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The U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director with a 51-44 vote, nearly a year after the previous permanent director was fired over vaccine policy disputes with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
England’s government plans to establish nearly 200 community mental health centres and mental health A&Es by 2029, including walk-in hubs in banks and libraries to provide immediate crisis support.
England’s health secretary calls for the NHS to implement annual heatwave preparation plans comparable to winter planning, citing increased A&E attendance and equipment failures during recent extreme heat.
A study published in Nature found that Covid-19 infections can reactivate dormant viruses like Epstein-Barr and cytomegalovirus, with reactivation correlated to disease severity in hospitalized patients.
The Trump administration announced plans to shut down a Kentucky organ procurement organization, citing persistent safety failures and cases where staff allegedly pressured hospitals to retrieve organs from patients showing signs of life.
England is offering free meningitis B vaccines to approximately one million young people, primarily teenagers and first-year university students, following an outbreak in Kent earlier this year.
