
NPR - 10 hours 33 min ago
Some jurisdictions have weakened their public health authorities in response to criticism of lockdowns, school closures, mask mandates, vaccine requirements and other COVID-era restrictions.

The Guardian - 11 hours 53 min ago
Since 2015, destructive fires have undone years of effort to reduce ozone levels, underscoring a growing public health crisis The highly destructive wildfires that have battered the US and North America in recent years have significantly increased emissions and been linked to tens of thousands of premature deaths, but their impact on air quality is greater than previously known, according to new research. A study published in Science on Thursday found that, since 2015, wildfires have reversed US...

The Hill - 12 hours 50 min ago
Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Jay Bhattacharya defended the Trump administration's response to the Ebola outbreak Thursday, writing in The Wall Street Journal that the measures being taken are scientifically stronger than those implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bhattacharya said the COVID-19 public health response measures such as "lockdowns," school closures, and mask...

The Guardian - 19 hours 10 min ago
White House says caps will lower tuition costs, but critics say they will exacerbate the country's nursing shortage Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email While the Trump administration has argued that new restrictions on the size of federal student loans will lower tuition costs, public health officials and Democrats say the measures will exacerbate the country's serious nursing shortage. As such, a group of 24 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia recently sued...