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  1. The childhood obesity epidemic: an Indonesian teen’s story

    Childhood obesity rates are rising in Indonesia and other low- and middle-income countries, driven by increased consumption of processed foods and limited awareness of health risks. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #obesity #epidemic #indonesia #weightloss #ozempic Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow Reuters on…

    fllics.com/en/video/the-childh

  2. AI engineers have too often thought of whether or not they *can* do something, and not if they *should*.

    #knowledge #trust #talent #epidemic #climate #copyright #intellectualproperty #noai

  3. CatchOfTheDay
    #OpenAccess
    #MENAdoc:

    "Fanning the flames: how human rights abuses are fueling the AIDS epidemic in Kazakhstan" by Human Rights Watch

    [New York: Human Rights Watch, 2003]

    dx.doi.org/10.25673/106629

    #kazakhstan #humanrights #aids #epidemic #stigma #discrimination #health

  4. #Taiwan, Ministry of Health urges #Schools to prepare for start of lessons as #COVID19 #epidemic still active (August 18 '26, extract): PQ.16.1.1 Variant Predominates, etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/0

  5. Angels of Death

    The United States is currently experiencing a historic resurgence of measles, reaching a 35-year high in 2026. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that measles cases have surpassed the record-breaking numbers of 2025, fueled by a multi-year decline in childhood vaccination rates and growing vaccine skepticism. Because measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases on Earth, it acts as a “canary in the coal mine” for public health, rapidly finding and spreading through pockets of under-vaccinated communities.

    What are our leaders doing about it? Donald Trump is spreading vaccine skepticism. He overruled his qualified medical advisers in issuing an executive order urging Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. to cut the number of childhood immunizations. His plan includes 11 immunizations, down from a recommended 17. Vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), tetanus, pertussis and polio would still be universal. But those for hepatitis A and B, dengue, flu, Covid and rotavirus would be advised only for “high-risk” children, or else would to be left to “shared clinical decision-making” between doctors and parents.

    It also orders the government to recommend that the combination MMR vaccination, which protects against measles, mumps, and rubella, “should be administered in three separate singe-disease shots.”

    Simply put, it means three trips to the doctor and three jabs of a needle for children. That means extra pain and cost. And that’s if the three separate vaccines are made available. Right now, only the combination shot is produced. It could take years to produce the three separate vaccines. The combination shot has been used in the United States for more than 50 years.

    The effect will be to discourage parents from administering the vaccines to their children. That will lead to an increase in disease and death.

    Trump calls his order the “Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations.” It largely follows a much-disputed HHS report in January that advised fewer vaccines on the childhood schedule. Trump’s order isn’t based on rigorous science, or really any science at all. It is based only on his uninformed position, supported by the anti-vaxer with no medical training who he put in charge of the nation’s health, RFK, Jr. His statement announcing the new order was loaded with misleading claims and out and out lies.

    The day after Trump’s announcement the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics blasted the new policy. “As measles cases reach a 35-year high in the U.S. and with cold and flu season quickly approaching, today’s executive order on vaccines is not only disheartening but dangerous,” Dr. Andrew Racine said in a release

    The President’s executive order doesn’t compel states or schools to follow his pared regimen, but he threatens legal action against those that don’t adopt it. He directs Attorney General Todd Blanche to challenge state laws that conflict with “parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal protection under the law.”

    Under Trump’s order, the Justice Department could sue states for infringing on parental authority if they require vaccines for school attendance that differ from his recommendations. State police powers to protect public health can sometimes be in tension with parental rights, and some states overstepped during the pandemic, though none mandated Covid shots for school-age children. Multiple studies have shown that the United States suffered twice the number of deaths and incurred twice the cost of comparable countries as a result of Covid. Trump consistently opposed medical advice on combatting that pandemic.

    Trump’s order could inflame what has become a culture war over immunizations. That war was enflamed by the broad Covid vaccine mandates during the Biden administration. The mandates were vigorously opposed by conservatives and vaccine skeptics. But Trump is making the same mistake in trying to coerce states into following his line on vaccines. Kennedy and his plaintiff lawyer friends benefit from spreading vaccine skepticism. But Trump’s jab at children’s vaccines could alienate voters, especially parents of young children, as measles spreads.

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    #CDC #Death #Epidemic #Health #Healthcare #HHS #Illness #Measles #Medicine #news #politics #RFKJr #science #Trump #Vaccination #vaccines
  6. #Taiwan, #COVID19 #epidemic continues to escalate, citizens urged to get vaccinated (CDC, August 12 '26): PQ.16.1.1 Variant still dominant, etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/0

  7. #Taiwan, As the #COVID19 #epidemic escalates, public is urged to get vaccinated as soon as possible (CDC, July 28 '26): 117% rise in cases compared last week, etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/0

  8. Midwest Poultry Services is recalling nearly 1.6 million cartons of eggs over concerns that they could be contaminated with salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.
    #Trumpism #PublicHealth #CDC #epidemic #pathology #diseases #microbiology #food #biology #regulations
    cbsnews.com/news/egg-recall-sa

  9. When I was living in Sri Lanka during Covid, I remember people didn't want to eat fish, because Indians often put dead bodies into rivers, which end up in the Bay of Bengal near Sri Lanka and into the bellies of fish.

    #srilanka #india #covid #covid19 #infection #health #publichealth #sanitation #fish #food #epidemic

  10. Thursday, April 2, 2026

    Exclusive: We discovered what's going on inside Russia's shadow fleet -- Russia's new fiber-optic sea drone Skarlupa deployed in combat -- Trump threatened Europe over Strait of Hormuz, with weapons for Ukraine as bargaining chip -- Ukrainian drones strike oil refinery in Russian city of Ufa on April 2 ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026

  11. Wary of #synthetic #drugs amid worst #overdose #epidemic in history
    "in #Singapore’s case, deterrence in e form of strict drug #legislation seems to be working.. global consensus against #drugabuse has been challenged by those who lobby for legislative changes & softer attitudes twds #narcotics. Sabet: “One of e things I’m extremely worried abt is e movement to legalise drugs.. coming fr a multibillion-$ movement tt's v smart, calculated & running in #NGOs round e world”"
    straitstimes.com/singapore/spo

  12. @politico_eu_bot Belgium's national public health institute Sciensano officially declared a #FluEpidemic Wednesday, with cases surging to similar levels as COVID-19. In addition to the influenza virus, the #BronchiolitisVirus, #Coronavirus and other #RespiratoryViruses that can cause the same symptoms are currently circulating, the institute added. Let's say it again - #Epidemic in Belgium means other countries close on their heels. #PublicHealth Matters. Please #WearAMask