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Why is the CDC vaccine advisory panel reversing its stance on childhood immunizations?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. A vaccine advisory panel to the CDC is meeting for a second day to discuss making changes to the childhood vaccine schedule. In a revote, the committee now says it will allow a federal program to pay for MMRV immunizations to protect against measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox. That is a reversal from what the panel decided yesterday. Separately, the committee has voted to stop recommending the combined MMRV shots for children under four. NPR's Ping Huang reports.
This has been a highly unusual meeting. There are twelve members. They're new since June when Kennedy fired all the previous members and They have come with a new approach. They're challenging years of established vaccine science, and they're digging deep into old data to try and find evidence of harms. And throughout the meeting there's been clashes between the new members and with members of the medical establishment.
The committee voted to table action on whether to delay the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine. Some members said they need more information. South Korea's foreign minister says his country will try to address visa issues for South Korean workers headed to the US before delivering three hundred fifty billion dollars in pledged investments.
How are South Korea and the U.S. working to resolve visa issues for Korean workers?
NPR's Anthony Kuhn has more.
Since immigration authorities raided a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia this month detaining more than three hundred Korean workers, South Korea has requested a new visa category for its skilled workers. Cho hyun is South Korea's foreign minister. Resolving the visa issue is not a precondition for investments in the US, but realistically speaking, it's a very important issue, Cho told reporters. to resolve the visa issue one way or another before actual investments begin, he said. U.S. officials have expressed regret about the raid, and President Trump has confirmed the need for Korean workers to come to the U.S. to build factories and train American workers. Anthony Kuhn in PR News sold.
Planet heats up, people's health is taking a big hit. Extreme heat may have cost tens of thousands of lives this summer in Europe alone. Wildfire smoke hurts people's hearts, lungs, and even brains. Extreme weather leads to premature death. And a warming planet is leading to more mosquito born diseases like malaria and dengue fever. Adding up all the costs of climate related deaths each year comes to a big number.
What are the health and economic impacts of extreme heat and climate‑related deaths?
According to the new analysis, at least ten billion dollars and likely much more. Heat related deaths worldwide alone could cost thirty billion a year. But those health impacts and costs are rarely considered in climate negotiations. If they were, the authors suggest, the value of taking climate action would be clearer. This is NPR.
The House has voted two hundred seventeen to two hundred twelve to approve a short term spending bill to fund the government through november twenty first. All but one Democrat voted against the measure. The Senate is scheduled to vote later today on two different spending measures, one sponsored by Democrats, the other by Republicans.
Why did the House pass a short‑term spending bill and what’s next for the Senate?
Neither option is expected to pass, and it's unclear when they may take up the House Pass bill. Pamplona Spain is known for its annual running of the bulls. Things do kick off with a super crowded festival every summer. Ari Daniel says that the fest the festival may hold lessons for improving public safety.
During the Festival of San Fermin, this little plaza becomes packed with 6,000 people. Iker Thurigel, a physicist at the University of Navarra, and his colleagues have filmed the masses from above for several years.
How does crowd behavior at Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls inform public‑safety strategies?
The footage revealed a pattern. Each person repeatedly traced out a rough circle on the ground about the size of a car. Thurigel's now exploring the pressure waves that can. and ripple through this crowd, the kind that have been fatal elsewhere, but never here.
If we understand why this happens, I think we will be able to apply some strategies in other places.
Thereby translating the jitters of a sangria soaked crowd into recommendations that may save people's lives.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why is the CDC vaccine advisory panel reversing its stance on childhood immunizations?
0:01–1:18
2
How are South Korea and the U.S. working to resolve visa issues for Korean workers?
1:18–2:37
3
What are the health and economic impacts of extreme heat and climate‑related deaths?
2:37–3:18
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Why did the House pass a short‑term spending bill and what’s next for the Senate?
3:18–3:59
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How does crowd behavior at Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls inform public‑safety strategies?
3:59–4:26
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When will the IRS stop sending paper Social Security checks and why does it matter?
4:26–4:38