The Hill
Republicans put health care cuts front and center to advance agenda
House Republicans are putting cuts to Medicaid at the top of their list of budget cuts to help pay for their wide-ranging agenda that spans tax cuts, energy production and border security. Republicans are eyeing changes to how much the federal government, as opposed to states, will contribute to Medicaid expenditures, a number called the…
The Daily Beast
Louisiana Makes Wild Move on Mass Vaccinations
Louisiana has audaciously made the move to “no longer promote mass vaccination,” the announcement coming the same day as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s swearing in as health secretary. A memo, sent from from Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham late Thursday, called vaccines “one tool in a toolbox to combat illnesses,” and that the state health department will no longer promote it. He claimed that conversations about specific vaccines should be held between patient and healthcare provider, according
Reuters
US bird flu response disrupted in early weeks of Trump administration, sources say
The Trump administration has disrupted the U.S. response to bird flu as the outbreak worsens, leading to confusion and concern among federal staff, state officials, veterinarians and health experts, 11 sources told Reuters. Since U.S. President Donald Trump took office on January 20, two federal agencies responsible for monitoring and responding to the epidemic have withheld bird flu reports and canceled congressional briefings and meetings with state health officials, the sources said.
CBC
200 urban deer to be killed in B.C. cities in effort to stop spread of chronic wasting disease
The province of B.C. has announced plans to cull urban deer living in the Kootenay area, near the B.C.-Alberta border, in an attempt to stop the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD).The condition, which has a 100 per cent fatality rate, has been spreading throughout the region after being detected for the first time ever in the province last year.Attacking the brain, it spreads in populations of deer that share the same spaces, which is why the province has said urban populations are of parti
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