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Pediatricians raise the alarm on the effect of Trump's immigration crackdown on kids
Perceptions of Safety and Fear of Seeking Emergency Care After 2025 Anti-Immigrant Policies
Suspected plague incident leaves 1 dead, 200 under quarantine in Siberia
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With Pennsylvania hardest hit, worst US measles outbreak since 1991 accelerates
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CDC opens state ordering for COVID-19 vaccines after unexplained delay
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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo: One death every 30 minutes
Aug 15, 2026
The Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo is now the second-largest on record, with more than 2,100 deaths and the virus spreading to a sixth province. Health workers are struggling to contain the rapidly growing outbreak amid community resistance, misinforma...
Ebola Is the latest threat to displaced families in camps in eastern DRC
May 27, 2026
Internally displaced people in the conflict-ridden east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are now confronting another threat: Ebola. Almost a million of them are in Ituri province, home to the three hardest-hit towns in the latest outbreak....
WaPo bombshell: RFK's CDC burying report on Covid vaccine success
Apr 9, 2026
According to The Washington Post, the CDC has delayed releasing a public health report that was scheduled for publication two weeks prior; the findings demonstrate the COVID vaccine's ongoing efficacy....
Corporations Shocking Plan for Our Food Supply
Mar 20, 2026
Four chemical industry insiders are writing America's pesticide playbook, and it's paying off for polluters. The EPA spends 25x more time listening to pesticide companies than to environmental groups....
Ohio State shedding light on long-term impact of COVID
Mar 13, 2026
Six years ago, the United States declared COVID-19 a national emergency. Today, millions continue to experience lingering symptoms known as Long COVID, including those arising from more recent infections....
Minnesota physicians on ICE presence in hospitals
Jan 20, 2026
Minnesota physicians held a press conference describing how Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had obstructed care in health care settings, joined by Senators Alice Mann and Matt Klein and providers from across the state....
Scientific Library
Perceptions of Safety and Fear of Seeking Emergency Care After 2025 Anti-Immigrant Policies
JAMA Network Open | Oct 5, 2026
INTRODUCTION Anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies have been associated with reduced health care utilization in immigrant communities, a phenomenon described as a chilling effect. In 2017, federal anti-immigrant rhetoric was associated with safety concerns...
Multimodal genomic surveillance for respiratory pathogens at four U.S. international airports: A comparison of air, wastewater, clinical, and national surveillance data
PLOS Global Public Health | Sep 9, 2026
ABSTRACT Early detection of outbreaks and emerging pathogens is critical for public health and global biosecurity. Airports, as major international travel hubs with dense, enclosed populations, are high-risk settings for disease transmission and potential...
Associations between self-reported SARS-CoV-2 infections and the diagnosis of new health conditions
Canada Communicable Disease Report | Sep 3, 2026
ABSTRACT Background: Preexisting health conditions increase the risk of severe outcomes after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Emerging evidence suggests this relationship may be bi-directional with infection potentially increasing the risk of new health condition d...
National Trends and Predictors of Waiting Times for Cancer Surgery in the US
JAMA Surgery | Aug 12, 2026
ABSTRACT Importance As cancer care becomes increasingly complex, patients may experience prolonged delays between diagnosis and definitive surgical management. While consolidation and expansion of health systems, along with centralization of care, may fu...
Virus reactivation in acute and long COVID-19
Nature | Aug 5, 2026
ABSTRACT Chronic viral infections are ubiquitous in humans, with individuals carrying multiple viruses that can reactivate during physiological stress, including severe illness1. Notably, SARS-CoV-2 infection has been shown to reactivate chronic viruses s...
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Suspected plague incident leaves 1 dead, 200 under quarantine in Siberia
CIDRAP News | Oct 5, 2026
With Pennsylvania hardest hit, worst US measles outbreak since 1991 accelerates
World Socialist Web Site | Sep 28, 2026
America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
NBC News | Sep 24, 2026
