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Lawmakers Clash Over Whether Trump and His Nominees Will Hurt Public Health

One congresswoman named the future of vaccines as one of her biggest concerns

Jan 16, 2025
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Biden Health Officials Say They Built Up Pandemic Defenses. Trump Promises Changes.

The outgoing administration releases a "roadmap" for defenses against infectious diseases

Jan 14, 2025
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Docs Organize Against, and for, RFK Jr.'s Nomination to Run HHS

Letters, visits to senators among their strategies

Jan 13, 2025
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Mpox Clade I in the U.S. Should Be a Wake-Up Call

Sustained global health investment is the need of the hour

Jan 12, 2025
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Growing 'Medical Freedom' Movement Poses Challenge for Public Health

The notion isn't new, but is "coalescing, now, around this phrase"

Jan 10, 2025
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Study Pinpoints Factors Driving COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black Women

Government mistrust persists, certain promotion tactics also seen as exploitive, coercive

Jan 09, 2025
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Florida Grand Jury Investigating COVID Vaccines Finds No Proof of Criminal Activity

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sought the investigation in 2022

Jan 08, 2025
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FDA Adds Guillain-Barre Syndrome Warning to Two RSV Vaccines

Abrysvo and Arexvy labels will caution about risk of rare neurologic disorder

Jan 08, 2025
FDA SAFETY RSV vaccines Abrysvo and Arexvy over a computer rendering of a damaged myelin sheath.
Sick Season Is in Full Force. Here's What the Latest CDC Figures Show.

"A lot of flu out there," said the CDC's Carrie Reed, PhD

Jan 03, 2025
A photo of a flu vaccine in a pharmacy in New York on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.
Older Immunocompromised Folks May Need More From RSV Vaccines

Limited seroconversion and preF IgG fold rises observed

Dec 31, 2024
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Vaccine Injury Claims Spiked During COVID

Only 3% of decided claims under countermeasures program were eligible for compensation

Dec 24, 2024
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Doc Suspected in Mass Killing; Vaccine Injury Claims Spike; Iowa Has First H5N1 Case

Health news and commentary gathered by app staff

Dec 23, 2024
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Trump's Picks for Top Health Jobs Not Just Team of Rivals but 'Team of Opponents'

Candidates have promoted policies and goals that put them at odds with one another

Dec 22, 2024
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Electronic Sepsis Alerts; Reducing Plaques in Coronary Arteries

Also in TTHealthWatch: electronic nudges for flu shots

Dec 21, 2024
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