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Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com
People are being arrested for wearing a medical mask in Savannah, Georgia #NoKings
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RFK Jr. Just Replaced the Experts Guiding U.S. Vaccines. Now What?
The Health and Human Services chief’s latest action on vaccinations is unprecedented, and quickly drew condemnation from medical groups who said his dismissal of the vaccine advisory committee put pub...
centerforhealthjournalism.org
Reporting on the Health Equity Backlash
www.cbc.ca
Why it’s going to be hard to end Ontario’s measles outbreak
Ontario currently has more measles cases than in all of the U.S. combined, and infections are climbing in Alberta and Manitoba. CBC’s Jennifer Yoon breaks down what’s behind the resurgence of a diseas...
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Congolese doctor Jean Kaseya: ‘We face a significant risk of a pandemic originating in Africa’
The director of the Africa CDC believes the abrupt cutoff of Western aid will cause great suffering to Africans. At the same time, he sees it as an opportunity to emancipate the continent from foreign...
www.cbc.ca
Alberta government to increase prescription costs for seniors for first time in 31 years | CBC News
For the first time in more than three decades, the province is raising out-of-pocket prescription costs for seniors and Albertans under non-group coverage.
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‘A Coup’: RFK Jr. Ousts Entire CDC Vaccine Committee
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed every member of the CDC Vaccine Advisory committee and will install his own picks.
Dr. Amy Acton@amyactonoh.bsky.social
Ohio’s ready for change—and we’re on the road to make it happen. Join us today: bit.ly/4iUE44O
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americanhealth.jhu.edu
Announcing the 2025 Bloomberg American Health Fellows
The Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is pleased to announce its ninth cohort of Bloomberg Fellows—60 individuals from across the country who ...
www.newyorker.com
Should Political Violence Be Addressed Like a Threat to Public Health?
Treating political violence as a contagion could help safeguard the future of American democracy.
apnews.com
Kennedy's new CDC panel includes members who have criticized vaccines and spread misinformation
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has named eight new vaccine policy advisers to replace the panel that he abruptly dismissed earlier this week.
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Greater Health Equity
Celebrating the work of Sir Michael Marmot and next steps for research and policy
