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Texas measles outbreak tops 500 cases, including multiple at a day care in Lubbock
A day care facility in a Texas county that's part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated , public health officials say.
Apr 8, 2025 3:04 PM
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The Trump administration withdrew 11 pieces of ADA guidance. How will it affect compliance?
ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration withdrew 11 pieces of guidance last month related to the Americans with Disabilities Act that helped stores, hotels and other businesses understand their obligation to the law.
Apr 8, 2025 2:53 PM
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Mexico says a 3-year-old girl has died in the country's first human case of bird flu
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A 3-year-old girl in western Mexico has died after contracting bird flu in the country's first confirmed human case of bird flu , Mexican health authorities said Tuesday.
Apr 8, 2025 2:30 PM
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A new Idaho law ends publicly funded vaccinations for immigrants in the US illegally
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — As a measles outbreak spreads through other states, Idaho is ending publicly funded vaccinations for people living in the U.S. illegally. A new law recently signed by Republican Gov.
Apr 8, 2025 2:19 PM
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Why water fluoridation, long considered a public health success story, is under scrutiny
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water , and he is setting the gears of government in motion to help make that happen.
Apr 8, 2025 1:42 PM
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The US has three measles-related deaths and hundreds of cases. Here's what to know
Texas surpassed 500 measles cases Tuesday, just days after a third person died from a measles-related illness. The U.S. has more than double the number of measles cases it saw in all of 2024. Texas is reporting the majority of them with 505.
Apr 8, 2025 1:04 PM
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California man arrested near Justice Kavanaugh's home with a gun pleads guilty to attempted murder
GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C., nearly three years ago.
Apr 8, 2025 10:30 AM
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As a future of US foreign aid cuts comes into focus, so do efforts to respond
With most programs funded by the U.S.
Apr 8, 2025 7:08 AM
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RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide.
Apr 7, 2025 10:09 PM
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Alberta shifting health-care grants to 'activity-based,' competitive surgical funding
EDMONTON — Alberta is fundamentally changing how it funds hospital surgeries, but critics say the change won't improve the public system and will only accelerate more care in the privatized system.
Apr 7, 2025 6:06 PM
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