Keeping With Kennedy’s Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments
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Keeping With Kennedy’s Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West Texas, public health officials increasingly worry that residents are relying on unproven remedies endorsed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and postponing doctor visits until the illness has worsened. Hospitals and officials…

Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories
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Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a sweeping interview, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, outlined a strategy for containing the measles outbreak in West Texas that strayed far from mainstream science, relying heavily on fringe theories about prevention and treatments. He issued a…

Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear
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Opinion | Covid’s Deadliest Effect Took Five Years to Appear

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The first Trump administration deserves fair praise for accelerating the development of these vaccines through Operation Warp Speed, a public-private partnership. But it was the private sector that prevailed and will be remembered. In the United States, vaccines were delivered through an often…

How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks
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How Foreign Aid Cuts Are Setting the Stage for Disease Outbreaks

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Dangerous pathogens left unsecured at labs across Africa. Halted inspections for mpox, Ebola and other infections at airports and other checkpoints. Millions of unscreened animals shipped across borders. The Trump administration’s pause on foreign aid has hobbled programs that prevent and snuff out…

Federal Officials Underplaying Measles Vaccination, Experts Say
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Federal Officials Underplaying Measles Vaccination, Experts Say

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a first test of the Trump administration’s ability to respond to an infectious disease emergency, its top health official has shied away from one of the government’s most important tools, experts said on Sunday: loudly and directly encouraging parents to get their…

Unknown Illness Kills Dozens in Congo as Experts Clash on Cause
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Unknown Illness Kills Dozens in Congo as Experts Clash on Cause

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The mystery behind an unknown illness that has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo just 48 hours after they first showed symptoms deepened after the World Health Organization on Friday offered a new theory that seemingly contradicts African medical experts. At…

Measles Outbreak in Texas and New Mexico Sickens Nearly 100 People
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Measles Outbreak in Texas and New Mexico Sickens Nearly 100 People

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Outbreaks of measles in parts of Texas and New Mexico have sickened nearly 100 people, according to state health officials who warned that the number of cases was expected to rise. An outbreak has been spreading through the South Plains region of Texas…

Opinion | Trump’s Withdrawal From the W.H.O. Will Be Disastrous for Global Health
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Opinion | Trump’s Withdrawal From the W.H.O. Will Be Disastrous for Global Health

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States has long been a leader in global health, and it is critical to the safety of Americans that we remain so — which is why some of President Trump’s isolationist impulses are worrisome. On Monday, hours after taking office, Mr….

Opinion | Hawaii Governor: Robert F. Kennedy Is Unfit to Be HHS Secretary
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Opinion | Hawaii Governor: Robert F. Kennedy Is Unfit to Be HHS Secretary

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In early December of 2019, I called Faimalotoa Kika Stowers, the health minister of Samoa. The measles outbreak that had begun earlier that fall on her small Pacific island nation had spread out of control and become an epidemic that threatened to overwhelm…