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What This Means for You Firefighters: More than 40,000 firefighters have enrolled in a national cancer registry studying job-related cancer risks; enrollment remains open nationwide. Consumers: Certain lots of Rosabella …
CDC Expands Firefighter Cancer Registry as Drug-Resistant Salmonella Outbreak Prompts Supplement Recall Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration moved this past week to tighten its grip on hot-button health and education issues, sending a Title IX case against Minnesota to the Justice …
HHS Escalates Title IX Fight, Unveils TrumpRx Push As CDC Hits Milestone Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal health officials warned consumers to stop using certain “super greens” and moringa supplements after a growing Salmonella outbreak was tied to contaminated moringa leaf powder, while …
CDC Links Salmonella Outbreak to Moringa Supplements; TGS Tops 1 Million Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal health leaders moved on two major fronts this past week, reshaping national vaccine policy oversight while injecting hundreds of millions of dollars into the country’s mental …
New Vaccine Voices Named as $231M Boost Expands 988 Crisis Lifeline Read More WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump Administration unleashed a sweeping reset of federal health and family policy this week, freezing billions in state aid, rolling back Biden-era child care rules, rewriting …
Trump Team Freezes Child Care Funds, Reshapes Vaccines, and Rewrites Diet Rules Read More
ATLANTA, GA — Federal health officials are racing to track down the source of a fast-moving Salmonella outbreak that has already sickened dozens of people nationwide, with raw oysters emerging …
Raw Oysters Under Fire as Salmonella Sickens Dozens Across the U.S. Read More
ATLANTA, GA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday adopted a major change to its childhood immunization guidance, giving parents greater discretion over whether and when their …
CDC Shifts Course on Hepatitis B Birth Shot, Giving Parents New Say Read More ATLANTA, GA — Federal health officials made two consequential moves this month affecting infant health, as advisers voted to loosen long-standing guidance on newborn hepatitis B vaccination while investigators expanded …
CDC Shifts Hep B Guidance as Infant Formula Outbreak Sickens 51 Babies Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week unveiled a rapid series of major policy shifts across science leadership, long-term care regulation, pediatric medical rights, …
HHS Shakes Up Health Policy With Sweeping Moves on Science Leadership, Nursing Homes, Parental Rights, AI — and Vaccines Read More
ATLANTA, GA — A key federal advisory panel voted Friday to endorse a more flexible, parent-driven approach to infant hepatitis B vaccination, marking a significant departure from longstanding U.S. policy …
CDC Panel’s Hepatitis B Shift Sparks New Debate Over Infant Vaccinations Read More