Trump cuts communication from health agencies despite growing bird flu threat
Rachel Maddow reports on the damage aleady being done by the bird flu outbreak and how Donald Trump's freeze on communication from health agencies threatens efforts to contain the disease.
US health agencies cancel external meetings, travel after Trump admin directives
U.S. health agencies including the CDC this week canceled meetings with external groups, paused some public health publications and told employees to freeze travel after directives from the Department of Health and Human Services,
Health researchers alarmed as Trump administration pauses travel, communications
The halt has frozen research grants, meetings and key health updates. “Everything is basically in chaos,” said one cancer researcher.
Trump administration directs federal health agencies to pause communications
Amid a deluge of executive actions, the Trump administration has directed federal health agencies to pause external communications, such as regular scientific reports, updates to websites and health advisories,
Trump administration expected to go outside CDC for acting director
The Trump administration is expected to tap Susan Coller Monarez, the deputy director of a federal health research agency, to serve as the acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and posts
The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month
Under Trump, we could be flying blind when it comes to bird flu, other infectious diseases
President Trump announced he's pulling the U.S. from the WHO. Now researchers are scrambling to understand what that means for the H5N1 bird flu pandemic.
Bird flu outbreak spreads to more animals; egg prices spike
New bird flu cases in animals including cats, bears and skunks are being detected across the country. Meanwhile the outbreak ...
Bird flu almost killed this teen. It’s a cautionary tale for Trump officials.
The case of the Canadian teen and the death of a Louisiana man are stark reminders of bird flu’s capacity to ignite serious ...
Investigate Midwest1d
Second Trump administration must take bird flu seriously
In the run up to the November elections, then-Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance famously blamed Democrat ...
As bird flu becomes a growing threat, Moderna is awarded $590M to develop mRNA pandemic influenza vaccines
No person-to-person spread has been detected, but that doesn’t mean an H5N1 avian influenza pandemic isn’t possible or even ...
Trump and Biden officials begin talks on bird flu crisis
At least 66 people, most of them dairy workers, have been infected. Last week, the Louisiana Health Department reported the ...
White House’s Pandemic Office, Busy With Bird Flu, May Shrink Under Trump
Trump told TIME in April he would close the White House's pandemic preparedness office. It's losing most of its staff during ...
Trump Agriculture pick Brooke Rollins vows to protect farmers, ranchers
Secretary of Agriculture nominee Brooke Rollins on Thursday promised to protect the nation's farmers, ranchers and rural ...
Healthbeat on MSN4h
Bird flu isn’t an immediate health threat in New York. But preparations have begun.
No human cases of bird flu have been confirmed in New York, but the virus has emerged among animals. Public health leaders ...
Scientific American19h
The Latest on Bird Flu in Humans, Cats and Chickens
H5N1 avian influenza continues to spread amid commercial and backyard poultry, and additional cases have been reported in ...
Grist on MSN4h
As climate change supercharges disease, Trump pulls US from World Health Organization
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization, the United Nations agency tasked ...