After cuts to federal agencies and multiple disease outbreaks nationally and abroad, hospitals are working to fill the gaps in public health preparedness and prevention. The threat landscape The federal government cut roughly 17,000 jobs across 17 HHS agencies. The…
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The U.S. has now confirmed more than 2,000 measles cases in 2026 — a milestone that arrives with roughly half the year still ahead and no clear sign of the outbreak slowing. Here are five notes from the CDC’s June…
Houston-area public health officials created an Ebola dashboard to monitor travelers coming to the area for the FIFA World Cup. According to the dashboard, 17 travelers are being monitored, but health officials report the likelihood of Ebola cases in the…
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations is helping fast-track three Ebola Bundibugyo vaccines candidates. “With Bundibugyo virus spreading rapidly and no licensed vaccines, every day counts in the race against this deadly disease,” Richard Hatchett, MD, CEO of CEPI, said…
On June 1, Kenyan authorities said they will continue to build a Ebola treatment complex for “everyone” using U.S. funds, Bloomberg reported. The facility will be built on a U.S. base 125 miles from Kenya’s capital. Health Minister Aden Duale…
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In a May 29 executive order, President Donald Trump directed the CDC to review and potentially update the U.S. childhood immunization schedule, reflecting HHS’ move earlier this year to pare back vaccine recommendations. Five things to know: 1. About six…
The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee has voted to recommend updating this fall’s Covid-19 vaccines to target the XFG variant, a fast-spreading omicron hybrid strain nicknamed “stratus.” XFG carries mutations that could help it partially dodge Covid…
A Kenyan court has halted the opening of a U.S. quarantine facility for American citizens in the country after a local rights group warned the arrangement could pose “grave and imminent risks” to public health, The New York Times reported.…
Bernadette Boden-Albala, MD, MPH, DrPH, has spent her career on the frontier of public health, from eradicating polio alongside UNICEF to building UCI’s Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health from scratch. Her list of field victories is…
The Trump administration plans to send U.S. citizens exposed to Ebola to Kenya for observation and treatment, three people with knowledge of the plans told The New York Times. Here’s the latest on the Ebola outbreak. 1. Dozens of public…