CDC temporarily halts testing for several infectious diseases amid staffing shortages https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/02/cdc-infectious-diseases-testing #TrumpAdministration #InfectiousDiseases #Health #UsNews
CDC temporarily halts testing for several infectious diseases amid staffing shortages

Federal agency, which normally supports state and local public health labs, has been hobbled by staff departures

The Guardian

Places to spend $$ other than a gilded ballroom - and if companies have enough to pay for said ballroom, maybe they should be paying more towards the common good?

#CDC pauses testing for #rabies and other serious #infectiousdiseases https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-pauses-testing-rabies-monkeypox-epstein-barr-viruses-rcna266377

#taxes #federalbudget

Albanese's Scott Morrison moment came this week
By Courtney Gould

This week in Canberra, the prime minister had a message for Australians, his treasurer laid the groundwork for the upcoming federal budget and Angus Taylor's car was stolen.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-02/anthony-albanese-national-address-press-club-angus-taylor-car/106510742

#GovernmentandPolitics #FederalGovernment #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #FederalParliament #RespiratoryDiseases #EpidemicsandPandemics #WorldPolitics #InfectiousDiseases #CourtneyGould

Albanese's Scott Morrison moment came this week

This week in Canberra, the prime minister had a message for Australians, his treasurer laid the groundwork for the upcoming federal budget and Angus Taylor's car was stolen.

U.S. Military Continues mRNA Vaccine Research after RFK, Jr., Cuts Funding #Science #HealthandMedicine #InfectiousDiseases #mRNA #Vaccines #PublicHealth
https://purescience.news/article?id=959582
U.S. Military Continues mRNA Vaccine Research after RFK, Jr., Cuts Funding

The Department of Defense funds biomedical research to ensure military and pandemic preparedness. This includes mRNA vaccine projects that RFK, Jr., recently defunded

Pure Science News
U.S. Military Continues mRNA Vaccine Research after RFK, Jr., Cuts Funding #Science #HealthandMedicine #InfectiousDiseases #mRNA #Vaccines #PublicHealth
https://purescience.news/article?id=959582
U.S. Military Continues mRNA Vaccine Research after RFK, Jr., Cuts Funding

The Department of Defense funds biomedical research to ensure military and pandemic preparedness. This includes mRNA vaccine projects that RFK, Jr., recently defunded

Pure Science News
Africa: Mosquitoes Carrying Malaria Are Evolving More Quickly Than Insecticides Can Kill Them - Researchers Pinpoint How: [The Conversation Africa] The fight against infectious disease is a race against evolution. Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics. Viruses adapt to spread more quickly. Diseases transmitted by insects present another evolutionary front: Insects themselves can evolve… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRmWzk #Malaria #InsecticideResistance #MosquitoControl #PublicHealth #InfectiousDiseases
WastewaterSCAN Dashboard

WastewaterSCAN Data Dashboard tracks infectious diseases across the US via wastewater surveillance.

TWiV 1308: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

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WastewaterSCAN Dashboard

WastewaterSCAN Data Dashboard tracks infectious diseases across the US via wastewater surveillance.

TWiV 1308: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

YouTube