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Vaccine aid to developing nations among foreign aid programs being cut by Trump administration

Wed, 2025-03-26 13:21 — mike kraft
Trump administration to cut vaccine aid to developing countries Administration plans to end funding to Gavi, a global health organization that helps provide life-saving care for children The Guardian

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NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change

Wed, 2025-03-26 10:02 — mike kraft
NIH Ends Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research. Annie Waldman,Sharon Lerner ProPublica
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Trump administration pulls back $11.4B in COVID funding for local health departments

Wed, 2025-03-26 09:47 — mike kraft
Trump administration says it will pull back billions in COVID funding from local health departments Federal health officials said Tuesday they are pulling back $11.4 billion in COVID-19-related funds for local public health departments and other health organizations throughout the nation. AP News
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Long Covid office is being closed in Health and Human Services agency

Tue, 2025-03-25 11:58 — mike kraft
Long Covid office latest casualty in HHS shake-up The Trump administration is closing HHS' long Covid office, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO. POLITICO
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mRNA Vaccine Technology Appears Targeted under Trump and RFK, Jr

Thu, 2025-03-20 17:22 — mike kraft
mRNA Vaccine Technology Appears Targeted under Trump and RFK, Jr. Scientists say that officials from the National Institutes of Health urged them to remove references to mRNA vaccine technology Arthur Allen, KFF Health News Scientific American
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EPA considers giving energy companies more flexibility in disposing toxic wastewater

Thu, 2025-03-20 11:46 — mike kraft
EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater - Inside Climate News Technology to treat produced water has advanced. But critics warn against relaxing protections for disposal “of what is very hazardous material.” Derek Harrison Inside Climate News

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Trump administration medical research cuts expand, raise concerns about brain drain

Wed, 2025-03-19 13:37 — mike kraft
Fallout from Trump research cuts expands across academia Experts predict university research could be forever changed, affecting work on treatments for conditions including cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes. Tina Reed Axios
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Major Investments Are Key To Preventing Climate Displacement-- UN report

Wed, 2025-03-19 12:34 — mike kraft
Major Investments Are Key To Preventing Climate Displacement, Says UN While developed countries fret about an 'influx' of climate refugees, developing countries are already grappling with the realities of climate displacement. Frey Lindsay Forbes
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Opinion: Trump's cuts to climate change programs can be costly.

Wed, 2025-03-19 12:25 — mike kraft
Trump is tackling every ‘emergency’ except the important one — climate change While Team Trump dwells inside their bubble of false facts and alternative realities, the rest of America is experiencing a relentless succession of tragedies. The human and economic costs are deva… ckulat The Hill
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Trump administration removes surgeon general’s gun violence advisory from HSS website

Tue, 2025-03-18 17:16 — mike kraft
HHS removes surgeon general’s gun violence advisory from its website | CNN The US Department of Health and Human Services has removed the 2024 surgeon general’s advisory on gun violence from its website. Jacqueline Howard, Deidre McPhillips CNN
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