We’re Living in a Tick Nightmare. It’s Time to Go to War.

By: Jonathan Mingle — 11 July 2026 at 14:36

With ticks, we’ve barely begun to fight back. The longer we wait, the more territory they will claim across both our geographic and psychic maps.

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What to Know About the Ebola Outbreak, as U.S. Restricts Travelers

By: Ephrat Livni — 18 May 2026 at 20:11

The United States restricted entry of people who have been to three African countries, after the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency. The outbreak has killed more than 100.

A motorcycle taxi driver at a hospital in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday.

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Ebola Was Identified in Congo Weeks Before W.H.O. Declared an Emergency

By: Ruth Maclean — 18 May 2026 at 20:05

Early surveillance and testing failed to identify the rare species of Ebola responsible for the current outbreak. An American doctor is among the confirmed cases.

At a hospital in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, the center of a new Ebola outbreak.

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Hepatitis B Vaccine, Once a Public Health Win, Is Under Threat From RFK Jr.

By: Dani Blum — 23 September 2025 at 16:18

Rates of the disease have fallen since 1991, when all newborns began receiving the shot. President Trump recently said he thought children should not get it until age 12.

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RFK Jr.’s Handpicked Vaccine Advisers Are Set to Meet for the First Time

By: Apoorva Mandavilli — 25 June 2025 at 22:06

The reconstituted C.D.C. panel will revisit the standard vaccination schedule. The former head of an anti-vaccine group is now a special federal employee.

At least half of the eight new members of a C.D.C. panel, who are meeting for the first time on Wednesday, have expressed some skepticism about vaccines.

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Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine

By: Apoorva Mandavilli — 31 May 2025 at 02:13

The termination is the latest in a series of cuts to H.I.V. research and programs to prevent the disease.

“The consortia for H.I.V./AIDS vaccine development and immunology was reviewed by N.I.H. leadership, which does not support it moving forward,” said a senior official at the National Institutes of Health who was not authorized to speak on the matter and asked not to be identified.

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CDC Issues New Advice on Covid Vaccines for Children That Contradicted RFK Jr.

By: Christina Jewett — 30 May 2025 at 21:29

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday that the vaccine would no longer appear on the childhood immunization schedule. C.D.C.’s update counters his policy.

A dose of the pediatric Covid vaccine in Charlotte, N.C., in 2021. The shots will remain available to children who have a conversation with their doctor, a practice the agency calls “shared decision-making.”