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mRNA Vaccine Technology Appears Targeted under Trump and RFK, Jr

Thu, 2025-03-20 17:22 — mike kraft
mRNA Vaccine Technology Appears Targeted under Trump and RFK, Jr. Scientists say that officials from the National Institutes of Health urged them to remove references to mRNA vaccine technology Arthur Allen, KFF Health News Scientific American
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EPA considers giving energy companies more flexibility in disposing toxic wastewater

Thu, 2025-03-20 11:46 — mike kraft
EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater - Inside Climate News Technology to treat produced water has advanced. But critics warn against relaxing protections for disposal “of what is very hazardous material.” Derek Harrison Inside Climate News

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U.S. flu deaths rise amid anti-vaccine disinformation

Thu, 2025-03-20 10:28 — mike kraft
Flu deaths rise as anti-vaccine disinformation takes root As vaccine skepticism gains a greater foothold in the Trump administration and some statehouses, some Americans may already be paying the price, with deaths from influenza on the rise.
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Trump administration medical research cuts expand, raise concerns about brain drain

Wed, 2025-03-19 13:37 — mike kraft
Fallout from Trump research cuts expands across academia Experts predict university research could be forever changed, affecting work on treatments for conditions including cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes. Tina Reed Axios
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Opinion: Trump's cuts to climate change programs can be costly.

Wed, 2025-03-19 12:25 — mike kraft
Trump is tackling every ‘emergency’ except the important one — climate change While Team Trump dwells inside their bubble of false facts and alternative realities, the rest of America is experiencing a relentless succession of tragedies. The human and economic costs are deva… ckulat The Hill
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Trump administration removes surgeon general’s gun violence advisory from HSS website

Tue, 2025-03-18 17:16 — mike kraft
HHS removes surgeon general’s gun violence advisory from its website | CNN The US Department of Health and Human Services has removed the 2024 surgeon general’s advisory on gun violence from its website. Jacqueline Howard, Deidre McPhillips CNN
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Environmental Protection Agency reported considering eliminating its research arm involved in pollution protection

Tue, 2025-03-18 11:03 — mike kraft
EPA considers eliminating its science arm The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering the elimination of its science arm and firing most of its employees, according to documents reviewed by the Democratic staff of the House Sc… rfrazin The Hill

...A plan reviewed by the committee staffers calls for the elimination of the Office of Research and Development as an EPA National Program Office. It called for the elimination of 50 to 75 percent of the office’s 1,540 staffers.

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Health officials in southwest states streached out in combatting measles misinformation

Mon, 2025-03-17 10:50 — mike kraft
Health officials prepare for measles spread as disinformation threatens already low vaccination rates | CNN In efforts to prevent even broader spread, public health officials in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma are working around the clock to raise vaccination rates and otherwise help protect vulnerable communities – work that is challenged by the spread of disinformation. Deidre McPhillips, Neha Mukherjee CNN

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Trump administration reported planning to slash funding for programs to counter vaccine hesitancy

Fri, 2025-03-14 20:07 — mike kraft
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US measles cases top 300, highest in a year since 2019

Fri, 2025-03-14 17:45 — mike kraft
US sees 300-plus measles cases, highest in a year since 2019 The U.S. has recorded more than 300 cases of measles in just the first three months of this year, according to data published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the mos… nweixel The Hill

 

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