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NEW: After ProPublica contacted leading vaccine skeptic Dr. Joseph Mercola for an article on babies dying after parents turned down vitamin K shots, he publicly reversed his long-held stance that the shots weren't needed.
“The data is clear: vitamin K saves lives,” he wrote.
propublica.org/article/vitamin…
#News #Health #PublicHealth #Children #Medicine #Vaccines #Parenting
A Popular Doctor Had Long Warned That Vitamin K Shots Are Risky for Newborns. Now He’s Changed His Tune.
After ProPublica contacted Dr. Joseph Mercola for an article on babies dying after parents turned down vitamin K shots, he publicly reversed his long-held stance that the shots weren't needed. “The data is clear: vitamin K saves lives,” he wrote.cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
"...Measles can cause brain damage, deafness, or death in newborns. If the baby entered the world with a measles rash and fever, Dowse was prepared to give the infant a spinal tap to assess the risk of neurological damage...."
"...“I wish that people could see what I see,” said Nathan Money, a hospital pediatrician in Utah whose eyes welled up with tears as he described children he has treated for measles struggling to breathe. “This train is going in the wrong direction, and it can feel like a helpless situation, because we’re just not seeing the public messaging and leadership that’s needed to turn this around.”..."
Wired: Anguished Parents, Crying Doctors: Life Amid Utah’s Measles Outbreak
The state’s outbreak means adapting to America’s new reality, in which vaccine-preventable diseases become common again.
Who could have predicted?🤦🏼♀️
As #vaccinations decline, doctors are seeing more #children with #WhoopingCough, #BacterialInfections & other #illnesses.
#PublicHealth #Trump #RFKJr #AntiVax #ConspiracyTheories #medicine #science
nytimes.com/2026/06/02/well/ch…
#ICE detainees are dying by #suicide at an 'alarming' rate, AP investigation finds
Brayan Rayo Garzon was distraught. Detained by ICE, he was on his fourth day of #isolation in a Missouri jail as he battled the fevers & chills of #COVID-19.
His request for #MentalHealth treatment had been put off, records show, & staff had forbidden Rayo from making his nightly call to his mother as a precaution intended to prevent the spread of illness.
#law #HumanRights #PublicHealth
apnews.com/article/ice-suicide…
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ABC News: CDC asks volunteers to screen for Ebola
abcnews.com/video/133345852/?u…
#ebola #outbreak #publichealth
Video CDC asks volunteers to screen for Ebola
The CDC sent an "urgent request" to its workforce to recruit personnel to help screen passengers coming from Central Africa for any potential signs of Ebola illness, per an internal email to staff.Video CDC asks volunteers to screen for Ebola
#Trump admin shutting key #US researchers out of #global #virus response talks, documents & sources reveal
Key officials responsible for leading US #research on #InfectiousDisease threats have been #barred from speaking directly with the #WorldHealthOrganization [#WHO] — effectively shutting some of them out of the global discussions on virus #outbreaks, according to documents & multiple sources.
#nationalism #BrainDrain #medicine #science #health #PublicHealth #NIAID
cnn.com/2026/05/25/politics/gl…
RFK Jr. forced to withdraw charter that opened CDC panel to anti-vaccine quacks
#AntiVax #CDC #AntiVaccine #PublicHealth #CharterWithdrawal
arstechnica.com/health/2026/05…
RFK Jr. forced to withdraw charter that opened CDC panel to anti-vaccine quacks
Charter would have expanded member eligibility and focused on alleged injuries.Beth Mole (Ars Technica)
An American working in the #DRC tested positive for #Ebola, the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (#CDC) confirmed Monday. Authorities did not name the person. Earlier that day, the international charity Serge reported that a Christian missionary physician had “tested positive” after “presenting symptoms consistent with the virus.”
#PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease
cnn.com/2026/05/18/africa/ebol…
