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Senate committee reviews nomination of Erica Schwartz to take over beleaguered CDC 0

The revolving-door leadership of the nation’s top public health agency took another possible turn Wednesday, when Dr. Erica Schwartz’s nomination came before a U.S. Senate committee. Schwartz, 54, is running for director of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, charged with protecting Americans from preventable health threats. His career has been spent largely

Wildfires expose millions of people in the US Midwest and Northeast to dangerous smoke 0

Dense smoke from several large wildfires raging in Canada and Minnesota is expected to blanket large swaths of the Midwest and northeastern United States this week, exposing millions of people to dangerous air pollution. Minnesota officials issued an air quality alert Tuesday through Friday for areas including the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Alexandria and Two

New cases slow in New York Legionnaires’ disease outbreak; Met Museum between buildings with positive tests 0
- Gear / Gear News and Events, General, News, Newsletters, Security / Security News, US
- July 15, 2026
NEW YORK — An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in a New York City neighborhood now has 60 cases, but new diagnoses are slowing, health officials said Tuesday. They reported progress in inspections for disease-causing bacteria (they found traces in dozens of buildings, including the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art), but have not yet identified a
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Africa’s response to this Ebola outbreak shows how to shape global health 0
- SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
- July 15, 2026
The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda is one of the largest on record, with more than 1,700 cases confirmed since April. Dozens of governments and health organizations are supporting the public health response caused by the Bundibugyo species of Ebola virus. Their approaches reveal how global health
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New painted health sensors are as fun as face paint 0
- Engineering, HEALTH, Medicine, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX, Technology
- July 13, 2026
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