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• The CDC paused diagnostic testing for rabies, mpox, and over 24 other diseases in March 2026 following significant staffing reductions. • As of July 1, the agency has not provided public clarity regarding the restoration status of these critical diagnostic services. • This pause creates a gap in public health surveillance and diagnostic capabilities for high-risk infectious diseases.

Programme defending benefits of immigration attracts double number of applicants expectedMore than 1 million undocumented migrants and asylum seekers have applied to regularise their status in Spain under a government programme to harness and defend the benefits of immigration at a time when most European countries are pulling up the drawbridge.Although the massive regularisation initiative, announced by the socialist-led government in January, was originally intended to benefit about 500,000 people, it had attracted more than twice that number of applicants by the time the registration period ended on Tuesday. Continue reading...

• The Supreme Court issued a ruling on Thursday ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Haiti and Syria. • Bay Area immigration advocates expressed alarm, suggesting the decision could be a precursor to mass deportations or "ethnic cleansing." • The ruling is significant because advocates fear it may set a broader legal precedent that threatens the stability of other immigrant communities.

Markwayne Mullin’s remarks come after controversial supreme court ruling to strip TPS from over 350,000 peopleMigrants in the US on temporary protected status should seek permanent residence or leave, Markwayne Mullin, Homeland Security secretary, said in the wake of last week’s supreme court decision that stripped humanitarian protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants.The remarks to CNN’s State of the Union program comes after a decision ⁠that could allow Donald Trump’s administration to deport Haitian and Syrian immigrants to home countries plagued by conflict and ​destitution. Continue reading...

• Opinion writers for KFF Health News address critical public health concerns, including the loss of the United States' measles-eliminated status and the safety of sunscreen. • One contributor argues that the U.S. can no longer claim to have eliminated measles due to recent outbreaks and declining vaccination rates. • The collection also features a political perspective questioning the security of the pharmaceutical supply chain and the influence of Chinese Communist Party-controlled companies on prescription refills.

• The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling that supports the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for certain individuals from Haiti. • This legal decision clears the way for the U.S. government to resume deportation flights to Haiti, despite the country's extreme instability. • The move is highly controversial as Haiti remains one of the world's most dangerous nations, with the UK's FCDO currently advising against all travel there.

• Montgomery County leaders have condemned a series of Supreme Court rulings issued on Thursday that roll back Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for migrants. • James Percival, general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security, praised the rulings as victories for the rule of law, asserting that TPS was always intended to be temporary. • The court's decisions also make it easier to remove lawful permanent residents who commit crimes and bar individuals from applying for asylum if they have not entered the U.S.