Federal Officials Underplaying Measles Vaccination, Experts Say
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Federal Officials Underplaying Measles Vaccination, Experts Say

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a first test of the Trump administration’s ability to respond to an infectious disease emergency, its top health official has shied away from one of the government’s most important tools, experts said on Sunday: loudly and directly encouraging parents to get their…

Measles Outbreak in Texas and New Mexico Sickens Nearly 100 People
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Measles Outbreak in Texas and New Mexico Sickens Nearly 100 People

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Outbreaks of measles in parts of Texas and New Mexico have sickened nearly 100 people, according to state health officials who warned that the number of cases was expected to rise. An outbreak has been spreading through the South Plains region of Texas…

Opinion | Hawaii Governor: Robert F. Kennedy Is Unfit to Be HHS Secretary
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Opinion | Hawaii Governor: Robert F. Kennedy Is Unfit to Be HHS Secretary

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In early December of 2019, I called Faimalotoa Kika Stowers, the health minister of Samoa. The measles outbreak that had begun earlier that fall on her small Pacific island nation had spread out of control and become an epidemic that threatened to overwhelm…