Author: Claudinne Miller
More than 1,000 health workers urge Kennedy to quit over anti-vax policies
Guardian Letter says Kennedy installed ideologues, endangered US health and ignored pleas as resignations mounted at CDC. A letter published on Wednesday from more than 1,000 past and present workers of the Department of Health and Human Services department (HHS) has demanded the resignation of Robert F Kennedy Jr, insisting the health secretary’s attacks on vaccines […]
Sep 3, 2025
Colorado sees worst measles year in 3 decades after an additional 5 cases are confirmed in Mesa County
ABC News Denver Denver7 is continuing to inform the community about additional exposures in the Grand Junction area over the Labor Day weekend. Colorado is experiencing the worst measles year in three decades after five additional cases of the highly contagious virus were confirmed in Mesa County over the Labor Day weekend. The Colorado Department […]
Sep 3, 2025
I resigned from the CDC. Here are three questions for RFK Jr.
Washington Post OPINION I’ve seen the secretary’s effect on public health policy firsthand. Debra Houry is an emergency physician and was the chief medical officer and deputy director for program and science at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention until last week. Last week, I and two colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control […]
Sep 3, 2025
Florida plans to become first state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates
AP Florida plans to become the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates, a longtime cornerstone of public health policy for keeping schoolchildren and adults safe from infectious diseases. State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, who announced the decision Wednesday, cast current requirements in schools and elsewhere as “immoral” intrusions on people’s rights that hamper parents’ […]
Sep 3, 2025
The U.S. confirms its first human case of New World screwworm. What is it?
NPR The U.S. has confirmed its first human case of the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite whose northward creep from South America has put the country’s cattle industry on high alert in recent months. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in coordination with the Maryland Department of Health, confirmed the case on Aug. 4 […]
Sep 3, 2025
Sorting Lyme disease fact from fiction
Stanford Report An infectious disease expert explains the tick-borne illness and why it’s so often misunderstood by patients and the practitioners advising them. A significant portion of Jake Scott’s practice involves helping patients who believe they have “chronic Lyme disease” understand what may actually be causing their symptoms. “My role combines patient care with education,” said […]
Sep 3, 2025
Epidemiologist breaks down new restrictions on COVID shots
PBS News Many Americans who want to get the newest COVID vaccines may now have a harder time doing so. The Food and Drug Administration limited approval for the shots to adults 65 and older or those who are “high risk” for severe disease. The vaccine was previously available to individuals six months of age […]
Sep 3, 2025
F.D.A. Official Overruled Scientists on Wide Access to Covid Shots
NYT The agency’s staff scientists pointed out how Covid was still unpredictable and posed a threat to toddlers, but the official decided to restrict shots only to children with risk factors. Memos released in recent days by the Food and Drug Administration show that the agency’s vaccine chief overruled staff scientists who favored widespread access […]
Sep 3, 2025
Trump Wants Proof That Covid Vaccines Work. It’s Easy to Find.
NYT In a post on Truth Social, the president suggested that the C.D.C. was being “ripped apart” over a question that was answered long ago. In a message on social media that baffled many scientists, President Trump questioned the effectiveness of the Covid vaccines and demanded that the makers prove that they work. “Many people […]
Sep 3, 2025
Big shakeups to the childhood vaccination schedule could be nearing
STAT Kennedy’s CDC advisory panel, set to meet this month, has signaled change is likely, alarming advocates. Public health experts are bracing for what could be fundamental changes to childhood vaccine policies that don’t align with scientific consensus, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention undergoes a major leadership shakeup. Last week, health secretary […]
Sep 3, 2025