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Nonilex<p>The US now has &gt;600 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> cases in 22 states, acc/to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> [&amp; who knows if that’s being accurately reported]. That includes 481 cases in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> alone. The country has now reported &gt;2X the number of measles cases this year than were reported in all of 2024.</p><p>The CDC says there have been 6 measles <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreaks</span></a> so far this year.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConspiracyTheories</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eugenics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328765/measles-outbreak-health-risk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/shots-health-</span><span class="invisible">news/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5328765/measles-outbreak-health-risk</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> buried a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> forecast that stressed the need for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/vaccinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccinations</span></a></p><p>Leaders at the Centers for <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disease</span></a> Control and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Prevention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prevention</span></a> ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near <a href="https://mas.to/tags/outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreaks</span></a> where <a href="https://mas.to/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccination</span></a> rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a></p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/the-cdc-buried-a-measles-forecast-that-stressed-the-need-for-vaccinations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/health/2025/03</span><span class="invisible">/the-cdc-buried-a-measles-forecast-that-stressed-the-need-for-vaccinations/</span></a></p>
Bích-Mây Nguyễn :verified:<p>"Measles vaccination rates for young children may be far lower than publicly reported, a troubling development that could mean the United States is closer than expected to losing its 'elimination status' for the extremely contagious disease."</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/measles-vaccination-rates-may-lower-thought-risking-us-elimination-sta-rcna198259" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/health/health-news</span><span class="invisible">/measles-vaccination-rates-may-lower-thought-risking-us-elimination-sta-rcna198259</span></a></p><p><a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>measles</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/immunizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunizations</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/vaccinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccinations</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/pediatrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pediatrics</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/FamilyMedicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FamilyMedicine</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreaks</span></a></p>
Giuseppe Michieli<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/NEJM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NEJM</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Outbreaks</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Update</span></a> — <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/H5N1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H5N1</span></a>, <a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2502267?query=TOC&amp;cid=DM2392650_Non_Subscriber&amp;bid=-1425531110" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM</span><span class="invisible">e2502267?query=TOC&amp;cid=DM2392650_Non_Subscriber&amp;bid=-1425531110</span></a> </p><p>In this NEJM Outbreaks Update, Editor-in-Chief Eric <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Rubin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubin</span></a> and Deputy Editor Lindsey Baden are joined by veterinarian and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/virologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virologist</span></a> Yoshihiro <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Kawaoka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kawaoka</span></a> to discuss avian influenza and its current impact on chickens, cows, cats, and humans.</p>
Norbert_R 🧣🐘🦣<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScientificAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScientificAmerican</span></a></p><p>See How <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Measles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Outbreaks</span></a> Flourish Where <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccination</span></a> Rates Fall</p><p>Measles continues to spread in Texas and other states and has caused the first reported U.S. death from the virus in a decade. Vaccination data over time reveal vulnerabilities in protection<br><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-how-measles-outbreaks-flourish-where-vaccination-rates-fall/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/see-how-measles-outbreaks-flourish-where-vaccination-rates-fall/</span></a></p>
Giuseppe Michieli<p>Real-time <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/epidemiological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epidemiological</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>: tracking the occurrences of avian <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/influenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>influenza</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreaks</span></a> around the world, <a href="https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/03/real-time-epidemiological-surveillance.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">3/real-time-epidemiological-surveillance.html</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Making <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Sick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sick</span></a> Again: <br>How <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s Drastic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Layoffs</span></a> at the Centers for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disease</span></a> Control cripple our Response to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Norovirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norovirus</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Measles</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Outbreaks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.juancole.com/2025/02/response-norovirus-outbreaks.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">juancole.com/2025/02/response-</span><span class="invisible">norovirus-outbreaks.html</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>Death toll from food contamination doubles in 2024, raising public health concerns <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1905910/death-toll-from-food-contamination-doubles-in-2024-raising-public-health-concerns/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/1905910/d</span><span class="invisible">eath-toll-from-food-contamination-doubles-in-2024-raising-public-health-concerns/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/E" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E</span></a>.Coli <a href="https://vive.im/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FoodContamination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodContamination</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FoodRecalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodRecalls</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FoodborneIllnesses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodborneIllnesses</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Listeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Listeria</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Outbreaks</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Salmonella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salmonella</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>At the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a>, 2 prestigious training programs were gutted: one that embeds recent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> grads in local <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> depts &amp; another to cultivate the next generation of PhD lab scientists. But the agency’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epidemic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intelligence</span></a> Service—the “disease detectives” who track <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreaks</span></a> around the world—has apparently been spared, perhaps because of an uproar among alumni after a majority of its members were told on Fri that they would be let go.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a></p>
Michael Martinez :verified:<p>Looks like the American Medical Association is stepping into the void created by the Trump administration for medical news.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outbreaks</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/flu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flu</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/tb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tb</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/tuberculosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tuberculosis</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlPBmT_R0po" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=HlPBmT_R0p</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p>
Gladwyn d’Souza<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/31/us/food-poisoning-sick-workers-restaurants.html?unlocked_article_code=tvMh29tw22NGGWc5AEVGrDz7CRL70-tyNthYFrCbVeQU7PXG1RPL9INTwdr5s1VqythcLiiXaw2lBCiITuGacR8DUGIWKX86n9xu5Q7rZvEYZmX-R7BC3c0PsEcd9IQZMC0XCWt5WKOWuFxjAsr8WgOUap8n0C6WPF0CTbh-t_s1OaCFjUOepdWWf5FHfSDQpz37lCL5qG3hRuWVXQLgHMqesxLvpuurUtq8FfM0AzHa44YzWl61PWXwPCgSusbGgOm0wqTy4Ws4nJijHT7L3jlNAjeYaPZDH62q3tROokqmhGM_DNClJrD1EYJ16ioHnQCdJEa52uNfE6zAjxGXdymZplYRlcdcZCDd&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/05/31/us/food</span><span class="invisible">-poisoning-sick-workers-restaurants.html?unlocked_article_code=tvMh29tw22NGGWc5AEVGrDz7CRL70-tyNthYFrCbVeQU7PXG1RPL9INTwdr5s1VqythcLiiXaw2lBCiITuGacR8DUGIWKX86n9xu5Q7rZvEYZmX-R7BC3c0PsEcd9IQZMC0XCWt5WKOWuFxjAsr8WgOUap8n0C6WPF0CTbh-t_s1OaCFjUOepdWWf5FHfSDQpz37lCL5qG3hRuWVXQLgHMqesxLvpuurUtq8FfM0AzHa44YzWl61PWXwPCgSusbGgOm0wqTy4Ws4nJijHT7L3jlNAjeYaPZDH62q3tROokqmhGM_DNClJrD1EYJ16ioHnQCdJEa52uNfE6zAjxGXdymZplYRlcdcZCDd&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a> </p><p>In the only <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wealthy</span></a> country with no <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>federal</span></a> paid <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sickleave" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sickleave</span></a>: Paid sick leave and other <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>policies</span></a> that support <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sickworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sickworkers</span></a> could improve <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/foodsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foodsafety</span></a> outcomes, according to the report, which was based on a review of 800 <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/foodpoisonings" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foodpoisonings</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>outbreaks</span></a>, using data provided by 25 state and local <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/healthdepartments" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>healthdepartments</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/medicareforall" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>medicareforall</span></a><br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gross" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gross</span></a></p>