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LONDON, April 24 (Reuters) – Global cuts to aid funding—led by the United States—are significantly disrupting childhood vaccination efforts, nearly matching the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations warned on Thursday. The World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, issued a joint statement highlighting the growing impact of funding shortfalls on global immunization programs. According to...

Hershey is pressing the White House to exempt cocoa from mounting tariffs, warning that an intensifying trade conflict could further inflate chocolate prices for consumers. The Pennsylvania-based maker of Kisses and Almond Joy told investors it expects to absorb $15 million to $20 million in tariff-related costs during the second quarter as it continues using existing cocoa inventories. However, the company anticipates...

In the outskirts of Seminole, Texas, Peter Hildebrand stands outside a gas station, his voice heavy with grief. His 8-year-old daughter, Daisy, became the second child to die from a growing measles outbreak in the area, where vaccine skepticism is rampant. Daisy, part of a Mennonite family that often favors natural remedies over modern medicine, contracted measles after a month of fever,...

U of M Launches Independent Vaccine Integrity Project Amid Federal Instability A team of health experts is launching an independent initiative that could eventually offer its own vaccine evaluations and guidance—separate from those issued by federal health agencies. On Thursday, the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) announced the Vaccine Integrity Project, a new effort aimed at...

New research published Thursday warns that the U.S. could see millions of measles cases over the next 25 years if vaccination rates for the disease decline by just 10 percent. If current vaccination rates are maintained, the model predicts that hundreds of thousands of cases will still occur during the same period, according to a mathematical simulation created by Stanford University researchers....