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Popular Juice Recalled; Make Measles Endemic Again? HHS Denies Autism Registry
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115274.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. MedPage Today is collecting stories of HHS staffers across all agencies affected by Trump administration cuts. If you want to share your story, please email MPT_Editorial...


Whooping Cough Cases Are Rising Again in the U.S., Challenging Health Departments
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115271.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Whooping cough cases are rising, and doctors are bracing for yet another tough year. There have been 8,485 cases reported in 2025, according to preliminary data from the CDC. That's twice as many cases as this time last year...


HPV May Be Linked to Thyroid Eye Disease, Small Study Suggests
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115259.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A small case-control study found potential molecular evidence that links human papillomavirus (HPV) to thyroid eye disease (TED). A homology analysis of 11 patients with TED and 11 controls pinpointed conserved motifs shared...


Antiviral Reduced Transmission of Influenza to Close Contacts
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115238.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A single dose of the antiviral baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) led to a lower incidence of influenza virus transmission to household contacts compared with placebo, a phase IIIb randomized trial showed. Five days after receiving...


Antibiotic Candidate for Lyme Disease Boosts Hope for Custom Approach
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115249.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- In the realm of Lyme disease research, one antibiotic emerged as being highly effective for treatment of acute infection, and early-stage data lent credence to one theory for the pathobiology of persistent symptoms. First, researchers...


Measles Misinformation Is on the Rise — and Americans Are Hearing It, Survey Finds
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115246.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- While the most serious measles epidemic in a decade has led to the deaths of two children and spread to 27 states with no signs of letting up, beliefs about the safety of the measles vaccine and the threat of the disease are...


Novavax Says Its COVID Shot Is on Track for Full FDA Approval After Delay
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115244.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Novavax's closely watched COVID-19 vaccine is on track for full approval after additional discussions with the FDA, the company said Wednesday. The news sent company shares soaring more than 21% in morning trading and appeared...


Anti-Vaxxers Say Bioweapon Caused Measles Outbreak; DOGE Holds Health Grants Hostage
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115243.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. Anti-Vaxxers Say 'Bioweapon' Started Measles Outbreak Anti-vaccine activists have been profiting...


Bill Treats mRNA Vaccines as 'Weapons'; Brain Drain Begins? New Ice Bucket Challenge
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115237.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. MedPage Today is collecting stories of HHS staffers across all agencies affected by Trump administration cuts. If you want to share your story, please email MPT_Editorial...


RFK Jr. May Pull COVID Shot From CDC's Vaccine Schedule for Kids
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115236.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering removing the COVID-19 vaccine from CDC's schedule of recommended immunizations for children, according to two people familiar with the situation. The move, reported by Politico...


Risk-Based Vaccination Strategies Can Build Back Public Trust
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115232.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Last week, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) resumed its meeting schedule following a concerning February postponement. The committee discussed, among other items on the 2-day agenda, recommendations...


Fact-Checking RFK Jr.'s Claims About Measles, Autism, and Diet
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115227.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- In just 2 months as the federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made sweeping changes to HHS -- and its priorities. He's dismissed 10,000 public health workers, met with state governors who want to restrict unhealthy...


Rotavirus Vaccines Involve Several Special Considerations
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115224.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The rotavirus vaccine is the only live oral vaccine on the CDC's recommended schedule of childhood immunizations. This fact, along with differing dose schedules for the two available vaccines and the upper age limit, means there...


COVID Worsened Shortages of Doctors, Nurses. Rural Hospitals Are Still Struggling.
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115217.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Even by rural hospital standards, Keokuk County Hospital and Clinics in southeastern Iowa is small. The 14-bed hospital, in Sigourney, doesn't do surgeries or deliver babies. The small 24-hour emergency room is overseen by two...


Mad Cow-Like Disease Deaths in U.S.; Measles in 27 States; Cannabis Potency Soars
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115203.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription. MedPage Today is collecting stories of HHS staffers across all agencies affected by Trump administration cuts. If you want to share your story, please email MPT_Editorial...


Pope Francis Dies
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115202.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. Here are the key things to know about the death of the Argentine pontiff, history's first from Latin America, who presided over the Catholic Church for more than 12 years...


RFK Jr. Struggles to Navigate Frustrated Supporters and a Demanding Boss
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115172.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- After the Senate voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, supporters of his "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement cheered at having a champion in the federal government. Now...


Hearing Loss and Heart Failure; Improved TAVR Outcomes
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115190.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center...


Video Shows Doctor With Measles Treating Kids. RFK Jr. Later Praised Him.
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115199.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A Texas doctor who has been treating children in a measles outbreak was shown on video with a measles rash on his face in a clinic a week before HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met him and praised him as an "extraordinary...


SCOTUS to Mull Whether Insurers Must Offer Certain Preventive Services for Free
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115201.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case that could affect what kind of preventive care is covered at no charge under Americans' health insurance plans. The case, known as Kennedy v. Braidwood, involves Christian...


Trump Turns COVID Info Website Into a Promotion Page for 'Lab Leak' Theory
<img src="https://clf1.medpagetoday.com/media/images/115xxx/115198.jpg"/> (MedPage Today) -- A federal website that used to feature information on vaccines, testing, and treatment for COVID-19 has been transformed into a page supporting the theory that the pandemic originated with a lab leak. The covid.gov website shows...