Disease Prevention

Schools across the United States are closing due to spikes in influenza and other seasonal illnesses. As the 2024–2025 flu season rages on with no peak yet in sight, some school systems are overwhelmed with sick students and staff.

Schools and even entire school districts are temporarily closing down in Texas, Ohio, Georgia, Tennessee and other states.

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Abrupt U.S. foreign aid slashes put pressure on Europe, but some countries also turn inward

Wed, 2025-02-05 15:29 — mike kraft

U.S. aid void puts pressure on Europe, where some also turn inward The sudden USAID freeze unleashed chaos for aid groups, but European governments cannot replace the sheer scale of U.S. funding and may not even be inclined to. Ellen Francis The Washington Post

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Most communication from U.S. federal health agencies still blocked although some allowed

Wed, 2025-02-05 14:47 — mike kraft

Some communication from federal health agencies is now allowed; most still blocked The CDC hasn't released its weekly MMWR report since Jan. 16. NBC News

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U.S. CDC restores some but not all health related information on its website

Tue, 2025-02-04 15:43 — mike kraft

On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention purged from its website thousands of pages that included terms such as “transgender,” “L.G.B.T.” and “pregnant person,” to comply with an executive order barring any material that promoted “gender ideology.”

By Monday, some of the pages had reappeared, in part in response to intense media coverage, backlash from the scientific community and concern for the public’s health, according to a senior official with knowledge of the matter.

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Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills one and infects two other people

Mon, 2025-02-03 23:46 — mike kraft

Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse and infects 2 other people Ugandan authorities have begun a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week ABC News ABC News

...This is the first trial to assess the efficacy of a vaccine against the Sudan strain, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement.

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