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Proposed cuts to NIH funding would have ripple effects on research that could hamper the US for decades

In May 2025, the White House proposed reducing the budget of the National Institutes of Health by roughly 40% – from about US$48 billion to $27 billion. Such a move would return NIH funding to levels last seen in 2007. Since NIH budget records began in 1938, NIH has seen…

The Conversation

Ebola cases in Congo rise as authorities race to contain spread of outbreak, health agency says

Africa’s top public health agency said Thursday that suspected Ebola cases in Congo’s southern Kasai province have more than doubled since last week

The Independent UK

Spain's new smoking law plans could mean big changes for travellers

Spain's new regulations would also cover the use of electronic cigarettes and vapes as the country moves to impose stricter controls on tobacco marketing and product distribution in a bid to boost public health.

Euronews

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Fired CDC director who clashed with RFK Jr over vaccines set to testify in Senate

Susan Monarez, who was removed from the public health agency less than a month after being sworn in, to address senators on her ousting by Robert F Kennedy Jr

The Independent UK

Why have energy drinks been banned for under-16s in England? The real question is why it wasn’t done sooner

Expecting parents to police kids’ intake of a psychoactive drug is unrealistic and unfair given the power of social media, says Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

The Guardian - UK

RFK Jr.'s latest 'Make America Healthy Again' report calls for more scrutiny of vaccines and autism

The Trump administration is urging public health agencies to prioritize investigations of vaccine injuries, prescription drug use, and the cause of autism

The Independent UK

Nigeria’s use of soldiers for civilian tasks comes with serious costs – how to prevent this

Nigerians have experienced what it means for their government to be controlled by the military.

The Conversation

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Alarm as WHO accepts increasing amount of dark money from corporate donors

Experts say millions in corporate funding and concealment of donors’ identities raises key conflict-of-interest concerns

The Guardian - US

Chris Christie Says Robert Kennedy Jr. Is Full Of 'Foolish And Vapid Ideas' As Pete Buttigieg Warns Health Chief Stripping Away Public Protections

Former Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) and erstwhile Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg delivered sharp rebukes of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., highlighting bipartisan alarm over his leadership and public health policies.

Benzinga

Australia will soon have its own ‘centre for disease control’. Let’s not repeat the chaos of the US

Australia is a step closer to having its own national agency to inform and co-ordinate public health responses – a permanent Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC).

The Conversation

Food industry lobbying is leading Labour to drop public health plans, experts say

Inaction on ill-health prevention after pressure from junk food and alcohol firms ‘could cause NHS collapse’

The Guardian - UK

WHO Chief Lifts Global Mpox Emergency

Mpox no longer represents a global public health emergency, the WHO said Friday, following a steady decline in cases and deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other affected countries.

International Business Times

Kennedy hearing deepens crisis over dismantling of CDC leadership - health scholar explains why the agency’s ability to protect public health is compromised

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, long considered the nation’s – if not the world’s – premier public health organization, is mired in a crisis that not only threatens Americans’ health but also its very survival as a leading public health institution.

The Conversation

New research challenges the five-a-day fruit and veg target

Five-a-day is one of the most recognisable public health messages – even if most UK adults still fall short of it.

The Independent UK

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Reason

Florida Gets Closer To Being a 'Free State' With Plan To End School Vaccine Mandate

Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo proposed ending the requirement that public school children be vaccinated, calling the mandate "slavery."

The Independent UK

Florida's vaccine mandate removal: What it means for public health

Florida is set to become the first state in the nation to remove vaccine mandates

Al Jazeera

Senate clashes with RFK Jr over vaccine policies and CDC firings

RFK Jr faces bipartisan criticism for allegedly undermining vaccine trust and reshaping public health leadership.

The Independent UK

West Coast states join together to lead vaccine defense as red Florida ends mandate and DC skepticism grows

The states formed the alliance in response to ‘President Trump’s mass firing of CDC doctors and scientists’

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Benzinga

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Vaccine Shake-Up Sparks Coast-To-Coast Divide: West Coast Creates Health Alliance, Florida Rolls Back Requirements

California, Oregon and Washington have joined forces to create a regional vaccine alliance, moving away from federal guidance under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Florida pushes in the opposite direction by eliminating all state vaccine mandates.

Benzinga

Florida Chooses 'Medical Freedom' As State Plans To End Vaccine Mandates, Even For Schools: Experts Warn Of 'Major Disaster' (CORRECTED)

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to reflect the correct year-to-date performance of Moderna stock.

Al Jazeera

Experts call on US Health Secretary RFK Jr to resign over misinformation

Health experts said Kennedy’s ‘repeated efforts to undermine science and public health’ left Americans ‘less safe’.

Reason

FDA Official Pressures YouTube Into Removing a Channel For Posting His Own Vaccine Comments

Not long ago, conservatives were rightly concerned about jawboning. Now they're apparently happy to take part in it themselves.

The Guardian - US

California, Oregon and Washington ally on vaccines in rebuke to Trump’s CDC

Three Democratic governors create West Coast Health Alliance amid growing turmoil at US health agency under RFK Jr

The Independent UK

Governors of Washington, Oregon and California form a health alliance

The Democratic governors of Washington, Oregon and California have created an alliance to safeguard health policies, believing the Trump administration is putting Americans’ health and safety at risk by politicizing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Independent UK

Over 1,000 HHS staffers demand RFK Jr resign as civil war swirls over his remaking of the agency

Employees past and present come togther to express lack of confidence in Robert F Kennedy Jr over turbulent leadership of America’s public health institutions

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