Tag: public health

Seven mink have tested positive on C&T Fenn Farms, and no federal rules cover sick mink, ProPublica reports; Utah has issued a verbal hold instead of a formal quarantine.

The September 25 high-level meeting, held three years after the first, urged faster and more sustained investment ahead of the next outbreak.

Fewer than 1 percent of cases are among vaccinated people, and MMR doses given in the state ran well above a typical month in August and September.

Recent outbreaks of foodborne illness and high-profile recalls have made this issue a concern of voters.

The documents settle two lawsuits from survivors and responders who spent decades seeking them.

The undercount traces back to how death certificates get written, researchers found, after NOAA confirmed 2026 brought the hottest summer on record.

The rule NRC officials are preparing to eliminate has required the nuclear industry to keep exposure below legal limits, not just under them.

Pooling 74 studies of more than 4.2 million people in 30 countries, researchers found leisure exercise cut dementia risk while active commuting was linked to a 10 percent higher risk.

The order seeks to reduce the number of routine vaccines recommended for children, and the mothers who campaigned for it stood beside the president at the signing.

Dr. Erica Schwartz will be the first Black woman to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, promising that she will show “radical transparency and unwavering scientific integrity” in the role. But she faces political headwinds and practical challenges as she starts the job. Schwartz, who was confirmed Wednesday by the Senate to run […]