Louisiana’s health department cancels promotion of mass vaccinations

State’s surgeon general presents illness-preventing jabs as personal choice in move that experts call ‘infuriating’ Louisiana’s health department “will no longer promote mass vaccination”, including using media campaigns or health fairs to promote vaccines against preventable illnesses, according to an internal memo issued by the surgeon general in the state of 4.5 million people. The … Read more

Bucking Trump order, GOP Sens. Murkowski and Sullivan push to change Mount McKinley’s name back to Denali

Following President Donald Trump’s move to change the name of the tallest mountain in North America to Mount McKinley, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has once again introduced a measure to designate the mountain as Denali.  Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, is the original cosponsor. “In Alaska, it’s Denali,” Murkowski, said, according to a press release.  TRUMP … Read more

What is the DEI rollback and where will it spread next?

Which US firms have ditched the diversity and inclusion policies opposed by Donald Trump and will UK follow suit? Co-op: ditching diversity policies ‘risks undoing decades of progress’ Last month Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders overturning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes in the federal government, in a backlash against measures to … Read more

Some federal workers given just 30 minutes to leave amid Trump layoffs

As many as 200,000 US workers slated to be affected by mass terminations as Musk leads crusade to slash spending Some federal employees who have been laid off under the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to slash the federal workforce were reportedly given only 30 minutes to pack their belongings and vacate federal offices. Federal agencies … Read more