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Tuesday, April 01, 2025

Massive cuts to Health and Human Services’ workforce signal a dramatic shift in US health policy

On March 27, 2025, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced plans to dramatically transform the department ^[1]. HHS is the umbrella agency responsible for pandemic preparedness, biomedical research, food safety and many other health-related activities ^[2].

In a video posted that afternoon, Kennedy said the cuts and reorganization to HHS aim to “streamline our agency” and “radically improve...

Measles can ravage the immune system and brain, causing long-term damage – a virologist explains

A white child's shoulder with a map made of dots from a measles rash

The measles outbreak that began in west Texas in late January 2025 continues to grow, with 400 confirmed cases in Texas ^[1] and more than 50 in New Mexico ^[2] and Oklahoma ^[3] as of March 28.

Public health experts believe the numbers are much higher, however, and some worry about a bigger resurgence of the disease ^[4] in the U.S. In the past two weeks, health officials have identified potential measles exposures in association...

Protests postponed after pharmacy funding boost

Community pharmacies have delayed protest action after the government agreed a new funding package....

Preventable cardiac deaths during marathons are down

New findings indicate that while the rate of marathon runners who suffer cardiac arrests remained unchanged, their chance for survival is twice what it was in the past. Now, far fewer marathon runners who suffer cardiac arrest are dying of it.

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