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Studenti della Reading Blue Coat school e della Highdown secondary school and Sixth Form Centre stanno ricevendo cure mediche. Sono state identificate due scuole frequentate da allievi in cura per la meningite, nel contesto di un'epidemia dell'infezione nel Berkshire che ha causato la morte di uno studente. I pazienti frequentano la Reading Blue Coat school e la Highdown secondary school and Sixth Form Centre, secondo l'UK Health Security Agency. Ai loro contatti stretti sono stati offerti antibiotici a scopo precauzionale. Continua a leggere...

Advocates say Lee Zeldin’s EPA has rolled back protections and cut staff and funding, putting health at riskSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMore than 160 environmental and public health organizations on Tuesday called for Lee Zeldin, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, to resign or be fired.“No [EPA] administrator in history – Democratic or Republican – has so brazenly betrayed the agency’s core mission,” the groups wrote in an open letter. “EPA’s foremost purpose is to protect human health and the environment. With Administrator Lee Zeldin at the helm, EPA has abandoned its mission, creating damage that will take decades to address.” Continue reading...

UKHSA says on Monday morning there has been no change since 20 cases were confirmed on SundayThere have been no new cases of meningitis linked to an outbreak in Kent reported, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said.As of 12.30pm on Sunday, 20 cases had been confirmed, with a further nine under investigation. This was no change on the previous day, the UKHSA said in a statement on Monday morning. Continue reading...