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RFK Jr. says he plans to reinstate some personnel and programs hit by massive health agency layoffs

Fri, 2025-04-04 12:02 — mike kraft

Kennedy says he plans to reinstate some personnel and programs severed in massive HHS layoffs | CNN Some personnel and programs affected by sweeping reductions at federal health agencies on Tuesday will be reinstated, including a program at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that monitors lead in kids, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday. Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell CNN

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Trump administration immigration crackdoiwn disrupts U.S. caregiving

Fri, 2025-04-04 11:32 — mike kraft

Immigration Crackdowns Disrupt the Caregiving Industry. Families Pay the Price. - KFF Health News Families, nursing facilities, and home health agencies rely on foreign-born workers to fill health care jobs that are demanding and do not attract enough American citizens. The Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies threaten to cut a key source of labor for the industry, which was already predicting a surge in demand. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

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U.S. FDA staff cuts suspend program to improve testng for bird flu

Fri, 2025-04-04 11:20 — mike kraft

FDA suspends program to improve bird flu testing due to staff cuts The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve its bird flu testing of milk, cheese and pet food due to massive staff cuts at the agency, according to an email seen by Reuters and a source familiar with the situation. Leah Douglas Reuters

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Measles cases grow in Texas, with 59 new infections in past 3 days

Fri, 2025-04-04 11:12 — mike kraft

Measles outbreak in Texas hits 481 cases, with 59 new infections confirmed in last 3 days The measles outbreak in western Texas has hit 481 cases as 59 newly identified infections were confirmed over the last three days, according to new data published Friday. ABC News ABC News

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Almost all of the cases are in unvaccinated individuals or in individuals whose vaccination status is unknown, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).

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Bird flu poultry farm reinfections show need for vaccines--experts say

Fri, 2025-03-28 06:54 — mike kraft

Bird flu reinfections at US poultry farms highlight need for vaccines, experts say Aggressive prevention including wider changes to poultry raising needed after at least 56 US farms doubly infected The Guardian

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FDA staff hard pressed to meet product review deadlines because of DOGE job cuts

Fri, 2025-03-28 06:38 — mike kraft

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U.S. CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to state and local health departments

Fri, 2025-03-28 06:24 — mike kraft

CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to health departments across the U.S. “Now that the pandemic is over, the grants and cooperative agreements are no longer necessary," federal health authorities wrote to funding recipients this week. NBC News

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HHS oversees 13 agencies, including the CDC, which is tasked with protecting the nation’s health. Notices began going out Monday, and awardees have 30 days to reconcile their expenditures. Figures are subject to change.

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Cuts in U.S. and European aid predicted to result in 2.9 million HIV deaths by 2030--study

Thu, 2025-03-27 10:03 — mike kraft

Aid cuts predicted to cause 2.9 million more HIV-related deaths by 2030 – study Reductions to overseas budgets by US, UK and EU countries will have ‘devastating consequences’, say researchers in modelling published in the Lancet HIV

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Attorneys General from 23 states charge that Trump administration is still witholding FEMA funds despite a court ruling

Thu, 2025-03-27 09:47 — mike kraft

Nearly Half of the Country’s Attorneys General Make Legal Effort to Restore FEMA Funds - Inside Climate News At least 215 FEMA grants to 19 states remain frozen despite a March 6 federal court order to release them from a judge in Rhode Island. Derek Harrison Inside Climate News

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Climate change dropped from U.S. intelligence agencies' anual threat assement in 2nd Trump adminstration's first report.

Thu, 2025-03-27 09:34 — mike kraft

Climate change taken off spy agencies' global threat list Climate change has been included in annual threat assessments since 2009, in one form or another. Andrew Freedman Axios

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