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Summer Covid cases are rising across the U.S. — Is it time for a vaccine?
NBC The uptick in cases, caused by a variant of the virus nicknamed “razor blade throat,” comes as many Americans have likely gone a year or longer without a Covid shot. As Covid cases begin to rise this summer, many may be wondering: What are my risks, and is it time to get another vaccine? […]
Jul 23, 2025
HHS Adopts ACIP Recommendation to Remove Thimerosal from All U.S. Influenza Vaccines
HHS U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. took action Tuesday signing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommendations to remove the mercury-based preservative thimerosal from all influenza vaccines distributed in the United States. This move follows a 5-1-1 vote at the ACIP’s June 25-26 […]
Jul 23, 2025
What You Should Know About the Plague After an Arizona Death
Bloomberg Last week, local health authorities in northern Arizona confirmed a person died of the plague. It’s the county’s first death from pneumonic plague, a type of bacteria that infects the lungs, since 2007. There’s still a lot we don’t know about the victim, like the person’s age and gender, how the disease was contracted or […]
Jul 16, 2025
Arizona Resident Dies From Plague
New York Times The resident died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in Coconino County, Ariz., since 2007, the county said. A resident of Coconino County, Ariz., died from pneumonic plague, the first such death in the county in almost two decades, officials announced on Friday. The resident went to Flagstaff Medical Center recently […]
Jul 16, 2025
COVID cases likely rising in half of states, CDC estimates
CBS News Video Cases of COVID-19 are now likely growing in 25 states, according to estimates published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, as this year’s summer wave of the virus appears to be getting underway. The agency’s modeling suggests that the uptick is in “many” Southeast, Southern and West Coast states, the CDC said […]
Jul 15, 2025
More than 14M children globally have not received a dose of any vaccine: WHO
ABC News More than 14 million children around the world have not received a single dose of any vaccine, according to new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. This is 4 million more children than the 2024 target set by the WHO and 1.4 million more children than in 2019, which is the […]
Jul 15, 2025
Measles Cases Have Hit a Record High. What Went Wrong?
NYT Video There have now been more measles cases in 2025 than in any other year since the contagious virus was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts fear that with no clear end to the current outbreak, the U.S. may […]
Jul 9, 2025
Cambodia Reports Surge in Human Infections with Avian Influenza A(H5N1)
Global Biodefense Unusual spike in human infections highlights ongoing risks at the human-animal interface and the need for cross-sectoral public health action. Between January and July 2025, Cambodian health authorities reported 11 laboratory-confirmed cases of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1), including six fatalities. Notably, seven of these cases occurred in June alone—an unusual monthly spike. These […]
Jul 9, 2025
Insurers Aren’t Saying Whether They’ll Cover Vaccines for Kids if Government Stops Recommending Them
Wired RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory board could stop recommending some routine childhood immunizations, leaving insurers to decide whether to still cover them. For now, most are remaining tight-lipped. In the wake of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) announcing plans to revisit its recommended schedule for childhood vaccinations—a move that has drawn widespread criticism from […]
Jul 2, 2025
Cambodia reports 3 new human cases of H5N1 bird flu
BNO News Cambodia has confirmed three new human cases of H5N1 bird flu, all linked to the same area where a case was reported last week, according to health officials. The new cases include a 46-year-old woman and her 16-year-old son from Lek village in Daun Keo commune. Both are currently in stable condition. Their […]
Jul 2, 2025