A federal judge on Monday (March 16) blocked key components of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial effort to reshape US vaccine policy, including his plan to reduce the number of childhood shots routinely recommended. US District Judge Brian Murphy of Boston ruled in favor of the American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical…
The United States has recorded over 1,100 measles cases so far this year, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shown on Friday (local time), which is now becoming a troubling milestone that has many in public health bracing for the worst, cnn reported. According to the CDC, out of…
Casey Means, a physician-turned-entrepreneur and prominent advocate of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, appears before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions for her confirmation hearing as US surgeon general. Nominated by Donald Trump on May 7, 2025, Means would become the nation’s top public health spokesperson if confirmed. Her nomination followed…
A coalition of 15 US states is suing to block reforms to the childhood vaccine schedule introduced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., arguing the changes could harm public health and increase costs for state governments. The lawsuit, according to Bloomberg report, claims Kennedy’s restructuring of a key federal vaccine advisory panel and subsequent revisions to…
Olympic village has run out of condoms just three days into the 2026 Winter Olympics, with athletes in Milan Cortina, Italy, already having used 10,000 condoms. The Milan Cortina Olympics 2026 is scheduled to last a total of 17 days. The Olympic committee thought 10,000 condoms would suffice. However, going by the record-breaking speed at…
The initiative, led by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) under the National One Health Mission (NOHM), marks a shift from reactive reporting to predictive surveillance. The project will target a broad spectrum of threats, including Nipah virus, Zika, Avian Influenza (H5N1), and Kyasanur Forest Disease (monkey fever), among others. In 2025, India reported…
New Delhi: The Center has directed all government and private hospitals to keep permanent stocks of anti-rabies vaccines (ARV) and rabies immunoglobulin (RIG), as dog-bite incidents rise across the country, threatening public health. The government has introduced extensive medical preparedness protocols to prevent the intrusion of stray dogs into high-traffic institutional areas, including schools, hospitals,…
The Union budget may propose a scheme to finance the mass sterilization of stray dogs at government veterinary hospitals, three officials familiar with the matter said. The scheme, the first of its kind in India, will provide one-time grants to the hospitals to build dedicated surgical theaters and post-operative recovery facilities. The Union ministry of…
As residents of the national capital wake up to another day under a blanket of smog, Indian chess grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi has voiced what many in Delhi have been quietly feeling — that the city’s air crisis is being normalised. In a sharply worded post on “We are slowly being poisoned and no one cares?…
Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava said on Friday that he had been informed of 10 fatalities linked to a diarrhea outbreak resulting from contaminated water in the city’s Bhagirathpura locality, PTI reported. Here are the top ten updates: 1. “According to health department data, four people have died due to the diarrhea outbreak in Bhagirathpura. However,…
