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Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (SALT LAKE CITY) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill making the state the first in the nation to ban fluoride in drinking water. This is a [Read More…]

Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images (LUBBOCK, Texas) — When the first measles cases were confirmed in western Texas, health officials said the infections primarily affected the Mennonite community. Mennonites, who are part of the Anabaptist Christian church, [Read More…]

Sorrasak Jar Tinyo/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — A Michigan resident has died of rabies after apparently undergoing an organ transplant, health officials said. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) told ABC News [Read More…]

Craig Hudson for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A measles case was confirmed in a person who traveled to Washington, D.C., on an Amtrak train, according to the D.C. Department of Health [Read More…]

Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Measles vaccination rates appear to be increasing in some areas of the U.S. that have been affected by outbreaks this year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently [Read More…]

Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow with 18 cases confirmed over the last five days, bringing the total to 327 cases, according to [Read More…]

Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 309, with 30 cases reported over the last three [Read More…]

Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As measles cases continue to spread across the United States, many Americans may be asking themselves if they need a measles vaccine booster to enhance protection. An outbreak in [Read More…]

Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LUBBOCK, Texas) — The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow with 20 additional cases confirmed, bringing the total to 279 cases, according to new state data published [Read More…]

Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Find Your Light Foundation (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) appears to have taken down a webpage from the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG) that included [Read More…]

Nathan Morris/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Transgender adults who received gender-affirming hormone therapy had a significantly lower risk of moderate-to-severe depression over four years compared to those who did not receive such care, [Read More…]

(Phil Fisk/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Dr. Kimberly Shriner remembers the first COVID-19 patient who came into Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, California, in March 2020. He was a 35-year-old man who arrived at the hospital [Read More…]

Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (GAINES COUNTY, Texas) — The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 259, with 36 cases reported over the last [Read More…]

Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The former director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) called for stronger, nationwide guidance on infant vaccine doses for measles prevention in a [Read More…]

(DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Measles is continuing to spread across the United States, as outbreaks grow in western Texas and New Mexico. Between the two states, 256 cases have been confirmed as of [Read More…]

Lian Yi/Xinhua via Getty Images (LONDON) — Europe saw the highest number of measles cases last year in more than 25 years, according to a new report published Thursday from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. [Read More…]

Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The measles outbreak in western Texas is continuing to grow with 25 cases confirmed over the last five days, bringing the total to 223 cases, according to [Read More…]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Tuesday marks five years since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the global outbreak of COVID-19 to be a pandemic. Since then, millions of Americans have been hospitalized, and more [Read More…]

TPG/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be a pandemic, leading to stay at-home orders and shutdowns across the U.S. and world. The nation looks much [Read More…]

Jessica McGowan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sent a survey on March 6 asking some federally funded researchers to assess how their work aligns with the priorities of President Donald [Read More…]