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Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/4R5M0dX via IFTTT your-feed-science, Disease Rates, Vaccination and Immunization, Epidemics, Children and Childhood, Medicine and Health, Mennonite Churches, Measles Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, claimed that local doctors had successfully treated children with a steroid, antibiotics or cod liver oil.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nIhNJyD via IFTTT Infant Formulas, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, United States Politics and Government, Babies and Infants, Food, Ethics and Official Misconduct, Conflicts of Interest, Appointments and Executive Changes, Premature Babies, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Necrotizing Enterocolitis Kyle Diamantas, a former corporate lawyer, is the new director for the F.D.A. food division, which oversees infant formula. He defended a top maker in cases claiming the company had not warned of potential risks to very low-weight babies.

Health By Unknown Author from NYT Health https://ift.tt/EMqfOIo via IFTTT Nicholas Enrich, acting assistant administrator for global health at U.S.A.I.D., spelled out projections for human health following cuts to foreign aid. Mr. Enrich was placed on administrative leave over the weekend.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/f8aujn2 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Foreign Aid, United States Politics and Government, Humanitarian Aid, Deaths (Fatalities), Medicine and Health, Avian Influenza, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Ebola Virus The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/kXelD6q via IFTTT your-feed-science, Disease Rates, Vaccination and Immunization, United States Politics and Government, Epidemics, Children and Childhood, Measles Robert F. Kennedy Jr. described the outbreak in West Texas last week as a “top priority.” But he did not explicitly encourage Americans to get vaccinated.

Health By Teddy Rosenbluth and Desiree Rios from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Vv7n4Pr via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Disease Rates, Children and Childhood, Rural Areas, Federal-State Relations (US), Parenting, Mennonite Churches, Rumors and Misinformation, Measles Vaccine hesitancy has been rising for years in the United States. Doctors and parents in one rural county are confronting the consequences.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/iacThum via IFTTT Foreign Aid, United States Politics and Government, Humanitarian Aid, Ebola Virus, United States International Relations The Trump administration has canceled at least four of the five contracts with organizations that helped manage the outbreak in Uganda.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Mrv2nWj via IFTTT Medicine and Health, United States Politics and Government, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Government Contracts and Procurement, Malaria, Malnutrition, Tuberculosis, Politics and Government, Vaccination and Immunization Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/JSyli9h via IFTTT Ebola Virus, United States Politics and Government, Humanitarian Aid, Government Contracts and Procurement, Federal Aid (US) The contracts financed Ebola screening at airports and protective equipment for health workers, and helped prevent transmission by survivors of the disease, according to a former U.S.A.I.D. official.

Health By Brian Rosenthal, Christina Shaman, Christina Thornell, Laura Salaberry, James Surdam and Jeremy White from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ZGA5DcP via IFTTT Transplants Organ transplant waiting lists are designed to fairly distribute organs to the sickest patients in order of priority. Or so we thought. A New York Times investigation shows that the list leaves many patients waiting for organs despite being next in line. Brian Rosenthal, a New York Times reporter, explains how this list became so unreliable.