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FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines with new restrictions, potentially limiting access for healthy children

Guidance around COVID-19 vaccines has once again shifted after the Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 27, 2025, approved updated shots for the fall season, but for a more limited group than in prior seasons.

The Conversation

Trump news at a glance: top CDC officials resign over ‘weaponization of public health’

Top US public health agency loses number of key officials as director ousted weeks into the job. Key US politics stories from Wednesday 27 August at a glance

The Guardian - US

Daniil Medvedev is fined $42,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct and racket abuse for US Open outburst

Daniil Medvedev has been fined $42,500 by the U.S. Open for his meltdown during a first-round loss after a photographer wandered onto the court during the match

The Independent UK

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CDC chief ‘targeted’ for refusing to ‘rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives’, lawyers say – as it happened

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The Guardian - US

Ousted CDC director targeted for ‘protecting the public over serving a political agenda’ lawyer claims

Susan Monarez was weeks into her job as CDC director when the Health and Human Services Department announced her removal

The Independent UK

Monarez removed as CDC director, HHS says - Roll Call

Susan Monarez is no longer CDC director, according to the Health and Human Services Department, though her attorneys begged to differ.

Roll Call

CDC dramatically scales back program that tracks food poisoning infections

Federal health officials have scaled back FoodNet, a program that tracked food poisoning infections in the U.S. The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network has cut required monitoring to just two pathogens that cause infections, down from eight

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RFK Jr. Rescinds Emergency Authorizations For COVID-19 Vaccines

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on social media that the emergency use authorizations for COVID-19 vaccines have now been rescinded.

Benzinga

Getting a COVID-19 vaccine is getting more and more difficult. Here’s why

It depends on your age, insurance coverage, health and finding a health care professional who will give you the shot

The Independent UK

FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots but limits access for some kids and adults

The Food and Drug Administration has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines for the upcoming fall and winter season

The Independent UK

Vaccine misinformation led to an officer’s murder at the CDC – politicians’ silence is deafening

After a gunman reportedly deceived by anti-vaccine disinformation opened fire on the CDC and fatally shot David Rose, a community grieves as Trump officials remain silent

The Guardian - US

A new strain of Covid is causing a spike in California as officials grapple with Trump’s vaccine policies

Health officials under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have delayed and gummed up the approval of new Covid-19 jabs even as the new ‘Stratus’ subvariant surges in the Golden State

The Independent UK

US reports its first New World parasitic screwworm infection in decades

A person in Maryland has been diagnosed with an infection of the flesh-eating New World screwworm. It's the first case in the U.S. in decades.

LiveScience

As measles exploded, West Texas officials looked to CDC scientists. No one answered.

Emails show how overwhelmed West Texas officials were as they asked CDC for guidance on how to respond to the explosive outbreak.

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Euronews

US confirms rare case of flesh-eating parasite. Here’s what to know about the New World screwworm

New World screwworm is a fly that lays its eggs in open wounds and body openings.

The Independent UK

‘Out here all alone’: Texas health officials’ pleas for help were ignored by CDC as measles cases grew, report says

Public health officials in Texas were met with little to no response from CDC officials when they first reported a measles outbreak earlier this year, according to a new report

Benzinga

Trump Administration Plans To Pull COVID-19 Vaccines Off Market 'Within Months'

The Trump administration is preparing to remove COVID-19 vaccines from the U.S. market "within months," according to a close associate of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

International Business Times UK

'Flesh-Eating Maggots' Back in the US After 60 Years – But Can the Deadly Screwworm Spread Between People?

The first human case of New World screwworm in the US has been confirmed. Is it contagious? Discover expert insights on symptoms, treatment, and how authorities plan to control the flesh-eating parasite.

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Benzinga

Screwworm Case Reported In US: Here Is What You Should Know About The Flesh-Eating Maggot

The Department of Health and Human Services reported on Sunday the nation's first travel-associated human case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, linked to an ongoing outbreak in Central America.

The Independent UK

Deadly flesh-eating screwworm found infecting person in US for first time in years

Infestations are ‘very painful’, CDC warns

We Got This Covered

Trump’s cuts leave America’s nuclear weapons workers in limbo, now unable to claim compensation for cancers caused by work

"I've contacted politicians and the White House and haven't heard anything back."

The Independent UK

Workers who developed cancer while building America’s nuclear weapons struggle to make medical claims after Trump cuts

Unless the Trump administration chooses to renew the compensation program former nuclear weapons employees who are hoping to receive assistance with their medical payments will no longer have the opportunity.

The Independent UK

HHS moves to strip thousands of federal health workers of union rights

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has moved to strip thousands of federal health agency employees of their collective bargaining rights

We Got This Covered

‘Complicit’: RFK Jr. is already choking on the medicine he’s been prescribing everyone else

Funny how reality has a way of hitting back.

The Independent UK

Law enforcement officers remember police officer who died after CDC shooting

Weeks after David Rose died in an August shooting at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, officers remembered the DeKalb County police officer as a courageous leader who prioritized family

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