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WaPo bombshell: RFK's CDC burying report on Covid vaccine success

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

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

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

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....

U.S. measles cases surge to highest level in 30 years

U.S. measles cases surge to highest level in 30 years

Dec 26, 2025

The measles outbreak that began in West Texas earlier in 2025 has spread throughout the country, with 50 outbreaks. This is the highest level of cases in 30 years, and the United States runs the risk of losing its "elimination status" by next year. Guest: ...

Queensland researchers find COVID alters brain tissue

Queensland researchers find COVID alters brain tissue

Dec 15, 2025

Scientists from Griffith University in Queensland, Austalia, have found evidence that COVID-19 can cause significant long-term brain alterations even long after the infection. They compared MRI brain scans of infected individuals with those who hadn't bee...

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US State Actions Related to COVID-19 Vaccination Infrastructure and Access Amid Federal Shifts

US State Actions Related to COVID-19 Vaccination Infrastructure and Access Amid Federal Shifts

JAMA | Apr 20, 2026

Immunization programs have historically relied on aligned federal and state policy.1 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) release vaccine regula...

Unexpected detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in US-born patients in putative association with clinical syndromes

Nature Communications | Apr 14, 2026

ABSTRACT Sequential inflammatory stages characterizing early tuberculosis (TB) disease and reports of differentially culturable M. tuberculosis have compounded existing gaps in the detection of paucibacillary TB disease, threatening global elimination goa...

Addressing the Costs and Care for Long COVID: The Long Shadow of the Pandemic

OECD Health Policy Studies | Apr 8, 2026

ABSTRACT Long COVID is a post-acute infection syndrome characterised by the persistence of symptoms following a COVID-19 illness. This novel and complex condition has a debilitating and often disabling impact on patients and remains a challenge for health...

Major concern: clinical risks of positioning post-exertional malaise as a “hallmark” of cardiovascular long COVID

British Journal of Sports Medicine | Apr 8, 2026

A letter to the editor in response to the article "Post-exertional malaise and the myth of cardiac deconditioning: rethinking the pathophysiology of long covid"...

School Difficulties and Long COVID in Children and Adolescents

Academic Pediatrics | Apr 2, 2026

ABSTRACT Objective Pediatric Long COVID (LC) is an infection-associated chronic condition following SARS-CoV-2 infection. While research has begun to elucidate clinical phenotypes, functional impacts are not well described. Methods Cross-sectional data...

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