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Maryland health officials warn providers about an upsurge in mumps cases Maryland health officials are warning about an uptick in cases of mumps.

Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.

Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.

Expect more.

This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

DHS Confirms Third Measles Case Of 2026 In Wisconsin County Case related to exposure out of state, health officials advise residents to watch for symptoms and check their vaccine status.

Welp: Wisconsin’s got its third measles case of 2026. This one’s tied to out-of-state exposure + travel through MKE airport into Walworth County. Check your MMR status, watch symptoms, and for the love of public health—call ahead if you feel sick. #Wisconsin #Measles

The Senator Who Has Made It Her Mission to Stop RFK Jr. It’s been a year since Kennedy was sworn in as health secretary. Alsobrooks has made it her mission to remove him

She called out Junior's lies.

"His leadership has been absolutely disastrous, and it has almost single-handedly worked to dismantle the public health system in our country and many of the gains that we’ve made in research, science, and medicine."

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FDA reverses course, refuses to review Moderna’s application for new mRNA flu vaccine

The company expressed surprise and confusion about the decision, noting the FDA’s earlier support for the study plan.

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Study finds no link between COVID-19 vaccines and autism

A new study finds no increase in autism rates in babies born to mothers who received COVID-19 vaccines just before or during pregnancy, compared with children of unvaccinated moms.

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Wisconsin’s tribal nations respond to ICE detainments of Native Americans, prepare for ICE in Wisconsin Wisconsin’s tribal nation community members and Gov. Tony Evers condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents’ detainment of Native Americans and denial of tribal identification in the city of ...

President of Ho-Chunk Nation, Jon Greendeer, has denounced ICE and is preparing with Governor Evers for a response to ICE in Wisconsin. Read more:
https://badgerherald.com/news/wisconsin/2026/02/03/wisconsins-tribal-nations-respond-to-ice-detainments-of-native-americans-prepare-for-ice-in-wisconsin/

Whopper of the Week: RFK Jr’s Bogus Attacks on Mifepristone Threaten Abortion Access | Defend Public Health Secretary Kennedy has repeatedly challenged the safety of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in most abortions. Hundreds of studies using decades of data have conclusively shown that mifepristone is ...

It’s Wednesday which means it’s time for the Whooper of the Week:

RFK JR.'s BOGUS ATTACKS ON MIFEPRISTONE THREATEN ABORTION ACCESS

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Trump Administration to Cut $600 Million in Health Funding From Four States

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One Generation Runs the Country. The Next Cashed In on Crypto. Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions for their families, but their investors didn’t always fare so well.

"While his father Steve Witkoff acts as President Trump’s all-purpose special envoy, 32-year-old Zach Witkoff now heads up World Liberty, which has doled out at least $1.4 billion to both families"
extraordinary reporting from @wsj.com
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Keep resisting, keep standing up, and keep speaking out, Illinois.

Trump and Vance Can’t Be 'Pro-Life' While Committing Violence Against Children - OtherWords Children aren’t exempt from ICE’s violence. And for administration hardliners, that’s the point.

The Trump administration’s willingness to abduct, detain, and otherwise traumatize the children of immigrants reveals a double-standard in a party which claims to be “pro-life.”

If we truly value life, we must defend all children equally.

GRANTS TERMINATED WITH REFERENCE TO: “VACCINE” Enhancing K-12 School Safety During a Respiratory Viral Pandemic. Evaluating the impact of antigen selection on T cell responses to therapeutic cancer vaccination. Investigation of novel chlamydia vaccines in male infection models and sexual transmission challenges. Identifying salient factors that influence physician practices in mitigating patient misinformation. Discovering Durable Pan-Coronavirus Immunity. THIS DOESN’T MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY.

Censoring the word "vaccine" doesn't make America healthy.
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SCIENCE IS UNDER CENSORSHIP. “WOMEN” “VACCINE” “EQUITY” “ADDICTION” FROM PEN AMERICA’S LIST OF WORDS BANNED FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORK.

Science cannot thrive when censorship shuts down research. Shutting down research doesn't make people healthy. Help us impeach & #RemoveRFKJr by visiting standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr .
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Trump promised to “rapidly bring down costs.” Republicans in Congress said lowering prices was their top priority.

More than a year into Trump's second term and one thing is clear: they lied and you’re paying the price.

RFK Jr. and Mike Tyson want you to believe that MAHA is just about eating healthier.

But in reality, MAHA has been focused on firing the food and medical research experts who actually make America healthy.

Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.

Trump & Noem's masked ICE agents aren't going after the worst of the worst—they're randomly targeting innocent people, detaining children, trampling Americans' basic rights, and killing U.S. citizens.

This is not even remotely acceptable. ICE & CBP must be reined in.

Illinois joins WHO global outbreak network after U.S. withdraws Article Summary JB Pritzker announced Illinois will join the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, allowing the

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MAHA

The U.S. is on the verge of losing its measles elimination status Last year, the CDC confirmed 2,144 measles cases across 44 states — the most since 1991 — and nearly 50 separate outbreaks.

Experts fear the vaccine-preventable virus has regained a foothold and that the U.S. may soon follow Canada in losing the achievement of having eliminated it.
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"If we can't measure problems, we can't see problems. If we can't see problems, there's no room for the government to get involved."

At least the third university I've seen in the last few weeks. Also U of Wisconsin Madison and Ave Maria (also Fl, 22(?) cases last I saw). Glad my university has an active #measles task force to prepare.

How Autocrats Meddle With Elections The Trump administration has its eyes on the midterms and beyond.

"Voter suppression is one of the core tools of authoritarianism. It is how you shift from democracy to autocracy. And for millions of Americans, it’s about to become the norm"

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The State of US Vaccine Policy

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Portraits of Justin Rivas, Carleigh Olson, Moran Christian, and Margarita Northrop.

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“For a further three trials, the authors were unable to find data on primary outcomes, or discovered that outcomes were analyzed differently in a publication from how they were described in the registry entry, Ekstrøm says.“ not good.

new threats to 2030 census already apparent (via the excellent @hansilowang.bsky.social) bsky.app/profile/cram...

Federal Data Is Disappearing The Trump administration has disrupted data collection on everything from homeland security, maternal mortality, hunger, drug use, education, disaster preparation and the economy.

NOTUS on disappearance of federal data www.notus.org/trump-white-...