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May 2, 2025 - World

Doctors were bewildered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s directive for federal agencies to seek new measles treatments — including vitamins — instead of promoting long-established safe and effective vaccinations, according to The New York Times.“This is akin to saying, ‘Go ahead and eat whatever you want, don’t exercise, smoke like a chimney — we’re going to invest all of our resources in heart transplants,’” the Times quoted Dr. Jonathan Temte, a former chairman of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee.The nation is in the grips of the "largest single measles outbreak in 25 years," the Times reported. "On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 930 cases nationwide, most of which are associated with the Southwest outbreak" that killed two young girls."The decision is the latest in a series of actions by the nation’s top health official that experts fear will undermine public confidence in vaccines as an essential public health tool," wrote reporter Teddy Rosenbluth.ALSO READ: 'Sad white boys': Fear as Trump terror adviser shrugs off threat from 'inside the house'And, even though RFK Jr. is a well-known anti-vaxxer, doctors found his position on measles "to contradict his longstanding focus on disease prevention instead of treatment," she wrote.According to the Times report, current treatments revolve around "supportive care" to help make patients "more comfortable while the virus runs its course, like Tylenol to bring down their fever, supplemental oxygen and IV fluids."“We don’t want to send the signal that you don’t have to get vaccinated because there’s just a way to get rid of it,” Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at the Brown University School of Public Health, told the Times.HHS spokesman Andrew Nixon said the decision to look for new treatments "is meant to help people who chose not to vaccinate," although, he added that "the CDC still recommends the measles, mumps and rubella shot as the most effective way to prevent measles."Read The New York Times article here.

May 2, 2025 - World

Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves has taken another step in his shift toward a tough-on-crime stance, announcing plans to build a new prison in the Central American nation modeled on the maximum security gang prison in El Salvador

May 2, 2025 - World

Polls have opened in Singapore’s general election that is seen as the first key test of support for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong

May 2, 2025 - World

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) said he's "not afraid" of the Trump administration after receiving a warning about instructing state employees on how to handle a confrontation with ICE officials.Evers released a YouTube video Friday to hit back at "border czar" Tom Homan's suggestion that the governor was working to impede ICE arrests."The goal of this guidance was simple — to provide clear, consistent instructions to state employees and ensure they have a lawyer to help them comply with all federal and state laws. Nothing more, nothing less," Evers said."I haven't broken the law, I haven't committed a crime, and I've never encouraged or directed anyone to break any laws or commit any crimes."ALSO READ: Trump's top spy chief blasted as Raw Story exposes 'crazy' cash grabHoman told reporters at the White House Thursday to "wait to see what's coming" when asked about Evers' April memo advising state employees.One of the recommendations was to "contact the agency's legal counsel if ICE officers visit a state building and ask the officers to return at another time if a staff attorney is unavailable," the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported."If you cross that line to impediment or knowingly harboring and concealing an illegal alien, that's a felony and we're treating it as such," Homan said.In his three-minute-long response, Evers described Homan's threat as "chilling.""We now have a federal government that will threaten or arrest an elected official, or even everyday American citizens who have broken no laws, committed no crimes and done nothing wrong," Evers said. "And as disgusted as I am about the continued actions of the Trump administration, I'm not afraid."Last week, Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested in Milwaukee and charged with two federal counts of allegedly "trying to help an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest after he appeared in her courtroom." The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended Dugan this week, "until further order of the court."Watch the video below or at this link.

May 2, 2025 - World

Many Australians arriving at polling places on Saturday followed their civic duty with a democracy sausage