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Yes, people can give bird flu to their cats: www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

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Reports of patients with possible Ebola exposure at a CityMD in Harlem are NOT founded, per FDNY. "After consulting with DOH determined NOT to be Ebola," FDNY says.

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Thoughts? Reactions? www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Life expectancy in the US —by educational attainment, by county www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @ihmeuw.bsky.social —the growing inequalities abcnews.go.com/Health/growi... @amymaxmen.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.bsky.social

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“It is gut-wrenching,” said Doug Corwin, the fourth-generation duck farmer who owns the farm, pictured here in 2020. “You work your whole life for something, and then one day everything is gone.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/n...

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NEW: The Trump administration has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites, social media posts, according to officials and others familiar. Our story. wapo.st/4aqfN44

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Breaking for @usatoday.com: Trump orders United States to exit WHO again. Health experts warn of danger as U.S. charts isolationist path once more. “In the next pandemic, we might find ourselves at the back of the line, on the outside looking in.” My latest with @karenweintraub.bsky.social edits

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‘It’s hard to live to be 62 years old and lose your entire life in one night’ Artists Diana Thater and Paul McCarthy are among the many artists and homeowners who lost their homes, studios and artwork to the wildfires www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/u...

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My Op Ed in Sunday @washingtonpost.com with Dr. Lu Borio on steps we need to take to better prepare in the event bird flu begins to circulate in humans; and past failings in our approaches to these kinds of risks that we need to learn and correct from

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The kind of excellent writing and reporting we’ve come to expect from @propublica.org

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Quite a life…. Jimmy Carter, 39th US president and noted humanitarian, has died www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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We looked at raw milk’s risks, including with bird flu, and purported benefits from proponents. "You are being conned with these claims," the director of the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Dairy Research told me. "This is snake oil." For @usatoday.com (edits by @karenweintraub.bsky.social):

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Wow. This is some seriously great journalism and some egregiously horrible medicine. www.propublica.org/article/thom...

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Agree!!!

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It's time to apply for a Knight Science Journalism Program fellowship at MIT! We have 10 openings for a 2025-26 academic year fellowship and one opening for a one semester fellowship for journalists from Africa and the Middle East. Learn more here. ksj.mit.edu/news/2024/11...

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Had fun with this story today courtesy of @hcrichardson.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

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'Mpox strain identified for first time in US, health officials say' In August, the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency for the clade I strain. @usatoday.com

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Learning more about this topic was really interesting, and a bit scary. Seeing all these posts after Helene left me shaking my head. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

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Here's a heart-warming @hakaimagazine.bsky.social photo essay for your weekend, about a couple working tirelessly to restore the desert mangroves of Baja, Mexico—which provide carbon storage, habitat, and jobs while protecting the community from storms and erosion. hakaimagazine.com/videos-visua...

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This season's rollout of new RSV shots hasn't been without its fumbles Aside from an ongoing shortage of Beyfortus antibody shots for babies CDC reports some providers wrongly giving babies vaccinations of Abrysvo or Arexvy, which are only for adults www.health.state.mn.us/people/immun...

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An update on COVID-19 in ERs: While trends look roughly flat so far this season nationwide CDC's figures last night show virus accelerating in Midwest For HHS Region 5, share of ER visits with COVID is now highest since early January covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-t...

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🏆 It's awards season! Since 2004, the Awards for Excellence in Health Care Journalism have recognized the best health reporting in print, broadcast, and online media. The contest was created by journalists for journalists. Submit your work today! healthjournalism.org/awards-for-e...

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Colleagues @usatoday.com and I spent 7 months chipping away at this series on diabetes. Thanks to @ahcj.bsky.social we were able to leave our desks and do actual (and literal) field reporting. Hope it helps dispel some myths and focuses attention on the real issues. www.usatoday.com/story/news/h...

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