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Louisiana Health Department Says It Will Stop Promoting ‘Mass Vaccination’

Louisiana Health Department Says It Will Stop Promoting ‘Mass Vaccination’

Feb 13, 2025

Louisiana’s top health official said in an internal memo to the state’s Health Department on Thursday that it would no longer use media campaigns or health fairs to promote vaccination against prevent...

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Texas Judge Fines New York Doctor and Orders Her to Stop Sending Abortion Pills to Texas

Texas Judge Fines New York Doctor and Orders Her to Stop Sending Abortion Pills to Texas

Feb 13, 2025

In a case that could have major implications for abortion access in the United States, a Texas judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to stop prescribing and sending abortion pills to patients in...

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Teddi Mellencamp of ‘Real Housewives’ Says She Has Brain Tumors

Teddi Mellencamp of ‘Real Housewives’ Says She Has Brain Tumors

Feb 13, 2025

Teddi Mellencamp, a podcast host and television personality from the “Real Housewives” franchise, announced on Wednesday that she had multiple brain tumors that would be treated with surgery and radia...

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C.D.C. Study Finds Silent Bird Flu Infections in Dairy Veterinarians

C.D.C. Study Finds Silent Bird Flu Infections in Dairy Veterinarians

Feb 13, 2025

Three dairy veterinarians, including one who worked only in states with no known bird flu outbreaks in cows, had recent, undetected bird flu infections, according to a new study from the Centers for D...

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After Abortion Bans, Infant Mortality and Births Increased, Research Finds

After Abortion Bans, Infant Mortality and Births Increased, Research Finds

Feb 13, 2025

Infant mortality increased along with births in most states with abortion bans in the first 18 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, according to new research.The findings, in two stu...

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USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise

USAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise

Feb 13, 2025

When Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last month that lifesaving humanitarian work would be exempt from a freeze on foreign aid, global health workers breathed a collective sigh of relief.But ...

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I Regret How I Treated My Kids

I Regret How I Treated My Kids

Feb 13, 2025

At 60-something, I am often troubled by regret over interactions with my three children when they were young. During their preteen and teen years, I would lose my temper as a result of their doing som...

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Measles Outbreak Hits Town in Texas

Measles Outbreak Hits Town in Texas

Feb 12, 2025

A worsening measles outbreak has taken root in Texas, sickening two dozen and hospitalizing nine on the western edge of the state, where childhood vaccination rates have dwindled in recent years.As of...

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Behind Kennedy’s Vow to ‘Follow the Science’ on Vaccines

Behind Kennedy’s Vow to ‘Follow the Science’ on Vaccines

Feb 12, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent the first day of his back-to-back confirmation hearings deftly avoiding questions about his views on vaccines. On the second day, when a prominent Republican senator insist...

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Top N.I.H. Official Abruptly Resigns as Trump Orders Deep Cuts

Top N.I.H. Official Abruptly Resigns as Trump Orders Deep Cuts

Feb 12, 2025

The No. 2 official at the National Institutes of Health abruptly resigned and retired from government service on Tuesday, in another sign that the Trump administration is reshaping the nation’s public...

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