Author: Claudinne Miller
NIH plans to test GLP-1s, other drugs for long COVID
Chemical & Engineering News The National Institutes of Health’s flagship long COVID initiative, RECOVER—short for Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery—has after a year of deliberation selected several drug candidates to test as treatments for the condition. Over the course of a 2-day workshop in Bethesda, Maryland, this week, RECOVER representatives detailed plans to launch clinical […]
Sep 17, 2025
How billions of hacked mosquitoes and a vaccine could beat the deadly dengue virus
Nature Outbreaks of dengue are killing thousands of people in South America each year and getting worse. Brazil hopes to turn the tide with a home-grown vaccine and an army of mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria. Last month, a parade of vehicles wound its way through three cities in Brazil, releasing clouds of mosquitoes into the air. […]
Sep 17, 2025
Nebraska confirms first case of bird flu in dairy cattle herd
Reuters Nebraska confirmed its first case of bird flu in a dairy cattle herd, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday, showing the virus continues to spread in livestock after an outbreak began last year. Dairy cattle in 17 states have been confirmed to be infected since the start of the outbreak in March 2024, though […]
Sep 17, 2025
Fired CDC leader tells senators about pressure from RFK Jr.
Washington Post Susan Monarez, who was fired last month as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told senators Wednesday that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressured her to change the childhood vaccine schedule and told her he was also speaking to President Donald Trump about the issue. Monarez told members […]
Sep 17, 2025
Women With Long COVID May Have Heavier Menstrual Bleeding
MedPageToday Long COVID was associated with abnormal uterine bleeding but not impaired ovarian function, a study of U.K. women found. Survey respondents with long COVID reported increased menstrual volume, duration, and intermenstrual bleeding without differences in regularity and frequency of their period compared with those who never had COVID. And women who recovered from acute […]
Sep 17, 2025
Kennedy’s vaccine panel expected to recommend delaying hepatitis B shot in children
NPR A key federal vaccine advisory panel whose members were recently replaced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to vote to recommend delaying, until age 4, the hepatitis B vaccine that’s currently given to newborns, according to two former senior officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Triatomine bugs — […]
Sep 17, 2025
What to Know About the ‘Kissing Bug’ Disease
NYT Though some researchers believe it should be labeled endemic in the United States, most Americans don’t need to worry about getting sick. Perhaps you’ve seen the “kissing bug” disease all over the internet in the past few weeks — and the images of the culprit, a dark, penny-sized insect with orange and red markings […]
Sep 17, 2025
HHS, CDC Announce New ACIP Members
HHS The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today announced the appointment of five new members to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). These appointments reflect the commitment of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to transparency, evidence-based science, and diverse expertise in […]
Sep 17, 2025
Tracking County-Level Measles Cases in the US
JAMA Prior to the introduction of the measles vaccine, more than 90% of US residents were infected with the measles virus before the age of 15 years, with the 3 million to 4 million annual cases of measles resulting in approximately 48 000 hospitalizations.1 After the licensure of the first measles vaccine in 1963, national efforts to […]
Sep 17, 2025
I inserted myself into a conversation at a bar about Covid and vaccines. Here’s what happened
STAT This essay was adapted from Jess Steier’s newsletter, “Unbiased Science.” “I did my best to stay out of it. But the science burst out of me” For the last few weeks of summer, my mom visited from Florida. It was amazing, as it always is, to have her here spending time with the family […]
Sep 10, 2025
