Hacker News with Generative AI: Public Health

RFK Jr. calls WHO "moribund" amid US withdrawal; China pledges to give $500M (arstechnica.com)
China is poised to be the next big donor to the World Health Organization after Trump abruptly withdrew the US from the United Nations health agency on his first day in office, leaving a critical funding gap and leadership void.
Politics, China, Public Health, Funding
16 points by FridayoLeary 2 days ago | 1 comments
Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago (npr.org)
To accomplish its mission of increasing the health security of the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that it "conducts critical science and provides health information" to protect the nation. But since President Trump's administration assumed power in January, many of the platforms the CDC used to communicate with the public have gone silent, an NPR analysis found.
Public Health, CDC, Government, Communication
20 points by bookofjoe 2 days ago | 3 comments
The Other Covid Reckoning (astralcodexten.com)
Five years later, we can’t stop talking about COVID.
COVID-19, Public Health, Social Impact, Pandemic
6 points by feross 2 days ago | 0 comments
RSV vaccine and antibody treatment leads to drop in US hospitalisations (gavi.org)
Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that the roll-out of preventive approaches has had an immediate impact on RSV rates.
Health, Vaccines, Disease, Public Health, United States
5 points by bediger4000 3 days ago | 1 comments
FDA to limit access to Covid-19 shots (arstechnica.com)
Under the control of anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration is unilaterally terminating universal access to seasonal COVID-19 vaccines; instead, only people who are age 65 years and older and people with underlying conditions that put them at risk of severe COVID-19 will have access to seasonal boosters moving forward.
COVID-19, Public Health, Vaccines, Politics, Health
14 points by AdmiralAsshat 3 days ago | 3 comments
US to limit Covid boosters to over-65s or those at high risk (yahoo.com)
The United States will restrict routine Covid-19 boosters to people over 65 or those at higher risk of serious illness, while requiring new placebo-controlled trials to justify vaccination in healthy individuals under that age, senior officials said Tuesday.
Health, COVID-19, Public Health, Policy, Vaccination
8 points by sundaeofshock 3 days ago | 0 comments
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or high risk of serious illness (statnews.com)
The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 years of age and older and others who are at high risk of becoming seriously ill if they are infected, and will require manufacturers to conduct clinical trials to show whether the vaccines are of benefit to healthy younger adults and children.
Health, COVID-19, Public Health, Regulation, Vaccines
12 points by perihelions 3 days ago | 3 comments
Investigation Update: Whole Cucumbers Outbreak, May 2025 (cdc.gov)
CDC and public health officials in several states are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to whole cucumbers. Businesses should not sell or serve whole cucumbers grown by Bedner Growers Inc. and distributed by Fresh Start Produce Inc. between April 29, 2025 to May 19, 2025.
Food Safety, Public Health, Salmonella, Outbreak, Produce
8 points by bookofjoe 3 days ago | 0 comments
Yearly Covid shots will no longer be approved for healthy adults and children (pbs.org)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration.
Public Health, COVID-19, Policy, Vaccination
22 points by geox 3 days ago | 5 comments
FDA announces change to future Covid-19 vaccine approvals (cnn.com)
FDA, Covid-19, Vaccines, Healthcare, Public Health
10 points by jnlasher 3 days ago | 1 comments
People understanding the dangers of risky areas more likely to accept buyouts (phys.org)
People who understand the health dangers of living in high-risk areas are more likely to accept home buyouts
Environmental Risks, Real Estate, Climate Change, Public Health
12 points by PaulHoule 7 days ago | 0 comments
The Old Model of Billionaire Philanthropy Is Ending (bloomberg.com)
Bill Gates is an optimist. He believes the world will be a better place in 20 years, that diseases like polio, measles and malaria will be eradicated, and that there will be other rich people lining up to fill the void when, as he announced last week, his foundation shuts its doors in 2045.
Philanthropy, Bill Gates, Wealth, Technology, Public Health
8 points by petethomas 7 days ago | 0 comments
DeSantis signs Florida fluoride ban. What comes next? (tampabay.com)
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a bill that will stop local governments from putting fluoride in water.
Politics, Florida, Public Health, Water Treatment
6 points by howard941 8 days ago | 1 comments
New study finds link between green spaces and police violence (medicalxpress.com)
A novel research project has shown that areas with greater amounts of green space have a lower prevalence of police violence.
Urban Planning, Crime, Public Health, Social Justice
8 points by PaulHoule 9 days ago | 6 comments
Suspected industrial discharges of PFAS Map (ewg.org)
This map shows the locations of 41,828 industrial and municipal sites that are known to produce or use, are suspected of using, or are a suspected source of the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS.
Environmental Issues, Pollution, Mapping, Chemicals, Public Health
4 points by mfro 9 days ago | 0 comments
FDA and RFK Jr. aim to remove fluoride products used to protect kids' teeth (apnews.com)
Golden swords and Arabian horses: Saudi Arabia's crown prince gives Trump a lavish royal welcome
FDA, Health, Politics, Public Health, Fluoride
19 points by c420 10 days ago | 9 comments
Immunogenicity and Safety of Influenza and Covid-19 Multicomponent Vaccine (jamanetwork.com)
Immunology, Vaccines, COVID-19, Influenza, Public Health
11 points by bikenaga 12 days ago | 1 comments
More People Use Illicit Fentanyl in the U.S. Than Previously Thought (discovermagazine.com)
The crisis of fentanyl and other opioids is far from over in the U.S., and a new study stresses that point, finding that the illicit use of these substances is much more prevalent than prior studies suggest.
Drugs, Public Health, Research, Addiction
7 points by jnord 12 days ago | 3 comments
When graphic design saves lives (news.harvard.edu)
Harvard Library has digitized more than 3,000 posters related to a single major public health crisis: the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Design, Public Health, History, HIV/AIDS
32 points by gnabgib 13 days ago | 4 comments
Nearly 200 students under quarantine outbreak most infectious disease (dailymail.co.uk)
Nearly 200 students have been rushed into quarantine in North Dakota over fears they were exposed to measles.
Public Health, Measles, Quarantine, Education
10 points by Bender 14 days ago | 1 comments
Leaked Interview with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya (disinformationchronicle.substack.com)
“Jocelyn, you know, I just, I'm really uncomfortable with this conversation because you're like actually spreading rumors that you don't know anything about.”
Public Health, Interviews, Disinformation, Science
4 points by gadders 14 days ago | 0 comments
Bill Gates tears into Elon Musk for 'the deaths of the poorest children' (theverge.com)
Gates calls out the ‘stunning’ reductions in USAID funding during an interview with The New York Times.
Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Philanthropy, Public Health, Criticism
22 points by breadwinner 15 days ago | 6 comments
Trump Executive Order Restricts 'Gain of Function' Research on Pathogens (nytimes.com)
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday evening to further restrict experiments on pathogens and toxins that could make them more harmful.
Politics, Science, Public Health, Biotechnology
7 points by cliffly 15 days ago | 1 comments
'How come I can't breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis (eenews.net)
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is belching smog-forming pollution into an area of South Memphis that already leads the state in emergency department visits for asthma.
Environmental Issues, Artificial Intelligence, Elon Musk, Public Health
10 points by ZeljkoS 16 days ago | 0 comments
The next superbug threat is already here. It's going to be harder to overcome (cnn.com)
Antibiotics, Medicine, Public Health, Bacteria, Disease
8 points by Teever 16 days ago | 1 comments
Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak (afro.who.int)
Kampala – Uganda today declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak, less than three months after the virus was confirmed in the capital Kampala.
Ebola, Public Health, Africa, Uganda
6 points by c420 18 days ago | 0 comments
World may be 'post-herd immunity' to measles, top US scientist says (theguardian.com)
A leading immunologist warned of a “post-herd-immunity world”, as measles outbreaks affect communities with low vaccination rates in the American south-west, Mexico and Canada.
Public Health, Measles, Vaccination, Herd Immunity
8 points by c420 20 days ago | 4 comments
Social networks found ineffective at mobilizing vaccination uptake (medicalxpress.com)
The persuasive power of social networks is immense, but not limitless, according to Cornell research published in the journal Health Economics. "Social Connections and COVID-19 Vaccination" showed that vaccine preferences, based on the COVID experience in the United States, proved quite insensitive to persuasion, even through friendship networks.
Social Media, Public Health, Vaccination, Research, COVID-19
6 points by PaulHoule 21 days ago | 0 comments
RFK Jr. to require placebo-controlled studies for new vaccines (npr.org)
The Trump administration plans to impose a new testing requirement for new vaccines — a demand that could delay the availability of the next round of COVID-19 vaccines and complicate the approval of other vaccines.
Vaccines, Public Health, Politics, Science
38 points by srameshc 22 days ago | 33 comments
Well, That's One Way to Address America's Vaping Problem (theatlantic.com)
Millions of Americans are inhaling e-cigarettes illegally imported from China. Because of tariffs, they’re about to get a lot more expensive.
Vaping, Public Health, United States, Tariffs, China
9 points by petethomas 22 days ago | 1 comments