"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."
“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.””
https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump
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- revised schedule for grants
- early expiration of grant notice for "Centering the Health of Women Across the HIV Research Continuum"
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#NIH #research #publichealth #prevention #funding @edutooters @academicchatter @publichealth
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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https://www.europesays.com/uk/4347/ Those Who Got Shingles Vaccine Were 20% Less Likely to Get Dementia in Study of 280,000 Seniors #Alzheimer's #Health #Prevention #Research #UK #UnitedKingdom #Vaccine #Wellness
#goodnews #Science #health #prevention #research #award #Australia #USA
Scientists Discover Mechanisms That Prevent Autoimmune Diseases and Win $600,000 Crafoord Prize
“Sure, any manager can find small savings and improvements, but these kinds of demands are of the size and speed that break down organizations,” he said. “This is not the way to do good for the public or for the public’s health.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/cdc-tump-health.html
C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s #Health , Critics Say
#Protesters attended a candlelight vigil outside an entrance to the campus of the Centers for #Disease Control and #Prevention in #Atlanta last week.
#cdc #takedown
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/cdc-layoffs-kennedy.html
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
https://www.europesays.com/1948940/ Global health chiefs urge EU to step up amid US funding cuts – POLITICO #África #AidAndDevelopment #ClimateChange #défense #Development #DonaldTrump #EU27 #europe #GlobalHealth #HealthSecurity #InfectiousDiseases #JoeBiden #policy #Prevention #PublicHealth #security #UnitedStates #VaccinationCampaign
City of Edmonton lights prescribed burn as part of fire prevention efforts
The Northeast River Valley Park was closed for a prescribed burn, meant to clear grass and weeds in the park. Preventative fire is a recent add to the city's fire protection plan.
#fire #prevention #park #Edmonton #NortheastRiverValleyPark #Environment
https://globalnews.ca/news/11100063/edmonton-fire-prevention-prescribed-burn/
"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
'#Nutrition and #Dietetics' by Karger Publishers deals predominantly with human nutrition and #Metabolism, including clinical and translational #Research, as well as #Diabetes, #Lifestyle #Diseases, and #Prevention #Medicine: https://www.scienceopen.com/collection/Karger_NutritionDietetics