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Interview on how mpox research is helping prepare for a new pandemic

Thu, 2025-06-05 15:28 — mike kraft

Q&A: How mpox research is helping scientists prepare for a new pandemic The U.S. saw more than 20,000 mpox cases and nearly six dozen deaths during the 2022 global mpox outbreak. San Francisco was hard hit. Today, mpox remains an ongoing public health emergency, according ... Cameron Scott Medical Xpress

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Opinion: Doctors must concentrate on the unvaccinated in countering measles spread.

Thu, 2025-06-05 15:09 — mike kraft

Doctors: The US must concentrate on the unvaccinated to fight measles outbreak Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must address the reasons parents withhold measles vaccine from their children to fight the measles outbreak. Grace Miserocchi Chicago Tribune

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Measles: Information on exposures happening during air travel

Thu, 2025-06-05 14:48 — mike kraft

More measles exposures are happening at airports and tourist destinations. Here’s what travelers need to know | CNN More than 1,100 measles cases have been reported in the United States this year, and the highly contagious virus has put people at risk while they wait in ERs and doctor’s offices — but also at a Shakira concert in New Jersey, at a mall in Minnesota, at a Buc-ee’s store in Texas and in airports and planes in several states. Asuka Koda CNN

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CDC official resigns from COVID vaccine advisory committee following RFK j's statements

Wed, 2025-06-04 17:26 — mike kraft

CDC official resigns from COVID vaccine committee advisory role, sources say

Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos resigned on Tuesday as co-leader of a U.S. CDC working group that advises outside experts on COVID-19 vaccines and is leaving the agency, two sources familiar with the move told Reuters.

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Planned dismantllng of CDC's chronic disease center raises concerns

Wed, 2025-06-04 17:14 — mike kraft

Dismantling CDC’s chronic disease center ‘looks pretty devastating’ to public health experts HHS plans to fold the CDC's chronic disease center into the new Administration for a Healthy America.

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USG government changes in COVID vaccine advice confuse some families

Wed, 2025-06-04 16:59 — mike kraft

COVID vaccine changes confuse and upset some parents and families Federal health officials have changed the game for COVID vaccine access. Pregnant moms and others who rely on them to protect a high-risk family member are scared. NPR

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Multiple vaccine doses lowered risk of long COVID --study

Wed, 2025-06-04 14:04 — mike kraft

Long-COVID diagnoses fairly common in Medicare claims Beneficiaries with 4 or more COVID-19 vaccine doses had a 39% lower rate of long COVID. CIDRAP

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Overall, beneficiaries with four or more COVID-19 vaccine doses had a 39% lower adjusted rate of long COVID relative to beneficiaries without a prior dose (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.61; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.60 to 0.62).

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New mRNA vaccine is more effective and less costly--study

Wed, 2025-06-04 13:56 — mike kraft

New mRNA vaccine is more effective and less costly to develop, study finds A new type of mRNA vaccine is more scalable and adaptable to continuously evolving viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H5N1, according to a study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public ... University of Pittsburgh Medical Xpress

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Analysis: Congressional Republicans taking quieter approach to undermining Obama care

Tue, 2025-06-03 16:17 — mike kraft

Republicans are trying to repeal Obamacare again. Sort of. They’re not branding it an Obamacare repeal this time around, but congressional Republicans are pursuing cuts to programs that are part of the 15-year-old health-care law. Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post

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COVID vaccines: Parents of chldren in clinical trials criticize Trump administration's restrictions

Tue, 2025-06-03 15:18 — mike kraft

A ‘war on children’: as US changes Covid vaccine rules, parents of trial volunteers push back Frustration and anger mount as Trump administration contemplates new trials and restrictions for Covid vaccines The Guardian

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