Exciting vaccine news for older adults—I hope this will allow us to have better matches for quickly evolving flu strains. 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/h...
F.D.A. Approves Moderna’s mRNA Flu Vaccine (Gift Article)
The agency had initially refused to even review the application but reversed course after a public outcry.
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How the hell are we allowing Felons to be President ?? finance.yahoo.com/news/capital...
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe
By Kenrick Cai SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Capital One Financial hit back on Friday against a lawsuit over its decision to close the Trump Organization's bank accounts years ago, stating that it
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“He said he agreed to back Kaufman after HHS officials —Cassidy didn’t say who —agreed to unspecified personnel changes, & to a restriction that the ASPR leader not be involved in vaccine policy decisions”—as if RFK won’t just break this promise like he has past ones www.statnews.com/2026/07/30/s...
Key Senate panel backs Trump’s picks for CDC, pandemic preparedness
In win for RFK Jr., Senate committee sends nominations of Erica Schwartz for CDC director and Sean Kaufman for ASPR to full Senate.
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‘America’s finest people are right here’: Ukraine pays tribute to US fighters www.stripes.com/theaters/eur...
‘America’s finest people are right here’: Ukraine pays tribute to US fighters
Numerous efforts are underway in Ukraine to recognize and commemorate foreign combatants, many of whom are Americans.
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US troop casualties in Iran war surpass 600 as fighting pauses www.stripes.com/theaters/mid...
US troop casualties in Iran war surpass 600 as fighting pauses
The number of U.S. service members wounded in the war with Iran has surpassed 600, according to the latest figures posted by the Pentagon.
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Shrapnel, broken bones, head trauma: New records show how US troops were wounded in Iran War www.stripes.com/theaters/mid...
Shrapnel, broken bones, head trauma: New records show how US troops were wounded in Iran War
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MACRON: Ukraine will acquire two things from France. Air defense: new-generation SAMP/T systems with missiles, delivery expected in coming weeks. Fighter jets: 16 Rafale aircraft with weapon system, delivery expected in 2028–2029, and training expected to start in coming months.
It is deeply alarming that a federal agency is using its investigative power to monitor and potentially harass individuals based on their criticism of the government. This is a direct assault on the First Amendment and a desperate attempt to protect the agency from public oversight.
ICE’s Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics
The Office of Professional Responsibility has opened more than 100 cases over what ICE officials call “incidents of doxing and threats” against ICE employees.
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🚨 CRITICAL UPDATE: Ukraine’s latest blitz just hit Russia where it hurts the most, leaving gas stations empty. But it’s the chilling warning the US just dropped on Poland that has everyone on edge. NATO is on high alert. Read the full breakdown here: 👇
Ukraine blitz burns Putin’s factories and oil & US drops terrifying invasion warning on Poland
Ukraine strikes multiple Russian oil facilities, creating fuel chaos. Meanwhile, the US issues a stark warning to Poland about a potential Russian invasion targeting NATO.
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After weeks of chaos, protests, and a literal battle over every single ballot, Peru finally has a declared winner. Keiko Fujimori hails a "new stage," but what comes next for the country? 🇵🇪 Full story and video update here: 👇
Incoming president Fujimori hails 'new stage' for Peru
Keiko Fujimori is declared Peru's president-elect after weeks of intense protests and ballot reviews. Watch the latest update on Peru's thin-margin election.
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They were “testilying” under oath. Crucify them.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last mo.Last year ICE said a man tried to murder a female ICE officer while she was trying to arrest him. They swore under oath he grabbed her by the neck and tried to choke her to death. He was even indicted for attempted murder. Problem is, it never happened! Bystander video unraveled the lie.
ICE agents almost shot a man after an ICE agent dropped his gun and another yelled, “Gun.” 📍 This happened in Everett, Massachusetts. Witnesses had to shout that the detained man was unarmed. americansagainstice.org/subscribe
"In the absence of trust, even the best-resourced outbreak response will struggle. But when trust is present, communities themselves become our strongest defence." Amref's Dr Githinji Gitahi on minding the community trust gap in the #Ebola outbreak response.
Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting@healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · last mo.In Ituri, #Ebola response teams face burned tents, hostile burials and patients fleeing quarantine. The lesson: emergency response cannot succeed without community trust built long before crisis arrives. INSIDE VIEW: Dr Githinji Gitahi, AMREF 📰➡️ healthpolicy-watch.news/mind-the-gap...
FOX NEWS: The money Trump has made while in office -- there's also a story about his sons making money off a deal in Kazakhstan. What's the White House's response? WH SPOX ANNA KELLY: Americans wanted a businessman in office. He's had a tremendously successful career.
Could we please call this as it is? He's never been anything other than status conscious; a need to be the alpha, as represented by money, power, women. He attracted similarly wounded souls who want to live vicariously. Not all his supporters; enough to swing the electoral math. He's a parasite.
Antonina Pirozhkova #Soviet civil engineer & writer. @ Kuznetskstroi, skills so valued that stationmaster banned from selling her train ticket home. 1934 to Moscow where rose to chief engineer on Metro. #WWII engineered railway tunnels in Caucasus. b. #OTD 1 Jul 1909 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonin...
It’s remarkable how Vance’s humble faith always seems to validate what’s politically convenient for Vance.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.JD Vance says his faith makes him averse to “low wage foreigners”
@suricrowe.bsky.social: The Lincoln Memorial Reflection Pool is quite literally a reflection of the swamp that Trump and his cronies have turned our country into. You did it, Mr. Trump. And yet, Trump's arresting innocent people for touching the contaminated water. It is a new low.
Lack of affordable healthcare in the U.S. is unacceptable, all thanks to Republicans who are obsessed with denying healthcare to Americans. I’ll never understand how people support and vote for this completely avoidable situation?
KYIV POST: Russian Troops Forced to Walk 30 km After Ukraine Hits Logistics, Minister Says https://www.kyivpost.com/post/79376 Fedorov said strikes on Russian military targets in occupied Crimea and southern Ukraine have severely disrupted Moscow's logistics, forcing some infantry units to […]
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MAGA is still upset that Elon hasn’t paid out the promised election money to buy votes, but there may finally be some progress toward their payday. A federal judge has ordered Elon Musk to testify under oath in two proposed class-action
“Measles running rampant, public health destroyed, a trillion dollars ripped from Medicaid, inadequate physician payment, stupid immigration rules,” Fryhofer told AMA members in promising to call out Kennedy and the Trump administration on all of it.
America’s doctors just voted for war with RFK Jr.
The American Medical Association has sought a working relationship with the health secretary. Members saw moral compromise.
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“Compared with controls, survivors more often reported memory loss, irritability, and trouble concentrating” www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/ge...
Ebola's Brain Effects Persist More Than 7 Years After Infection
Many survivors still had neurologic symptoms, most notably memory loss
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More than two dozen former officers in the judge advocate general corps are joining a legal fray stemming from the U.S. government's use of military lawyers to prosecute civilians in federal court. From Stars and Stripes' Jennifer H. Svan:
Critics of expanded DOJ use of military lawyers beef up brief with added former JAGs
A friend-of-the-court brief filed Monday was signed by 27 onetime members of the JAG corps across five military services.
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