World news | The Guardian14h ago
US military service members will no longer be required to get annual flu shot https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/military-flu-shot-requirement-pete-hegseth #UsMilitary #VaccinesAndImmunisation #Flu #UsNews #Health #TrumpAdministration #PeteHegseth #UsPolitics
US military service members will no longer be required to get annual flu shot

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth makes announcement and calls military’s flu vaccine mandate ‘broad’ and ‘not rational’

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World news | The Guardian4d ago
‘It’s a powder keg’: Romania leads EU measles cases as vaccination rates collapse https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/romania-eu-measles-cases-vaccination-rates-collapse #Romania #Mmr #VaccinesAndImmunisation #Europe #WorldNews
‘It’s a powder keg’: Romania leads EU measles cases as vaccination rates collapse

Bottlenecks in the system and parents’ suspicions mean doctors expect another serious outbreak soon

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World news | The Guardian4d ago
Three meningitis B cases confirmed in Dorset as vaccinations offered to young people https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/17/three-meningitis-b-cases-confirmed-in-dorset-as-vaccinations-offered-to-young-people #Meningitis #England #Health #VaccinesAndImmunisation #UkNews
Three meningitis B cases confirmed in Dorset as vaccinations offered to young people

UK Health Security Agency says cases have been treated successfully and antibiotics are being given as a precaution

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US news | The Guardian4d ago
Inside the CDC’s leadership vacuum: work at a ‘standstill’ and low morale as 80% of top posts remain vacant https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/17/cdc-rfk-jr-leadership-positions-empty #RobertFKennedyJr #UsHealthcare #UsNews #UsPolitics #Republicans #Health #VaccinesAndImmunisation #Society
Inside the CDC’s leadership vacuum: work at a ‘standstill’ and low morale as 80% of top posts remain vacant

Current and ex-officials at the CDC warn Americans’ health security in danger under RFK Jr’s direction

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US news | The Guardian5d ago
Trump nominates Erica Schwartz, ex-deputy surgeon general, as CDC director https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/cdc-director-trump-erica-schwartz #TrumpAdministration #UsNews #Health #UsPolitics #DonaldTrump #VaccinesAndImmunisation
Trump nominates Erica Schwartz, ex-deputy surgeon general, as CDC director

Schwartz was deputy surgeon general under Trump’s first administration and is a rear admiral in the US Coast Guard

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World news | The Guardian5d ago
Utah reports more than 600 measles cases as outbreak spreads across US https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/utah-measles-cases-outbreak #Utah #Mmr #Health #UsNews #VaccinesAndImmunisation
Utah reports more than 600 measles cases as outbreak spreads across US

Data shows 85% of those infected in the state have been not vaccinated against measles as dozens are hospitalized

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World news | The Guardian5d ago
Covid jab injury payments must be urgently reformed, says inquiry chair https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/16/covid-jab-injury-payments-must-be-urgently-reformed-says-inquiry-chair #CovidInquiry #Coronavirus #UkNews #Health #Disability #HealthPolicy #VaccinesAndImmunisation #Society #Politics #PublicServicesPolicy
Trust in vaccines needs rebuilding despite ‘extraordinary feat’ of Covid jabs, inquiry finds

Heather Hallett hails scheme but urges ministers and health services to promote better vaccine awareness

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US news | The Guardian6d ago
Trump news at a glance: president renews threats against federal reserve chair, pushes his replacement https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/15/trump-news-at-a-glance-latest-updates-today #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #UsNews #UsPolitics #JeromePowell #FederalReserve #UsisraelWarOnIran #VaccinesAndImmunisation #UkNews #UsSupremeCourt #UsEconomy
Trump news at a glance: president renews threats against federal reserve chair, pushes his replacement

Trump reiterated his claim that Powell is doing a ‘bad job’ as justice department continues with criminal investigation into Powell over renovations at the Fed’s headquarters – key US politics stories from 15 April at a glance

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World news | The Guardian6d ago
‘Uncharted territory’: uncertainty as US vaccine guidance falls apart under Trump https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/15/uncertainty-vaccine-guidance-trump-administration #TrumpAdministration #VaccinesAndImmunisation #Health #RobertFKennedyJr #UsNews #UsPolitics #Flu
‘Uncharted territory’: uncertainty as US vaccine guidance falls apart under Trump

Several shots – including flu and Covid – lost their CDC recommendations under overhauls from the White House

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US news | The GuardianApr 9
As RFK Jr allies hailed Mississippi’s rollback of strict school vaccine rules, whooping cough surged and a baby died https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/09/rfk-jr-mississippi-rollback-school-vaccine-rules #UsHealthcare #VaccinesAndImmunisation #RobertFKennedyJr #Mississippi #TrumpAdministration #Children #UsNews #UsPolitics
As RFK Jr allies hailed Mississippi’s rollback of strict school vaccine rules, whooping cough surged and a baby died

The campaign to change the rules was years in the making, orchestrated in part by two men with close ties to US health secretary RFK Jr

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