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While Scientists Race To Study Spread of Measles in US, Kennedy Unravels Hard-Won Gains

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Scientists are conducting genetic analyses to see if the measles outbreak that started in Texas is still spreading from state to state. It’s a contentious question, because the findings may determine whether America loses its measles-free status.

Under Kennedy, America’s Health Department Is in the Business of Promoting Kennedy

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Under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Department of Health and Human Services increasingly uses its social media channels to promote Kennedy himself and his agenda. Interviews with over 20 former and current employees provide a look inside an agency where personality and politics steer communications with the public.

Trump quiere que los estadounidenses tengan más hijos, pero críticos afirman que sus políticas no ayudan a criarlos

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Un paquete de programas federales que por años han apoyado a mujeres y niños también está en la mira de Trump y de miembros de su gabinete, que dicen impulsar políticas pro natalidad.

Trump Wants Americans To Make More Babies. Critics Say His Policies Won’t Help Raise Them.

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The administration’s embrace of the pronatalist movement often doesn’t include support for programs traditionally associated with the health and well-being of women, children, and families.

Autoridades quieren retrasar la vacuna contra la hepatitis B. Lo que los padres deben saber

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Desde 1991, una dosis de la vacuna al nacer es hasta 90% efectiva para prevenir la infección transmitida por la madre si se administra en las primeras 24 horas de vida.

RFK Jr. Wants To Delay the Hepatitis B Vaccine. Here’s What Parents Need To Know.

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A CDC panel is reconsidering the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. Renewed doubt could lead to fewer kids getting vaccinated, leaving them vulnerable to an incurable, preventable virus that can be acquired by indirect contact with infected blood.

Niños y adolescentes aceleran con las bicicletas eléctricas mientras se estanca la supervisión federal

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Las regulaciones federales sobre bicicletas eléctricas son limitadas y los esfuerzos para ampliarlas se han estancado, lo que ha dejado a estados y condados con la tarea de llenar ese vacío.

Not Serious Enough To Turn on the Siren, Toddler’s 39-Mile Ambulance Ride Still Cost Over $9,000

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After her son contracted a serious bacterial infection, an Ohio mother took the toddler to a nearby ER, and staffers there sent him to a children’s hospital in an ambulance. With no insurance, the family was hit with a $9,250 bill for the 40-minute ride.

Caída de las tasas de vacunación y de la inmunidad alimentan brotes de tos convulsa

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Texas registró 1.928 casos de tos convulsa en 2024. Para octubre de 2025, el estado ya superaba los 3.500. A nivel nacional, las cifras son igual de alarmantes.

Kids and Teens Go Full Throttle for E-Bikes as Federal Oversight Stalls

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States, counties, and schools step in to improve safety amid an uptick in e-bike injuries, while federal regulatory efforts stagnate.

Kennedy Sharpens Vaccine Attacks, Without Scientific Backing

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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims that the aluminum ingredients in vaccines cause a variety of harmful reactions, from allergies to autism. Scientists say that’s wrong and warn of risks if they’re removed. Here are some of the basics.

What To Know About the CDC’s Baseless New Guidance on Autism

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A reshaped CDC website suggesting that vaccines cause autism has appalled the medical community.

What the Health? From Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½Ò•îl Health News: The GOP Circles the Wagons on ACA

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Republicans are solidifying their opposition to extending pandemic-era subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans and seem to be coalescing around giving money directly to consumers to spend on health care. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to leave his mark on the agency, with the CDC altering its website to suggest childhood vaccines could play a role in causing autism. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½Ò•îl Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Avik Roy.

Waning Immunity and Falling Vaccination Rates Fuel Pertussis Outbreaks

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New details from health officials suggest the whooping-cough surge may be part of a national pattern driven by slipping vaccine coverage and waning immunity, with infants bearing the brunt of the consequences.

Health Care Costs Jump to the Fore as Candidates Jockey To Be California Governor

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During a California gubernatorial debate, candidates promised to protect people’s access to health care and fight back against Trump administration cuts. With the contest a year away, polling shows voters want the next governor to minimize out-of-pocket health care costs, increase mental health care, and expand caregiving services.

Louisiana tardó meses en alertar a la población tras la muerte de dos bebés durante un brote de tos ferina

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Cuando hay un brote de una enfermedad prevenible con vacunas, funcionarios habitualmente alertan a los residentes, difunden actualizaciones sobre la amenaza creciente, y promueven las dosis.

Louisiana Took Months To Sound Alarm After Two Babies Died in Whooping Cough Outbreak

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Louisiana health officials appear to have deviated from the usual steps for public health communications amid a whooping cough outbreak after it killed two infants.

Médicos, callados mientras Florida busca terminar con décadas de mandatos de vacunación infantil

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Sin embargo, si las tasas de vacunación bajan, aumentan los casos de enfermedades como sarampión, hepatitis, meningitis y neumonía e incluso podrían regresar enfermedades como la difteria y la poliomielitis.

Doctors Muffled as Florida Moves To End Decades of Childhood Vaccination Mandates

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Florida has announced plans to end mandatory vaccination. Now scientists are assessing which of several diseases deadly to children — whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus — are likely to make a resurgence and when.