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U.S. efforts to counter bird flu reportedly hampered by Trump administration's anti-immigration tactics

Fri, 2025-04-11 10:52 — mike kraft
Trump’s immigration tactics obstruct efforts to avert Bird Flu pandemic, researchers say Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public health workers say. Ariel Carmona Lake County Record-Bee

Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public health workers say.

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US measles batle hindered by confusion over RFK Jr's statements.

Fri, 2025-04-11 10:28 — mike kraft
US measles battle hindered by confusion over health secretary response Since January, 505 people have been infected in Texas and more than 90 total in neighboring New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas. Two chidren have died. Julie Steenhuysen Reuters
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Prescription drugs are a target of Trump's tariffs; U.S. patients, foreign producers affected

Thu, 2025-04-10 10:32 — mike kraft
Trump's trade war: Prescription drugs become a target U.S. President Donald Trump late on Tuesday reiterated he would impose tariffs on imports of pharmaceutical products that have long been spared from past trade disputes due to the potential for harm to patients. Maggie Fick Reuters
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U.S. Government response to multistate measles outbreak hampered by job, grant cuts, experts say

Wed, 2025-04-09 12:09 — mike kraft
Response to multistate measles outbreak hampered by unique set of challenges | CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the ground in Texas for the second time this year, as an ongoing multistate measles outbreak centered in the western part of the state has grown to one of the worst the country has seen in decades. Deidre McPhillips, Neha Mukherjee, Meg Tirrell CNN

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U.S. government pain research office closed down in NIH job purge

Tue, 2025-04-08 11:14 — mike kraft
Unique pain research office eliminated in HHS purge Pain is the most costly chronic health problem in the U.S. In latest RIFs at NIH, an entire division devoted to pain research was closed down. Lev Facher STAT

 

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Trump administration's mass firings decimate offices that release health records

Tue, 2025-04-08 10:21 — mike kraft
Firings at Federal Health Agencies Decimate Offices That Release Public Records - KFF Health News The Department of Health and Human Services’ mass firings included people who fulfill Freedom of Information Act requests for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and FDA, which result in the release of records about government handling of infectious diseases, medical products, and safety problems in health facilities. khnbrettk KFF Health News
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Medical research: 16 states filed court cases against Trump administration's cancellation of medical reserch grants

Mon, 2025-04-07 11:25 — mike kraft
Democratic states sue NIH, RFK Jr. over canceled medical research grants Democratic attorneys general in 16 states led by New York and Massachusetts sued the Trump administration Friday over the cancellation of millions of dollars in National Institutes of Health (NIH) … nweixel The Hill

Democratic attorneys general in 16 states led by New York and Massachusetts sued the Trump administration Friday over the cancellation of millions of dollars in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants for medical research. 

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Analysis: U.S. CDC Budget cuts damage HIV prevention programs

Mon, 2025-04-07 11:07 — mike kraft
HIV prevention was making great strides. Then Trump’s budget axe fell CDC layoffs and program cuts gutted branches responsible for a slew of HIV prevention services, imperiling decades of progress. Jason Mast STAT

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RFK Jr. says he plans to reinstate some personnel and programs hit by massive health agency layoffs

Fri, 2025-04-04 15:02 — mike kraft
Kennedy says he plans to reinstate some personnel and programs severed in massive HHS layoffs | CNN Some personnel and programs affected by sweeping reductions at federal health agencies on Tuesday will be reinstated, including a program at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that monitors lead in kids, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Thursday. Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell CNN

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Trump administration immigration crackdoiwn disrupts U.S. caregiving

Fri, 2025-04-04 14:32 — mike kraft
Immigration Crackdowns Disrupt the Caregiving Industry. Families Pay the Price. - KFF Health News Families, nursing facilities, and home health agencies rely on foreign-born workers to fill health care jobs that are demanding and do not attract enough American citizens. The Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies threaten to cut a key source of labor for the industry, which was already predicting a surge in demand. khnkytjaw KFF Health News

 

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