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Really confusing, frustrating time: Ex-CDC official laid off and rehired 3 times

Really confusing, frustrating time: Ex-CDC official laid off and rehired 3 times

Oct 15, 2025

As the shutdown enters its third week, President Trump vows deeper cuts and more firings, echoing earlier DOGE turmoil. The administration is now reversing hundreds of CDC layoffs. Former CDC worker Aryn Melton Backus—laid off and rehired three times—joins...

Child vaccine waivers hit new high

Child vaccine waivers hit new high

Oct 1, 2025

New data shows that Michigan is experiencing its highest rate in years of parents opting their children out of vaccines through waivers, raising serious concerns for public health....

RFK Jr. ‘makes a living on lawsuits that target vaccines:’ Brandy Zadrozny on HHS measles response

RFK Jr. ‘makes a living on lawsuits that target vaccines:’ Brandy Zadrozny on HHS measles response

Jul 13, 2025

Measles cases have surged to their highest level in 33 years, with outbreaks reported in 39 states. In response, critics are urging Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to take stronger action to contain the spread....

Scientists warn what future bird flu mutations could mean for people

Scientists warn what future bird flu mutations could mean for people

Apr 20, 2025

Over 100 federal scientists responsible for monitoring bird flu — including experts in vaccines and food safety — have been laid off, even as the deadly virus continues to spread rapidly through dairy herds and poultry flocks....

Long COVID 2025: Symptoms, diagnosis, post-COVID treatments and the latest long COVID research

Long COVID 2025: Symptoms, diagnosis, post-COVID treatments and the latest long COVID research

Apr 7, 2025

Yale immunobiologist Akiko Iwasaki discusses new research, treatments, and insights from the Yale Long COVID Clinic in a conversation with AMA CXO Todd Unger on the causes, symptoms, and risks of long COVID....

Under Fire: Israel's War On Medics

Under Fire: Israel's War On Medics

Feb 27, 2025

Amid Israel’s ongoing wars in the Middle East, emergency workers and paramedics have faced unprecedented dangers....

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COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?

COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?

AJPM Focus | Oct 13, 2025

HIGHLIGHTS •HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 are preventable infectious diseases with chronic systemic impacts including immune system dysfunction. •Chronic inflammation, immune exhaustion, and accelerated biological aging are shared hallmarks of HIVI/AIDS and Long...

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

JAMA Network Open | Oct 10, 2025

ABSTRACT Importance: Although the adverse outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic on the US labor market have been well documented, the impacts of ongoing SARS-CoV-2 circulation are less clear. Objective: To determine the extent to which COVID-19 continues to ...

H5N1 influenza virus stability and transmission risk in raw milk and cheese

Nature Medicine | Oct 8, 2025

ABSTRACT Highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses have recently spread to dairy cattle, with high levels of virus detected in milk from affected animals, raising concern about the risk posed by unpasteurized dairy products consumed by humans. Here w...

Quantum-enhanced nanodiamond rapid test advances early SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection in clinical diagnostics

Nature Communications | Oct 2, 2025

ABSTRACT Quantum biosensors, which harness quantum effects to detect biomarkers, could address the urgent need for more sensitive rapid diagnostics. Lateral flow tests using nitrogen-vacancy centres in nanodiamond labels offer high sensitivity and robustn...

Severe COVID-19 induces prolonged elevation of the acute-phase protein pentraxin 3

Frontiers in Immunology | Oct 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Introduction: During the acute-phase of COVID-19, elevated levels of several acute-phase proteins, such as C-reactive protein (CRP), mannose-binding lectin (MBL), pentraxin 3 (PTX-3), serum amyloid A (SAA) and surfactant protein D (SP-D), are ass...

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