Anthony K Leung

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First Confirmed Death From Tick-Aquired Meat Allergy Prompts Warnings

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RFK Jr. ousts entire CDC vaccine advisory committee Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of a scientific committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use vaccines.

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Trump administration has shut down CDC's infection control committee Four members said they were informed of the termination Friday, but it had already taken effect in late March, according to a CDC letter.

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A broad-spectrum lasso peptide antibiotic targeting the bacterial ribosome - Nature A new lasso peptide antibiotic exhibits broad-spectrum activity against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria by interfering with bacterial protein synthesis, is unaffected by common resistanc...

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5 Measles Outbreak Answers, from a Cleveland Clinic Expert Doctor With measles cases now reported in six U.S. states, a Cleveland Clinic infectious disease doctor discusses general risks and prevention.

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My comments on the latest death from measles: “Local health departments are being impacted negatively because messaging from the top down, which has given in some cases credence to people pushing vaccine misinformation and disinformation”… www.idse.net/Policy-Publi...

Judge orders HHS, CDC and FDA to restore deleted webpages with health information The NGO Doctors for America argued that HHS, CDC and FDA violated federal law in removing medical information from public-facing websites.

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Announcing the Data.gov Archive lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02...

That is indeed a great question.

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Removal of HIV- and LGBTQ-Related CDC Webpages Creates Dangerous Gaps in Scientific Information

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Don't cut NPR and PBS funding!  Millions of Americans rely on public media  for their news and educational programming. In many rural areas in our country, public broadcasting is their main avenue for receiving news, emer...

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