"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, under Trump Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has quietly removed a federal public health webpage offering explicit safer-sex and harm reduction guidance for mpox. The deletion confirms fears among LGBTQ+ health experts that the Trump administration is once again illegally scrubbing medically vetted information tied to queer communities from government websites."

advocate.com/health/sexual-hea…

#PublicHealth #lgbtq #CDC #mpox

"For now, what are most alarming are not the outbreaks themselves but the slow and uncoordinated responses by the institutions that Americans rely on to keep them safe, including the U.S. government and the World Health Organization. If the world cannot properly handle known threats that it has contained before, then it is dangerously unprepared for the next novel one."

theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/…

#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #surveillance #biosecurity #CDC #WHO #USAID #ebola #outbreak #USpol

"A bill passed by the state legislature in March then signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis allows Colorado to further uncouple itself from federal guidance.

The law allows health officials to follow the recommendations of national medical groups when making decisions such as purchasing bulk vaccines for the Medicaid program."

kffhealthnews.org/public-healt…

#PublicHealth #vaccines #immunizations #medicaid #colorado #CDC #HHS #misinformation #WHO

"African health officials say they have been battling diseases on the continent for decades, and in some cases with great success. Yet, they say, those successes receive little global attention as African health workers suffer grave consequences and make life-or-death sacrifices, only to come under international criticism."

nytimes.com/2026/05/20/world/a…

#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #ebola #outbreak #CDC #WHO

U.S. Evacuates Personnel as Bundibugyo Ebola Strain Escalates in DRC

An American tested positive for the Bundibugyo Ebola strain in DRC. US is evacuating them and contacts to Germany. Learn about the outbreak and travel risks.

#EbolaOutbreak, #DRC, #BundibugyoVirus, #PublicHealth, #CDC

newsletter.tf/us-evacuates-ame…

The Bundibugyo Ebola strain has caused 131 deaths in DRC. This is a serious outbreak that has led to US personnel evacuation.

#EbolaOutbreak, #DRC, #BundibugyoVirus, #PublicHealth, #CDC
newsletter.tf/us-evacuates-ame…

US Implements Entry Curbs Amid Ebola Outbreak, American Case Confirmed

US bans entry for non-US citizens from Uganda, DRC, South Sudan after an American contracted Ebola in DRC. Learn about the new travel rules.

#EbolaOutbreak, #USTravelBan, #PublicHealth, #CDC, #AfricaHealth

newsletter.tf/us-entry-curbs-u…

The US is now restricting travel from Uganda, the DRC, and South Sudan. This follows an American doctor contracting Ebola in the DRC.

#EbolaOutbreak, #USTravelBan, #PublicHealth, #CDC, #AfricaHealth
newsletter.tf/us-entry-curbs-u…

An American working in the #DRC tested positive for #Ebola, the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (#CDC) confirmed Monday. Authorities did not name the person. Earlier that day, the international charity Serge reported that a Christian missionary physician had “tested positive” after “presenting symptoms consistent with the virus.”

#PublicHealth #InfectiousDisease
cnn.com/2026/05/18/africa/ebol…

Another concern to add to the list...

"WHO declares international emergency over Ebola outbreak "

#WHO #UN #CDC #Ebola #Pandemic #Disease #Vaccine #Politics #News #Health #Medicine #Africa #DRC

dw.com/en/who-declares-interna…

"Across a vast and multilayered government, in which many leadership positions must be confirmed by a Senate that shares only a narrow partisan majority with the administration, it’s typical for some roles to remain unfilled or be occupied by interim leaders. But critics say the level of upheaval in the current HHS is unusual and the lack of scientific expertise among its leadership is concerning."

apnews.com/article/makary-fda-…

#healthcare #PublicHealth #FDA #HHS #NIH #CDC #leadership #USpol

"Working behind the scenes, Mr. Kennedy is spearheading an intense push, across health agencies under his purview, for government scientists and federal data contractors to examine his long-held theory that vaccines are helping to fuel an epidemic of chronic disease, according to multiple people familiar with the effort."

nytimes.com/2026/05/11/health/…

#PublicHealth #vaccines #immunizations #HHS #FDA #CDC #NIH

The hantavirus CFR is probably overstated. Severe cases get counted; mild ones don't. Same error as early COVID estimates.

But correcting the number isn't reassuring. CDC lost a third of its staff. US withdrew from WHO. HHS is ideologically captured.

We are in worse shape than January 2020.

jameshoward.us/2026/05/12/the-…

#PublicHealth #Hantavirus #Epidemiology #CDC