Monkeypox outbreak: CDC activates Emergency Operations Center to bolster agency’s response

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is activating its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to help “supplement” the agency’s ongoing response to the current infectious-disease, according to a recent press release.   “This action stands up the CDC’s command center for monitoring and coordinating the emergency response to monkeypox and mobilizing additional CDC personnel and…

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Unvaccinated baby approved for heart transplant after denial; bioethicist shares ‘puzzling situation’

healthy-living August Stoll finally has been approved for a much-needed heart transplant after the child had to endure a bumpy road early in his young life. Vanderbilt University Hospital originally denied the baby the procedure due to his vaccination status — even though the child’s case was reportedly the “worst” defect that one cardiologist had…

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