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Politics Exclusive Trump Officials Prepare Plans to Revive Title 42 Policy to Expel Migrants, Documents Show
Plans would allow U.S. immigration officials to swiftly expel migrants on the grounds that they could spread diseases like tuberculosis
Starmer Announces Big Cut to UK Aid Budget to Boost Defense Spending
PM confirms rise in military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027–three years earlier than planned
Chinese Researchers Find Bat Virus Enters Human Cells Via Same Pathway as COVID
- A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19
U.S. Joins WHO-Led Flu Vaccine Meeting, Despite Planned Withdrawal From Agency
CDC, FDA are participating virtually in gathering seen as critical to public health
Trump Wants to Lower the Cost of IVF. A New Executive Order Seeks Ideas to Do That
The order directs Trump's assistant for domestic policy to generate a list of policy ideas for "protecting IVF access and aggressively reducing costs
Kennedy Says Panel Will Examine Childhood Vaccine Schedule After Promising Not to Change It
On Tuesday RFK Jr. vowed to investigate the childhood vaccine schedule that prevents measles, polio, and other dangerous diseases
Urgent CDC Data and Analyses on Influenza and Bird Flu Go Missing as Outbreaks Escalate
The CDC estimates at least 24 million illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations, and 13,000 deaths from the flu since the start of October
It's Like "Dead Birds Flying": How Bird flu is Spreading in the Wild
"The beaches were just loaded with carcasses. We saw basically every [elephant seal] pup dead. We estimate about 18,000 dead baby elephant seals."
Dismay as UK Poised to Cut Funding for Global Vaccination Group Gavi
: Aid charities alarmed as decision would come in wake of Donald Trump’s decision to freeze USAID activities
U.S. Aid Void Puts Pressure on Europe, Where Some Also Turn Inward
The sudden USAID freeze unleashed chaos for aid groups, but European governments cannot replace the sheer scale of U.S. funding
Uganda Begins Ebola Vaccine Trial After New Outbreak
Uganda has launched a trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus, following an outbreak in the country that has killed one person
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, HIV, and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work