Her Daughter Died After Taking a Generic Version of a Lifesaving Drug. This Is What She Wants You to Know. https://www.propublica.org/article/tacrolimus-fda-death-mothers-story?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky #MakeAmericaSickAgain
Her Daughter Died After Taking a Generic Version of a Lifesaving Drug. This Is What She Wants You to Know.

Hannah Goetz was 17 when she had a double lung transplant. Her tacrolimus medication was supposed to help her body accept her new lungs. She died at just 21 years old.

ProPublica
Measles detected in Jackson County sewage

Officials have detected measles for the first time since wastewater monitoring began.

OPB
Survey: A third of US backyard flock owners don’t know signs, symptoms of avian flu

The findings underscore the need for risk messaging and educational resources, the researchers say.

Counter Manufacturers are Killing Workers with Silica Dust, Safety Group Charges

Silicosis is a lethal workplace illness that killed thousands each year up through the 1960s. In recent decades, thanks to union workplace safety fights, it became much rarer. Annual deaths dropped to the hundreds. The disease affected mostly older workers with longer exposures. So it was hard for stonecutter Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez, 35, to get a clear diagnosis in 2019 when he first developed a cough and shortness of breath. It wasn’t until two years later that he was told he had silicosis—and only had a year to live.

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‘People should be talking about it’: moves to curtail vaccine information obscures important science, doctors say https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/07/health-agencies-vaccine-science-censorship #Science #MakeAmericaSickAgain #Science
‘People should be talking about it’: moves to curtail vaccine information obscures important science, doctors say

Quashed studies, halted publications and canceled research threaten damage to public health, critics say

The Guardian
Thousands of cancer patients in England to benefit from new immunotherapy jab

Injectable pembrolizumab can treat several types of cancer and can be administered in under two minutes

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Thanks to celebrities such as Jenny McCarthy, Dr. Mercola, RFK Jr., and others. https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns #MakeAmericaSickAgain
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

ProPublica
First malaria drug for babies is approved in ‘major public health milestone’

WHO prequalification of Coartem Baby means newborns can be safely treated rather than using medication for older children

The Guardian
RFK Jr. goes after antidepressants, and Trump’s ballroom could get a $1B boost

Here’s your Daily Kos Recap for May 5.

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