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Anna Kramvis – A big job in a small world

Frontiers

Vaccination programs have seen a considerable decrease in coverage, which could impact protection of infants and the burden of chronic hepatitis B. “As As a result of lockdown-imposed home births, critical birth-dose vaccinations have reduced. “The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted HBV research.

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Promoting and protecting the public’s health: recommendations for a new Administration and Congress, 2025

Big Cities Health Coalition

To bolster these efforts, BCHC urges the federal government to provide sustained funding, flexible resource allocation, and direct support to local health agencies, ensuring preparedness for future public health emergencies.

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New Covid shots may be hard to come by for uninsured Georgians

HEALTHBEAT

Those would be distributed to county health departments and around 30 external providers through the state’s Adult Vaccine Program. But the agency has administered just 375 Covid vaccines so far this year. But we are working on it.”

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What RFK Jr. could — and couldn't — do with vaccines as HHS chief

The Hill

The secretary and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner can also select members of the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Advisory Committee, which is another important federal advisory committee on vaccines, according to Joshua Michaud, associate director for global health policy at KFF.

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How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.’s Watch

KFF Health News

’” KFF Health News is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFFan independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about KFF.

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Donald Trump wins US presidency. What that could mean for the environment.

Environmental Health News

A Trump presidency could reshape federal health agencies and policies as well. the Trump campaign in recent weeks has teased getting rid of fluoride in water and rethinking vaccine programs, which have saved millions of children’s lives. With the embrace of former candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,

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2024 election: Two radically different visions for environment, health

Environmental Health News

While the campaigns largely focused on immigration, the economy, reproductive rights and democratic principles, the two major party candidates, Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, represent two wildly different approaches to environmental regulation and health policies. environmental health landscape.