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How falling vaccination rates are fuelling the antibiotic resistance crisis

Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest health threats we face today. It’s often blamed on the overuse of antibiotics, and for a good reason. But there’s another major factor quietly driving this crisis that doesn’t get as much attention: low vaccination rates.

The Conversation

Is Donald Trump To Blame for a COVID Lab Leak?

Criticisms of the president's alleged flip-flopping on gain-of-function research funding miss some key context.

Reason

Trump betting on old vaccine tech

It's in sharp contrast to Operation Warp Speed, which led to the creation of the COVID vaccines

Salon

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HHS layoffs cut deep swath through health infrastructure - Roll Call

The changes lay the groundwork for Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to streamline operations and shift to focusing on chronic disease.

Roll Call

As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline

An outbreak of tuberculosis, or TB – a lung disease that is often accompanied by a hacking cough – began in January 2024 in Kansas City, Kansas, and two nearby counties and continues as of early March 2025. To date, 147 people have been reportedly diagnosed with TB in the…

The Conversation

USAID-Funded Pandemic Research Failed To Spot COVID or Ensure Chinese Transparency

There remains many open questions about whether the agency's funding played a role in the creation of COVID-19 in a Wuhan laboratory.

Reason

Why has California declared a state of emergency over bird flu?

Cases of the H5N1 strain of bird flu are on the rise in humans in the US, with the first severe case reported.

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Tracking vampire worms with machine learning − using AI to diagnose schistosomiasis before the parasites causing it hatch in your blood

Blood samples of patients infected with a parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis contain hidden information that marks different stages of the disease. In our recently published research, our team used machine learning to uncover that hidden information and improve early detection and diagnosis of infection.

The Conversation

Anthony Fauci, the Man Who Thought He Was Science

On Call, Anthony Fauci's new memoir, can't disguise the damage caused by his COVID-19 policies.

Reason

At the UN, world leaders are negotiating the biggest health issue you’ve never heard of

The United Nations General Assembly could turn the tide on antimicrobial resistance. The keys to making this happen are ensuring policymakers have the best available evidence and rallying political support through unifying goals.

The Conversation

Should We Blame Fauci for the COVID Pandemic?

America's COVID celebrity is facing scrutiny for funding risky research that may have sparked the pandemic—and for allegedly covering it up.

Reason

The Media Is Back to Deriding the Lab Leak as a 'Conspiracy Theory'

Even if EcoHealth's "basic research" in Wuhan didn't cause the pandemic, it certainly failed in its mission to stop it.

Reason

Anthony Fauci Gives Misleading, Evasive Answers About NIH-Funded Research at Wuhan Lab

At yesterday's congressional hearing, the former NIAID director played word games and shifted blame in an effort to dismiss credible claims that his agency funded work that caused the pandemic.

Reason

As Nuclear Threat Grows, Israeli Biotech Company Signs $4.2M Contract With U.S. Military, Health Age

Pluri and the Department of Defense will collaborate to advance a potential breakthrough therapy for H-ARS.

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The Conversation

Removing antimicrobial resistance from the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ will leave humanity extremely vulnerable to future pandemics

In late May, the latest version of the draft Pandemic Instrument, also referred to as the “pandemic treaty,” was shared with Member States at the World Health Assembly. The text was made available online via Health Policy Watch and it quickly became apparent that all mentions of addressing antimicrobial resistance…

The Independent UK

Anthony Fauci reportedly sells memoir for $5m

Publisher has produced several notable memoirs including both Barack and Michelle Obama’s respective memoirs

Dynamite News

New study explores challenges of developing mucosal vaccines for respiratory viruses

Vaccines that provide long-lasting protection against influenza, coronaviruses and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are difficult to develop. Read further on Dynamite:

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NIH missing top leadership at start of a divided Congress

WASHINGTON — The departure of two key public health leaders at the National Institutes of Health has created vacancies some worry could present a hurdle to NIH’s agenda in the new Congress.

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Roll Call

NIH missing top leadership at start of a divided Congress - Roll Call

Despite GOP criticism of handling of COVID-19, Collins and Fauci had long-standing relationships with lawmakers from both parties.

Los Angeles Times

Fauci’s warning to America: ‘We’re living in a progressively anti-science era and that’s a very dangerous thing’

Dr. Anthony Fauci, who turns 82 on Saturday, wants the record to reflect that he is not retiring. Really, he isn’t. It’s just that after 54 years as a government scientist and adviser to seven presidents, he is leaving the National Institutes of Health at the end of the year.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Fauci’s departure is an opportunity for modernizing research

There is no love lost between Anthony Fauci and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA repeatedly objected to the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) foolish funding of pointless tests on animals. Those tests include poisoning tests on beagles and decades of vicious…

The Independent UK

Fauci comes out fighting on Fox News amid GOP threats to jail him: ‘I didn’t shut down anything’

Fauci says he was ‘one of the people that said we have to do everything we can to get children back in school’

Salon

How will Fauci be remembered by history?

The chief medical advisor became a household name during the COVID years, while being vilified by many on the right

Al Jazeera

Dr Anthony Fauci, face of US pandemic response, to step down

Joe Biden thanks Fauci, the US president’s chief medical adviser, for his decades of ‘dedicated’ public service.

Roll Call

Fauci to step down in December - Roll Call

Fauci will step down after more than 50 years of government service where he helped respond to HIV/AIDS, Zika, Ebola and COVID-19.

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