U.S. HHS Secretary RFK Jr. announced alongside President Trump that his department will reveal the definitive cause of rising autism rates next month, blaming "certain interventions" like environmental factors or vaccines. Critics decry this as undermining science, attributing increases to better diagnostics. The disclosure could reshape public health policies.
The CDC has slashed foodborne illness surveillance from eight pathogens to just salmonella and E. coli due to budget cuts, effective July 1, sidelining monitoring of listeria and others that cause thousands of hospitalizations yearly. Experts warn this could delay outbreak detection and heighten public health risks.
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