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CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies

The CDC played an instrumental, if imperfect, role in the response to COVID-19. JHDT Stock Images LLC/iStock via Getty Images by Jordan Miller, The Conversation In...

RFK Jr.’s vaccine war threatens to resurrect the ghosts of Jim Crow medicine

This modern war on vaccines is led by figures like Aaron Siri, a lawyer closely associated with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s...

Health care under Harris versus Trump: A public health historian sizes up their records

The presidential debate on Sept. 10, 2024, did not add much context to what the two candidates would do on health care beyond their...

COVID-19, flu and RSV shots − an epidemiologist explains why all three matter this fall

Getty Images Stock Photo by Annette Regan, University of San Francisco The Food and Drug Administration approved and granted emergency use authorization on Aug. 22, 2024,...

Pa. doctors see 25% increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations

Pharmacist Sima Manifar prepares a children’s dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Kansas in 2021. — AP Photo/Charles Krupa/File by...

Infectious diseases spike when kids return to school − here’s what you can do about it

Sick kids can spread diseases in their households and classrooms. kali9/E+ via Getty Images by Libby Richards, Purdue University Ready or not, back-to-school season is here,...

The path to vaccine equity? Address 3 fears, study suggests.

As of August 2022, COVID-19 vaccination rates in Black and Hispanic people exceeded those of white Americans nationally, but only for the initial shots. FatCamera/E+...

Federal government to relaunch free rapid COVID tests mailed to households

Starting from Monday, September 25, the Biden administration is rebooting the COVIDtests.gov website to allow households to request up to four free COVID-19 rapid...

More adults than ever have been seeking ADHD medications

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, social media was awash with promotions for ADHD as an explanation for people’s overwhelmed state of mind....

Hopelessness about the future is a key reason some Black young adults consider suicide, new study finds

The study analyzed survey responses from young Black adults ages 18-30. Motortion/iStock via Getty Images Plus by Janelle R. Goodwill, University of Chicago The Research Brief is...

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