Hong Kong has prompted Chinese language authorities to implement sturdy precautionary measures to forestall new circumstances from the mosquito-borne sickness. What’s chikungunya? Chikungunya is a illness brought on by a virus carrying the identical identify. It was first found in 1952 in Tanzania, however circumstances and outbreaks have since been reported in additional than 100 international...

(NEXSTAR) – Three folks have died and not less than 67 have been contaminated as a cluster of Legionnaires’ illness instances in New York Metropolis continues to unfold. The case rely has ballooned because the micro organism that causes Legionnaires’ began sickening folks in late July. Metropolis well being officers hyperlink the outbreak in Central Harlem to cooling towers, buildings containing water and a fan which might be used to chill buildings. They stated 11 of those...

WASHINGTON (AP) — So-called mRNA vaccines saved thousands and thousands of lives throughout the COVID-19 pandemic — and now scientists are utilizing that Nobel Prize-winning know-how to attempt to develop vaccines and coverings towards a protracted record of ailments together with most cancers and cystic fibrosis. However this week, U.S. Well being Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine critic, canceled $500 million in government-funded analysis tasks to create new mRNA vaccines...

President Trump’s first-term surgeon basic, Jerome Adams, sharply criticized the choice by Well being and Human Companies (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday to pare again investments in mRNA vaccine tasks, together with these underway to assist struggle fowl flu and COVID-19. “I’ve tried to be objective & non-alarmist in response to current HHS actions – but quite frankly this move is going to cost lives,” Adams mentioned Tuesday in a submit on the social platform X. “mRNA...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Over 20 individuals fell sick from consuming uncooked milk offered within the Sunshine State, in line with a bulletin from the Florida Division of Well being (FDH). The FDH bulletin, which supplied an replace on uncooked milk availability in northeast and Central Florida, stated there have been 21 circumstances of individuals falling sick from campylobacter and shiga toxin-producing E. coli. The diseases have linked to the consumption of uncooked milk from “a...

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The Division of Well being and Human Companies (HHS) is winding down its mRNA vaccine improvement actions below the Biomedical Superior Analysis and Improvement Authority (BARDA), the company introduced Tuesday. “We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. mentioned in a press release. The winding down will embrace the cancellation of some contracts, he added. “BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments because the data...

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ illness in New York Metropolis has killed two individuals and sickened 58 since late July. Metropolis well being officers hyperlink the Central Harlem outbreak to cooling towers, buildings containing water and a fan which can be used to chill buildings. They stated 11 of those towers initially examined optimistic for a sort of micro organism that causes Legionnaires’ illness, however the issue has been remedied. They urged individuals within the space with...

President Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose tariffs of as much as 250 p.c on pharmaceutical imports, the very best charge he’s mentioned so far.  “We’ll be putting a, initially small tariff on pharmaceuticals,” Trump instructed CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”  “But in one year, one in a half years maximum, it’s going to go to 150 percent, and then it’s going to go to 250 percent, because we want pharmaceuticals made in our country,” Trump stated.  The White Home...

The Trump administration on Monday authorised six extra states looking for to ban meals stamp recipients from buying processed meals.  Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Texas and Florida acquired federal waivers to regulate Supplemental Diet Help Program (SNAP) tips outlawing the acquisition of junk meals with state funds in 2026.  Colorado was the primary blue state to undertake the measure.  “SNAP is a supplemental nutrition program meant to provide health food...

The Gates Basis has introduced that over the subsequent 5 years, it is going to spend $2.5 billion on analysis for points that have an effect on ladies’s well being, resembling menopause and preeclampsia. “Women’s health continues to be ignored, underfunded and sidelined,” Bill Gates said in a news release announcing the donation. “Too many women still die from preventable causes or live in poor health. That must change.” In accordance with the Affiliation of American...

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New Hampshire is the primary Northeastern state to ban gender-affirming well being take care of minors after its Republican governor gave ultimate approval to payments that can ban the usage of sure prescription drugs and surgical procedures to deal with gender dysphoria starting subsequent yr.  Gov. Kelly Ayotte, a former U.S. senator who gained New Hampshire’s gubernatorial election in November, signed two payments Friday limiting entry to transition-related care within the state,...

Well being and Human Providers (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. mentioned Monday he’s “reviewing” whether or not to take away all members of an influential advisory committee that gives steering about preventive well being providers.  The U.S. Preventive Providers Job Power consists of medical specialists who serve four-year phrases on a volunteer foundation. They’re appointed by the HHS secretary and are speculated to be shielded from political affect.  The duty drive...