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November 29, 2025 In the wake of yesterday’s report from Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Special Operations to kill the survivors of a September 2 stri...

November 29, 2025

This one officially wins as our favorite comment on the photo.

1st human known to be infected with H5N5 strain of bird flu dies, Washington state officials say The first human to have ever been infected with H5N5 strain of bird flu has died, Washington state health officials confirmed late Friday.

Very sad. Apparently the patient was someone with comorbidities that placed them at higher risk of a bad outcome. At a time when the threat of new pandemic is higher that ever we need our public health and surveillance systems strengthened not dismantled.
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Farmers Face Prospect of Skyrocketing Healthcare Premiums More than a quarter of U.S. farmers rely on the Affordable Care Act, but despite the government shutdown, tax credits are set to expire.

Farmers are being hurt from all sides—skyrocketing health care premiums, rising input costs, and extreme weather – all at once.

We need to work to address one of these problems by extending the health care tax credits so thousands of family farms don’t suffer.

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Washington resident dies of complications from bird flu strain never before reported in humans | CNN A Washington resident died of complications from an infection with a bird flu strain never before reported in humans, the state Department of Health said on Friday.

Fortunately no mammalian adaptations of concern for human to human spread, but a good reminder of the potential for morbidity and mortality from H5. Don’t let the N5 fool you. While slightly different this comes from the same H5 we’ve been dealing with since 2022. www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/h...

How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...

One thing I’ve learned in life and science - if it seems like there is a simple answer and no one has done it yet and you have suddenly figured it out, there is probably information you don’t know or are missing. Just saying. www.propublica.org/article/meth...

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This fly's flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback. Here's what to know A type of flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback — and it’s creeping toward the United States. The new world screwworm is a blowfly whose larvae burrow into animal wounds and gorge on living tissue. This parasitic behavior poses a...

This fly's flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback. Here's what to know
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After 43 days my office plant is giving neglected federal worker vibes…

Statement from the Public Health Agency of Canada on Canada’s Measles Elimination Status Following over 12 months of transmission across the country, PAHO confirms Canada's loss of measles elimination status. We are coordinating efforts with provinces and territories to restore the status...

The Pan American Health Organization ( #PAHO ) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada ( #PHAC ) that Canada has lost its #measles elimination status after a year of sustained transmission.

The US could face the same risk if it's cases continue through January.

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The Resurgence of Vaccine Preventable Diseases at Home and Abroad Measles, whooping cough, and other vaccine-preventable diseases are on the rise around the world, and cuts to foreign aid, coupled with growing vaccine hesitancy, and persistent gaps in vaccine acces…

It seems appropriate that as someone who managed to survive a vaccine-less childhood this is my first post here.

What did you do for you 18th birthday? For me? I got my MMR and I’ll never stop appreciating the privilege of vaccination and the protection it provides.

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