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“The country is less safe”: CDC disease detective program gutted

The cadre of elite disease detectives at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to be left in ruin today as the Trump...

H5N1 testing in cow veterinarians suggests bird flu is spreading silently

Three veterinarians who work with cows have tested positive for prior infections of H5 bird flu, according to a study released today by the Centers...

Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least vaccinated counties

Still, the county-wide number obscures pockets of yet lower vaccination rates. That includes the independent public school district in Loop, in the northeast corner of...

H5N1 bird flu spills over again; Nevada cows hit with different, deadly strain

The spread of H5N1 bird flu in dairy cows is unprecedented; the US outbreak is the first of its kind in cows. Virologists and infectious...

FDA approves first non-opioid pain medicine in more than 20 years

The approval "is an important public health milestone in acute pain management," Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, J.D., M.D., acting director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation...

WHO starts cutting costs as US withdrawal date set for January 2026

“Just stupid” On January 23, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sent a memo to staff announcing the cost-cutting measures. Reuters obtained a copy of the...

Florida man eats diet of butter, cheese, beef; cholesterol oozes from his body

What could go wrong with eating an extremely high-fat diet of beef, cheese, and sticks of butter? Well, for one thing, your cholesterol levels could...

Trump orders US withdrawal from the World Health Organization

The United States noticed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2020 due to the organization’s mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose...

Splash pads really are fountains of fecal material; CDC reports 10K illnesses

Once infectious material gets into the water, disinfection systems that aren't working properly or are inadequate can allow pathogens to gush from every nozzle. Splash...

Surgeons remove 2.5-inch hairball from teen with rare Rapunzel syndrome

Hair is resistant to digestion and isn't easily moved through the digestive system. As such, it often gets lodged in folds of the gastric lining,...

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