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"A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official told staff this week to start planning for the agency’s splintering.

Several parts of CDC — mostly those devoted to health threats that aren’t infectious — are being spun off into the soon-to-be-created Administration for a Healthy America, the agency official told senior leaders in calls and meetings."

apnews.com/article/cdc-hiv-adm

People gather for a candlelight vigil in support of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in front of its headquarters in Atlanta, Friday, March 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)
AP News · CDC officials plan for the agency's splintering, but questions remainBy Mike Stobbe

“Across the country, pediatricians are petrified, said Dr. Susan Kressly, who serves as president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the largest professional organization of pediatricians in the country.

“Many of us are losing sleep,” Kressly said. “If we lose that progress, children will pay the price.””

propublica.org/article/whoopin

ProPublica“Not Just Measles”: Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline
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Nous sommes particulièrement attachés à la libération de la parole et à l’accueil de toute personne (notamment en questionnement sur son identité), à l’information en matière de santé, sexualité et #prevention et à la lutte contre toute forme de violence ou de discrimination.

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🎉 Finalists announced for the 2025 game design challenge focused on #communication. Announced this morning at the Games for Health Conference in Eindhoven.

Studio names and countries are listed below. For individual developers their initials and country are listed.

We received so many fantastic game pitches, it was difficult to narrow them down to these 16 Finalists:

2GEN Team
(Argentina )

CelleC Games
(U.S.)

CoLab
(U. K.)

DOTDOT
(U.S.)

Misfit Adventure
(U. S.)

Monkey Dori Team
(India)

Necther Louie
(Philippines)

Pawzzle Studios
(Canada)

Story Tonic
(U. S.)

Unwise Tootsie
(U.S.)

The Whole Circus
(U. S.)

A.R.
(Georgia)

D.T.
(India)

F.Z.
(Czech Republic)

L.V.
(France)

S.H.
(U.S.)

Congratulations Finalists - - and thank you to all participants. We are sending further details via email to all entrants later today.

@gamingagainstv @stopTDV #gamedev #publichealth #indiedev @sociology @publichealth @susanne @olmstead #prevention #education #psychology

The #CDC buried a #measles forecast that stressed the need for #vaccinations

Leaders at the Centers for #Disease Control and #Prevention ordered staff this week not to release their experts’ assessment that found the risk of catching measles is high in areas near #outbreaks where #vaccination rates are lagging, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica.
#vaccines

arstechnica.com/health/2025/03

Ars Technica · The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinationsBy ProPublica

"Serait-on, outre le fait de ne pas considérer le COVID long comme une crise,, sur une décharge par avance pour l’éventualité de l’arrivée de H5N1 par la répétition des mêmes erreurs – malgré les promesses ?"

Splendeurs et misères de la santé globale

Lien : winslow.fr/one-health/

Winslow Santé Publique · splendeurs et misères de la santé globale - Winslow Santé PubliqueLes dangers du détournement de l'expression one health