"The whole system of finding, diagnosing and treating #tuberculosis has collapsed in dozens of countries across #Africa and #Asia since President #Trump ordered the aid freeze on Jan. 20.

The United States contributed about half of international donor funding to TB last year...

While some of the TB programs may ultimately survive, none have received any money for months."

NY Times article. Try proreader.io to remove the paywall:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/health/tuberculosis-kenya-us-cuts.html

Just went and got another TdaP vaccination, even though my last one was only five years ago and the current recommendation is to get one every ten years.

My reasoning:
- Who knows what vaccination availability will look like in five years.
- Regarding pertussis: "Researchers ... were able to figure out that in the first year after TdaP, its effectiveness is about 70%. By four years out, that protection is less than 10%."
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/protection-from-the-tdap-vaccine-doesnt-last-very-long-201602099202

Thanks to @deirdresm for alerting me to the waning pertussis immunity.

Took a couple stickers from CVS while I was at it, although it didn't take any bravery to get this vaccination.

Measles is unlike other viruses: What to know about long-term complications.

From NBC News: "The virus targets certain types of immune cells in the body, destroying them in the process."

https://flip.it/MaZ0pr

The U.S. CDC recently announced that it would begin research to examine whether #childhood #vaccines are linked to #autism.

This decision implies that we still don’t have enough information to determine whether the two are linked. But this is far from the case.

An #overview of #influenza #H5 #vaccines, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/03/an-overview-of-influenza-h5-vaccines.html

How about some promising Covid-vaccine-related news? It's all early on, but it's still nice to see — and maybe buried amidst all the other news.

Nasal COVID-19 vaccine based on WashU technology to enter U.S. clinical trials
https://medicine.washu.edu/news/nasal-covid-19-vaccine-based-on-washu-technology-to-enter-u-s-clinical-trials/

Newly Discovered Antibody Protects Against All COVID-19 Variants
https://news.utexas.edu/2024/09/03/newly-discovered-antibody-protects-against-all-covid-19-variants/

(Of course, who knows what will happen with any vaccine work and/or availability given this administration.)

In 1 decade, Texas went from having high vaccination rates to low rates

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/experts-vaccines-texas-measles

#Covid #Vaccines Have Paved the Way for #Cancer Vaccines - https://www.wired.com/story/wired-health-lennard-lee-cancer-vaccines/ "The mRNA technology behind coronavirus vaccines is now being used to create bespoke vaccines for cancer patients." but will #muricans be allowed to use them...? #vax

I don't think Americans are going to eat their way to good health with beef tallow french fries. I could be wrong.

"He asked three local churches if he could set up a mobile testing site on their property. They all refused...His team did create a drive-up testing site at a county events building next to the city park, and not far from the Masonic lodge. But he said that it gets very few visitors—about two or three a day. As a result, no one really knows the outbreak’s total size."

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/03/texas-measles-outbreak-death-family/681985/

I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE THINK WE NEED VACCINES

Wearing asafoedita in a bag around the neck keeps measles at bay. It's a sure preventative.

If you think you need extra protection, sip some water from a holy well while walking widdershins around it and reciting the Lord's prayer backwards.

#Trump #RFKJr #vaccines #vaccination #healthcare #measles #science #medicine #disinformation #nonsense
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Photo of child with day-four measles rash is by CDC/NIP/Barbara Rice, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measles#/media/File:RougeoleDP.jpg

"WH pulls nomination of Dave Weldon as CDC director hours before hearing."

Encouraging, Trump's pick for the CDC was even too anti-vax for him.

He's promoted anti-vaccine theories for decades -held fast to the belief that vaccines caused autism, even though science has since debunked that theory. In 2007, he introduced a bill to ban thimerosal from vaccines based on a perceived link to autism *removed from all childhood vaccines in the US in 2001.

#CDC #Vaccines #USPol https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/13/trump-administration-withdraws-dave-weldon-cdc-nomination/

A recent study shows promise for a personalized mRNA vaccine to prevent pancreatic cancer recurrence, offering hope for patients and highlighting the potential of tailored cancer treatments. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/13/world/cancer-vaccine-shows-hope/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #cancer #pancreaticcancer #mrna #vaccines #health #medicine

If people who knowingly spread misinformation that directly led to people's deaths could be charged with 2nd-degree murder (and I don't see why they can't!) - I wonder how much that would help stop a lot of this crap.

this is fine https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-03-11/measles-case-confirmed-los-angeles-county-lax-exposure

Making America Sicker and More Ignorant Again

The NIH just cut research grants on dozens of studies, many already in progress, on vaccine hesitancy and strategies to increase vaccine uptake.

Meanwhile, RFKJr's CDC is resurrecting the long disproven link began vaccines and autism and calling for new studies on this already scientifically resolved non issue.

And at the same time, RFKJr is telling people to take snake oil, I mean codfish oil, and antibiotics, to combat measles, though neither of which has any efficacy for that disease.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/anti-science/nih-cuts-research-grants-vaccine-hesitancy-mrna-vaccine-studies-next-target