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COMMENTARY: RFK Jr's mercurial congressional testimony again showcases ideology over vaccine science
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (761+ words) Kennedy's previous activism against mercury emissions was well-founded. Coal-fired power plants are a major, human-caused source of mercury emissions. Released mercury deposits into water and soil, where microbes convert part of it into methylmercury, the form that bioaccumulates in fish…...
Less than half of US infants exposed to hepatitis C are tested, and fewer are treated
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (685+ words) A'study of more than 4, 500 US infants exposed to hepatitis C virus (HCV) in utero or at birth from 2014 to 2021 finds that only 42% were later tested for the potentially serious but highly treatable infection, and few received the recommended treatment. A…...
Quick takes: California urges mpox vaccination, UK men B campaign, Legionnaires' in North Carolina
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (431+ words) This week marks European Immunization Week, and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) today highlighted a new report marking 15 years of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in the region. Now all European Union countries have HPV recommendations in…...
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1+ day, 22+ hour ago (12+ words) COVID vaccines tied to less hospital care, long COVID, and economic burden'CIDRAP...
CIDRAP Op-Ed: When you get what you wish for: How anti-vax advocacy is making Big Pharma bigger
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (612+ words) That anecdote likely resonates with parents navigating the latest toy du jour, but there's actually a larger lesson for us. As any parent of a collector knows, pushing back on one thing doesn't always produce the outcome you intended. For…...
Report details tetanus in 4 unvaccinated US kids, including refusal of post-exposure prevention
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (643+ words) None of four US children diagnosed as having tetanus in 2024 had completed a recommended primary tetanus toxoid'containing vaccine (TTCV) series, and none received TTCV or preventive tetanus immunoglobulin (TIG) between their exposure and symptom onset." And despite all four children…...
The State of US Vaccine Policy " Apr 16, 2026
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (622+ words) Welcome to our biweekly series in partnership with CIDRAP at the University of Minnesota." The PDF version of today's update is"here. Read past installments"here and today's update on the Unbiased Science Substack here. President Donald Trump just nominated…...
Study finds shorter antibiotic courses may be appropriate for some hospitalized pneumonia patients
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (984+ words) Shorter antibiotic treatment durations may be as safe and effective as longer ones for a small subset of patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), researchers reported this week in the'Annals of Internal Medicine. For the'study, a team led by researchers…...
New poll shows support for MAHA is "highly vulnerable
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (598+ words) Gage Skidmore / Flickr cc A new poll from a progressive polling firm shows support for the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement is narrow and highly vulnerable, and that support drops significantly when voters learn about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. s…...
Vaccine skepticism now the norm for many Americans
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (612+ words) A new poll today in Politico suggests that vaccine skepticism is now just as prevalent as vaccine confidence for Americans, with one-third of respondents reporting they see reducing vaccines as a core principle of the Make America Healthy Again movement....