The risks of myocarditis in older male children & young adult males. Dr. Vinay Prasad that with the exception of Spikevax vaccine's 2nd dose the "The incidence of myocarditis found for young men after SARS-CoV-2 infection is larger than what we found for myocarditis following COVID-19 vaccination"
Beyond the Myocarditis Headlines: What the Data and Our Memory Say About COVID-19 Shots for Kids
Fear of vaccine-related myocarditis is narrowing guidance, but the evidence is clear: COVID-19 infection triggers more myocarditis than vaccination, early doses cut pediatric long COVID, and myocardit...
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The hyperpartisan assault on public health has to stop. There appears to be no end in sight with discrediting vaccines and public health initiatives. The American Academy of Pediatrics has reported that approximately 234,000 children have been hospitalized in the USA with COVID-19.
Rand Paul COVID vaccine theories aren't helping to bridge public health divide | Opinion
Understating the dangers of COVID-19 and overstating the dangers of the vaccine discourages vaccination and will cause severe harm to our children.
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Canberra Daily: 'Half of long COVID patients show symptoms after 6 months'
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Half of long COVID patients show symptoms after 6 months | Canberra Daily
ANU: 56 per cent of Australians suffering from long COVID still had persistent symptoms six months after their initial infection.
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President Trump receives a COVID-19 booster and flu shot. Maybe you should too. www.aol.com/articles/whi...
White House: Trump gets COVID shot in preparation for upcoming travel
Trump's physician, Sean Barbabella, shared news of the president's COVID vaccination in a letter to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
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A measles outbreak in the State of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom & into quarantine for at least 21 days. In Minnesota, where a outbreak has been growing for the last month, 118 students are under quarantine after being exposed to the highly contagious virus
Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks
At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.
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Not good news: "ARS-CoV-2 infection had significantly higher risks of developing HPV-related cancers compared to those without infection: a 67% increase in cervical cancer, 131% in vaginal cancer, 98% in vulvar cancer, 92% in anal cancer, and 78% in oropharyngeal cancer."
SARS-CoV-2 infection heightens the risk of developing HPV-related carcinoma in situ and cancer - PubMed
SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with elevated risks of HPV-related carcinoma in situ and cancer, irrespective of age or race. The findings underscore the importance of understanding the interplay b...
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Children are hospitalized with COVID-19
Informative Graphic from the CDC regarding the recent impact of COVID-19 on the United States.
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Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe Covid-19.
"Using ultra-high-resolution scanners that can see the living brain in fine detail, researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford were able to observe the damaging effects Covid-19 can have on the brain."
"Using ultra-high-resolution scanners that can see the living brain in fine detail, researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford were able to observe the damaging effects Covid-19 can have on the brain."
Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe Covid-19
Damage to the brainstem - the brain's 'control center' - is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study suggests.
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Mask requirements are returning to health care settings across parts of the Bay Area, as local health officials brace for the annual surge in respiratory illnesses - including COVID-19, influenza and RSV - that typically arrives with colder weather. www.msn.com/en-us/health...
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OpEd articulates the crisis we are facing in the U.S. regarding public safety. "Rather than combating the rapid spread of health misinformation with facts and clarity, Kennedy is amplifying it. The consequences .... are measured in lives lost, disease outbreaks and an erosion of public trust ..."
Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.
We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.
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Long COVID in children & reinfections. A large retrospective study, which looked at the diagnostic code for Long COVID, U09.9. Thus, a large bias in not finding cases. The mean age was 8.9 yrs, & children were 2X as likely to develop long COVID with the 2nd infection than with the 1st infection.
Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study
Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes
after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking
paediatric long COVID to multisyst...
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Health Watch USA October 2025 Newsletter. Topics include the recent misinformation regarding Tylenol & vaccines along with a number of other public health topics. The 2025 HWUSA webinar videos are also available. Presentation abstracts and links to the videos are contained in the newsletter's PDF.
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This is what vaccinations avoid.
Steffen Thirstrup, the chief medical officer at the European Medicines Agency: “Our advice is based on a rigorous assessment of the available scientific data and we have found no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.”
Countering Trump, European health officials stress that acetaminophen is safe to use during pregnancy
Regulators in Europe have issued new statements backing the safety of Tylenol use in pregnancy, effectively repudiating claims from the Trump administration.
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Recent health policy meetings can only be characterized as a morass of misinformation. Proposals to split combined vaccines, such as the MMR, would ironically increase the number of shots, raising costs and discomfort, though decades of research support the safety & efficiency of combined vaccines.
Trump's CDC is pushing deadly misinformation about autism, Tylenol and vaccines | Opinion
President Trump is fueling medical misinformation with unsupported claims linking autism to vaccines and Tylenol during pregnancy.
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COVID-19 surpasses asthma as the most common chronic illness in children in 5 years and under. It is a neglect of the highest order to look children in the eyes & say, ‘We knew how to protect you and we didn’t do it. We have access to a technology to prevent airborne disease…and we refuse to use it
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner’s daughter Violet calls for post-COVID mask mandate in impassioned UN speech
Violet railed against mask bans at a Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting in 2024, revealing she’d “contracted a post-viral condition.”
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Earlier this year, the duo was forced to postpone two shows after Short caught Covid during - as Martin claimed - the SNL 50 anniversary special. Martin - who perhaps caught Covid while attending the Emmys last week? - will heal up in time so those rescheduled shows aren't postponed again.
Steve Martin Cancels Virginia Shows With Martin Short Due to Covid
Steve Martin and Martin Short have canceled their comedy shows this weekend in Virginia after the former caught Covid.
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"A 2023 study from the NIH found the main reasons parents forgo vaccinations for their children is that they believed they were unlikely to be susceptible to diseases and were skeptical vaccine efficacy. Specifically, fear of autism was the most cited reason for skipping the MMR vaccine."
Americans rejecting vaccines for their children have five things in common
Parents are refusing vaccinations for their children more and more than ever
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The poll shows that 1 in 6 parents have delayed or skipped some vaccines for their children, excluding for coronavirus or flu. Nine percent have skipped the polio or measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) shots, which risks large outbreaks of potentially fatal diseases.
Why 1 in 6 U.S. parents are rejecting vaccine recommendations
A wide-ranging Washington Post-KFF poll details who tends to reject vaccine recommendations and their reasoning.
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“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports. www.bmj.com/content/390/...
Why scientists are rethinking the immune effects of SARS-CoV-2
“Immunity debt,” a theory to explain the global surge in non-covid infections since pandemic restrictions were lifted, is increasingly being challenged by emerging evidence. Nick Tsergas reports
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Dr. Cynda discusses H5N1 or "Bird Flu" and its impact on domestic cats, poultry and dairy cattle at the 2025 Health Watch USA(sm) webinar: "Combating Infectious Disease Challenges." Health Watch USA(sm) 2025 webinar.
Chickens, Cows, and Cats: A Barnyard Story about Bird Flu - Cynda Crawford, DVM, PhD
YouTube video by Health Watch USA
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"FDA under President Trump are moving to abandon a decades-old policy of outside experts to review drug applications, a move critics say would shield decisions from public scrutiny. The agency “would like to get away” from assembling panels of experts ... because “I don’t think they’re needed,”
Under Trump, FDA seeks to abandon expert reviews of new drugs | CNN
FDA leaders under President Donald Trump are moving to abandon a decades-old policy of asking outside experts to review drug applications, a move critics say would shield the agency’s decisions from p...
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Dr. Wilmore Webley, PhD, Vice-Senior Provost at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. . Discusses the origin of the linking of the Measles Vaccine to Autism and the impact it has had on vaccination rates and public health. Health Watch USA(sm) Webinar. Aug. 29, 2025.
View Point: Measles Vaccine Misinformation, The Origins and Impact
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A preprint (not peer reviewed) where the authors also report an increase incidence of long COVID with reinfection.
"Conclusions We found that COVID-19 reinfection resulted in a roughly 35% increase in the incidence of long COVID in a matched cohort using observational electronic health"
"Conclusions We found that COVID-19 reinfection resulted in a roughly 35% increase in the incidence of long COVID in a matched cohort using observational electronic health"
Incidence of Long COVID Following Reinfection with COVID-19
Background COVID-19 reinfections have emerged as a critical concern, particularly in relation to post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, commonly known as long COVID. Long COVID is known to manif...
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Ky has one of the highest % of citizens covered by Medicaid. Under the BBB, Kentucky’s Medicaid system may become a house of cards. We must ask ourselves; do we really want to motivate social change by taking away healthcare? I fear doing so will set us on a path of a third-world nation.
KY Medicaid, and those who need it, may not survive new tax, work requirements | Opinion
Under the current law, KY's whole Medicaid system may become a house of cards. Do we really want to motivate social change by taking away healthcare?
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Lisa Baum, NYSNA, highlighted persistent issues in infection control within healthcare facilities, emphasizing nosocomial infections including airborne infections. Infection rates & associated deaths remain high, exacerbated by underreporting & insufficient data—particularly for airborne diseases.
A view from the Frontlines: The current state of infection control in U.S. healthcare facilities
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Dr. William Schaffner discusses how to build Trust and Empathy in Health Conversations in a presentation given during the Aug. 29th Health Watch USA Webinar, entitled "Communicating with Patients and the Public: Teaching for Health".
Communicating with Patients and the Public: Teaching for Health
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The Aug 2025 Health Watch USA Newsletter can be downloaded using the below link. Videos are available that discuss the distortion of science & the effectiveness of masking along with a presentation regarding the measles vaccine.
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Download 2025 Newsletter: www.healthwatchusa.org/HWUSA-Public...
Combating Infectious Disease Challenges; Have we gone twenty steps forward or backwards? Aug. 29, 2025
Aug. 29th, 2025 webinar presenting an in depth look at infectious disease challenges our society is facing. These include H5N1 (bird flu), measles, COVID-19, and antibiotic resistant bacteria.
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Wilmore Webley PhD, professor of microbiology and senior vice provost for equity & inclusion at the Univ. of Mass. Amherst. The research & vaccine history and clinical impact of measles with emphasis not only oy acute illness but also “immune amnesia” leaving survivors vulnerable to other diseases.
Measles After 50 Years - Wilmore Webley, PhD
YouTube video by Health Watch USA
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