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"RFK Jr. Announces End To Some mRNA Contracts, Including For Flu, Covid" [1]

"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday a crackdown on mRNA vaccine technology and research to develop it, following months of pressure from anti-vaccine activists."

Consumer [2]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Science [10]
Technology [11]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [14], 08/08/2025

Lapses in Enforcement by Trump's EPA May Yield Local Environment Stories [15]

Enforcement has usually been serious business at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Now it seems many pollution laws are going unpoliced. TipSheet explains how the EPA’s own resources can help investigative reporters find violations, track regulatory actions and uncover nationwide patterns of corporate mismanagement.

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TipSheet [16]
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Air [17]
Chemicals [18]
Economy & Business [19]
Energy & Fuel [20]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [23]
Waste [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
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Public [12]

"Senate Confirms Susan Monarez To Lead CDC" [26]

"The Senate on Tuesday confirmed longtime federal government scientist Susan Monarez to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the public health agency that is under intense scrutiny as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. upends vaccine policy in United States."

Climate Change [27]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Pollution [23]
Science [10]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Washington Post [28], 07/30/2025
August 20, 2025

DEADLINE: Global Health Film Grant [29]

This grant of up to £20k, a collaboration between One World Media, Pulitzer Centre and the Financial Times, is for an experienced filmmaker who wants to explore, through a short documentary, underreported stories about health in the global south. Deadline: Aug 20, 2025.

Awards and Grants [30]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [4]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [22]
Region: 
International [31]
Mexico [32]
Africa [33]
Australia & Oceania [34]
Central America & the Caribbean [35]
South America [36]
August 7, 2025

USC Annenberg/CHJ Webinar: Extreme Heat — A Rising Public Health Threat [37]

This USC Annenberg/Center for Health Journalism webinar will examine growing health threats from heat and discuss what kinds of regulations and policies can help. Journalists will get new ideas for reporting angles and stories, and a firmer understanding of the policy and regulatory approaches that can offset heat’s worst effects. 1 p.m. ET.

Other Events [38]
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Public [12]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [3]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [22]
Laws & Regulations [8]
People & Population [9]
Policy [39]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [40]
July 30, 2025

USC Annenberg/CHJ Webinar: Disappearing Data and How Reporters Can Respond [41]

This USC Annenberg/Center for Health Journalism webinar will review the new holes in the federal data landscape and discuss potential strategies for reporters looking to ground stories on a firm foundation of data and facts. 1-2 p.m. ET.

Other Events [38]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
Topics on the Beat: 
Government [6]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [22]
Policy [39]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]

"Coke Confirms Cane Sugar Change. RFK Jr. Calls It a MAHA Win. Is It?" [42]

"As Coca-Cola confirms plans to release the cane sugar alternative in the U.S., some nutritionists said there is little health benefit as a replacement for high-fructose corn syrup."

Consumer [2]
Economy & Business [19]
Environmental Politics [5]
Food [43]
Health [7]
People & Population [9]
Public [12]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Public Health Watch/WVPB [44], 07/23/2025
August 29, 2025

DEADLINE: GHHIN/EJN Extreme Heat Photo Contest [45]

The Global Heat Health Information Network, in partnership with Internews’ Earth Journalism Network, is launching a global photography competition to showcase the real impacts of extreme heat, and the ways communities around the world are responding to it. Deadline: Aug 29, 2025.

Awards and Grants [30]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [27]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [22]
People & Population [9]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
International [31]

RFK Jr. Attacks Some Unwelcome Truth-Telling [46]

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to forbid government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals, WatchDog was among those who paid heed to this worrisome move to censor science, and the harm it portends for environmental science, environmental journalism and, ultimately, public health. But as WatchDog warns, it could be just the tip of the iceberg.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog [47]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [21]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [48]
Health [7]
Journalism & Media [22]
Policy [39]
Science [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [13]
Visibility: 
Public [12]
October 20, 2025 to October 30, 2025

Convention on Biological Diversity's SBSTTA-27, Oct 20-24, and SB8J-1, Oct 27-30 [49]

Media are invited to apply for accreditation to the 27th meeting of the CBD's Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice and the 1st meeting of the CBD's new Subsidiary Body on Article 8(j) and Other Provisions of the Convention on Biological Diversity Related to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.

Professional Meetings [50]
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Public [12]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [51]
Biodiversity [52]
Diversity [53]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [7]
Planning & Growth [54]
Science [10]
Technology [11]
Region: 
International [31]
South America [36]

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