#Public health
Latest news articles tagged with "Public health". Follow the timeline of events, related topics, and entities.
Articles (10)
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🇺🇸 Kazakhstan’s train hospital brings healthcare to remote regions
[USA]
101 East joins doctors on board a medical train delivering vital healthcare to Kazakhstan’s most remote communities.
Related: #Healthcare access, #Remote communities, #Medical innovation, #Social impact -
🇺🇸 RFK Jr. expands vaccine oversight panel amid growing legal battles
[USA]
Related: #Vaccine policy, #Legal battles, #Healthcare industry, #Government regulation
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🇺🇸 How safe is America from polio?
[USA]
After decades of American children routinely receiving polio vaccines, the virus that had doomed many to paralysis was nearly eliminated in the United States. But vaccine avoidance today may allow the...
Related: #Vaccination, #Disease prevention, #Medical history -
🇬🇧 South African farmers fear devastation as foot-and-mouth takes hold
[United Kingdom]
The government has begun a vaccination programme but officials have been blamed for a slow response.
Related: #Agricultural crisis, #Government response, #Economic impact -
🇺🇸 Trump signs executive order to promote the production of weedkiller that's hated by MAHA
[USA]
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement is largely opposed to glyphosate.
Related: #Agricultural policy, #Chemical regulation -
🇺🇸 Leavitt: Trump concerned with Potomac River sewage stench, with America 250 celebrations planned for summer
[USA]
A sewage pipe collapse just outside of Washington, D.C. that spilled 200 million gallons of wastewater into the Potomac River has caught Trump's attention.
Related: #Environmental crisis, #Infrastructure failure, #Political response, #Summer celebrations -
🇺🇸 NIH chief to become CDC acting director
[USA]
Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, has been tapped as acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention following Jim O'Neill's removal last week, accordi...
Related: #Leadership changes, #Government appointments -
🇺🇸 Public health, green groups sue EPA over repeal of rule supporting climate protections
[USA]
A coalition of health and environmental groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, challenging the rescinding of a scientific finding that has been the central basis for U.S. action...
Related: #Climate change, #Environmental policy, #Litigation -
🇺🇸 Newly obtained emails undermine RFK Jr.'s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip before measles outbreak
[USA]
Documents obtained by The Guardian and The Associated Press undermine Robert F_ Kennedy Jr_'s testimony during his Senate confirmation hearings that the 2019 trip he took to Samoa before a devastating...
Related: #Vaccination controversy, #Political testimony, #Media investigation -
🇺🇸 Fear among Minnesota's Somali community compounds a public health woe: Low measles vaccination rates
[USA]
Public health officials say a measles crisis has long been brewing in Minnesota
Related: #Vaccination hesitancy, #Community health