Health News that Trump Doesn't Want You To Know

[FrodoTX]

I am a retired physician, that dealt with health insurance, all I can saw we all are screwed

 

[KaraBulut]

U.S. Measles Cases in 2025 as of 29-Oct-2025

Total cases: 1,648 (up from 1,618 last week)

Age

• Under 5 years: 440 (27%)
• 5-19 years: 656 (40%)
• 20+ years: 545 (33%)
• Age unknown: 7 (0%)

Vaccination Status

• Unvaccinated or Unknown: 92%
• One MMR dose: 4%
• Two MMR doses: 4%

U.S. Hospitalizations in 2025: 12% of cases hospitalized (202 of 1648) - up from 198 last week

Percent of Age Group Hospitalized

• Under 5 years: 22% (97 of 440)
• 5-19 years: 7% (44 of 656)
• 20+ years: 11% (61 of 545)
• Age unknown: 0% (0 of 7)

U.S. Deaths in 2025: There have been 3 confirmed deaths from measles.

 

[Alistair]

 

[KaraBulut]

U.S. Measles Cases in 2025 as of 5-Nov-2025

Total cases: 1,681 (up from 1,648 last week)

Age

• Under 5 years: 445 (26%)
• 5-19 years: 666 (40%)
• 20+ years: 563 (33%)
• Age unknown: 7 (0%)

Vaccination Status

• Unvaccinated or Unknown: 92%
• One MMR dose: 4%
• Two MMR doses: 4%

U.S. Hospitalizations in 2025: 12% of cases hospitalized (203 of 1681) - up from 202 last week


Percent of Age Group Hospitalized

• Under 5 years: 22% (97 of 445)
• 5-19 years: 7% (44 of 666)
• 20+ years: 11% (62 of 563)
• Age unknown: 0% (0 of 7)

U.S. Deaths in 2025: 3

 

[KaraBulut]

U.S. Measles Cases in 2025 as of 12-Nov-2025

Total cases: 1,723 (up from 1,681 last week) - Happy Hallowe'en!

Age

• Under 5 years: 456 (26%)
• 5-19 years: 682 (40%)
• 20+ years: 573 (33%)
• Age unknown: 12 (1%)

Vaccination Status

• Unvaccinated or Unknown: 92%
• One MMR dose: 4%
• Two MMR doses: 4%

U.S. Hospitalizations in 2025: 12% of cases hospitalized (206 of 1,723) - up from 203 last week

Percent of Age Group Hospitalized

• Under 5 years: 22% (99 of 456)
• 5-19 years: 6% (44 of 682)
• 20+ years: 11% (63 of 573)
• Age unknown: 0% (0 of 12)

U.S. Deaths in 2025: 3

 

[rareboy]

His take on his cousin and the damage being done by RFKjr.

Oh and his sock gap is cute.

 

[KaraBulut]

During his confirmation hearings, RFK Jr told Senators that he would not impose his fringe vaccine theories on HHS.

RFK Jr lied. As a result of RFK Jr and the anti-vax cronies that he has hired, the CDC website is no longer an objective evidence-based source of information. The website should now be viewed as a propaganda tool for the "MAHA" movement.

The CDC website pages regarding vaccines have been updated to imply that there may be a connection between vaccines and autism. This also is inconsistent with the Trump Administration's fringe claims that acetaminophen (paracetamol) causes autism.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-cdc-says-claims-that-vaccines-do-not-cause-autism-are-not-evidence-based-2025-11-20/

US CDC says claims that vaccines do not cause autism are not evidence-based

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its website on Wednesday to say that claims about vaccines not causing autism are not "evidence-based."
Vaccine skeptic and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as well as U.S. President Donald Trump have promoted the theory - contrary to scientific evidence - that childhood vaccines are a cause of autism. But the CDC's website previously said "studies have shown there is no link between receiving vaccines and developing autism spectrum disorder."


The anti-vax organization that RFK Jr was associated with before his appointment lauded the decision.

The anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense, which was previously led by Kennedy, applauded the changes to the CDC's website.

The page is here:

Autism and Vaccines

Answers to common questions about vaccine safety and autism.

www.cdc.gov

 

[KaraBulut]

U.S. Measles Cases in 2025 as of 19-Nov-2025

Total cases - 1,753 (up from 1,723 last week)

Age

• Under 5 years: 466 (27%)
• 5-19 years: 690 (39%)
• 20+ years: 585 (33%)
• Age unknown: 12 (1%)

Vaccination Status

• Unvaccinated or Unknown: 92%
• One MMR dose: 4%
• Two MMR doses: 4%

U.S. Hospitalizations in 2025 - 12% of cases hospitalized (211 of 1753) - up from 206 last week

Percent of Age Group Hospitalized

• Under 5 years: 21% (100 of 466)
• 5-19 years: 7% (45 of 690)
• 20+ years: 11% (66 of 585)
• Age unknown: 0% (0 of 12)

U.S. Deaths in 2025: 3

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

Lets get ahead of this thing and have a bubonic plague party. Bring rancid uncooked meat, don't wash your hands, leave a trail of garbage to draw rats and raccoons. If you can't beat em, give yourself the black plague.

 

[KaraBulut]

Lets get ahead of this thing and have a bubonic plague party. Bring rancid uncooked meat, don't wash your hands, leave a trail of garbage to draw rats and raccoons. If you can't beat em, give yourself the black plague.

Better yet, let's invite antivaxxers to a rat petting zoo party.

 

[Alistair]

 

[fallsguy]

 

[KaraBulut]

Great time to appoint an anti-science CDC Managing Director!

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5622329-byheart-infant-formula-botulism/

ByHeart said Monday that it “cannot rule out” that all of its infant formula was contaminated, less than two weeks after an infant botulism outbreak caused it to recall its products.

The company, in a note to parents on its website, said after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed it of the outbreak, it tested 36 product samples. Five of those samples, it said, tested positive for clostridium botulinum Type A, known as infant botulism...

As of Nov. 19, 31 infants in 15 states with suspected or confirmed infant botulism were exposed to ByHeart formula. All infants were hospitalized, with no deaths reported.

 

[KaraBulut]

And the White House realizes that the premium increases are pissing off the Republican base... but ooops, they didn't tell the Republicans in Congress who refused to negotiate with the Democrats over extending subsidies.

https://thehill.com/newsletters/health-care/5622748-trump-health-plan-gop-bind/

Trump’s floated health plan puts GOP in bind

President Trump’s leaked proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill, The Hill’s Mike Lillis reports.

The plan was expected to propose extending the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced tax credits for two years with new income caps.

It would eliminate $0 premiums, giving enrollees a minimum premium payment. It also would call for Congress to appropriate funds for cost-sharing reductions, which are discounts intended to lower the out-of-pocket costs for people with health insurance.

Experts said that could lead to lower premiums for some enrollees, but other middle-income enrollees would see higher costs and could leave the exchanges.

But Trump’s plan would contradict longstanding GOP criticisms of the law. And it could set the stage for GOP leaders in Congress to advance a program they deeply detest after warning for months of its harmful effects.

 

[rareboy]

TrumpCo. must have been deluged with calls from the insurance companies who will lose billions if people just simply can't afford the premiums and just go without.

 

[KaraBulut]

What happens when you put the anti-vaxxer in charge at HHS and the quack medical treatments guy at CMS? You get a party for the fringe snake-oil salesmen without any FDA oversight.

A Putin-o-phile from Russian-friendly country Georgia is running a right-wing streaming platform called Unifyd-TV, which she is funding through sales of a "light system" that claims to cure all sorts of illnesses.

How a Bizarre Healing-TV-Screen Tycoon Is Funding MAGA Media

I had to try it out for myself.

www.thebulwark.com

How a Bizarre Healing-TV-Screen Tycoon Is Funding MAGA Media

Tucker Carlson Has Never Been Averse to appearing alongside idiosyncratic oddball figures. But Carlson’s recent decision to hang out with a wannabe pundit named Elizabeth Lane struck even fellow travelers in MAGA media as confusing.

Lane, a native of the former Soviet republic of Georgia, has made no secret of her fondness for Vladimir Putin. Until recently, she had a small presence online, with fewer than 1,000 followers each on YouTube and X. Yet in early October she secured a sitdown interview with Carlson in his Maine cabin. As soon as a preview of it went up on X, others on the right began asking: Why?

It was, undoubtedly, a boon for Unifyd TV, a burgeoning new right-wing streaming platform where Lane is the most prominent host and chief operating officer.1

Unifyd pitches itself as a place for “groundbreaking” shows and “powerful investigative content” that, at first blush, appears to be supported by subscription fees ($11.99 per month or $95.88 per year). But that may not actually be its primary funding source.

According to court records, millions of dollars have come in to Unifyd from sales and promotion of a device called the “Light System”—or, if you take prefer the nomenclature of the other side of a bitter lawsuit over its origins, the “EESystem”—whose supporters claim it can cure nearly every ailment, from tumors to autism.

You're thinking this is all crazy nonsense? Well, do you remember the "MedBed Hospitals" video that Trump's account briefly promoted?

And RFK Jr has promoted the "energy infusion room" nonsense:

Abundant Light Center

Jason Shurka's interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr Sitting in and EE (Energy Enhancement) room discussing health. #Abundantlightcenter.com

www.facebook.com

 

[KaraBulut]

U.S. Measles Cases in 2025 as of 25-Nov-2025

Total cases: 1,798 (up from 1,753 last week)

Age:

• Under 5 years: 474 (26%)
• 5-19 years: 717 (40%)
• 20+ years: 595 (33%)
• Age unknown: 12 (1%)

Vaccination Status:

• Unvaccinated or Unknown: 92%
• One MMR dose: 3%
• Two MMR doses: 4%

U.S. Hospitalizations in 2025: 12% of cases hospitalized (212 of 1,798) - up from 211 last week.

Percent of Age Group Hospitalized:

• Under 5 years: 21% (101 of 474)
• 5-19 years: 6% (45 of 717)
• 20+ years: 11% (66 of 595)
• Age unknown: 0% (0 of 12)

U.S. Deaths in 2025: There have been 3 confirmed deaths from measles.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/cdc-links-measles-outbreaks-in-multiple-states-for-the-first-time/

CDC Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time

Health officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end the United States’ status as a nation that has eliminated measles.

The news came in a phone call, a recording of which was obtained by The New York Times, among officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health departments.

The chain of transmission began in January, in a conservative Mennonite group on the western edge of Texas, and spread to Oklahoma and New Mexico.

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tallied more than 1,700 measles cases and 45 outbreaks in 2025. The largest started in Texas, where hundreds of people were infected and two children died..."

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/health/south-carolina-measles-misinformation-kff-health-news

South Carolina’s measles outbreak shows chilling effect of vaccine misinformation

Spartanburg County, in South Carolina’s Upstate region, has been fighting a measles outbreak since early October, with more than 50 cases identified. Health officials have encouraged people who are unvaccinated to get a shot by visiting its mobile vaccine clinic at any of its several stops throughout the county.

But on a Monday afternoon in Boiling Springs, only one person showed up.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tallied more than 1,700 measles cases and 45 outbreaks in 2025. The largest started in Texas, where hundreds of people were infected and two children died...

Nearly 6,000 children in Spartanburg County schools last year — 10% of the total enrollment — either received an exemption allowing them to forgo required vaccinations or did not meet vaccine requirements, according to data published by the state.