Health

RFK Jr. misled the US Senate on measles deaths, Samoa's health chief says

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa’s top health official on Monday denounced as “a complete lie” remarks that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made during his bid to become U.S.

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New York attorney general tells hospitals to continue transgender care after Trump’s executive order

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday told hospitals that they would be violating state law if they stop offering gender-affirming care for people under age 19 in response to an executive order from President Donald Trump

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Dogs sit and stay to get vaccinated against parvovirus at San Francisco free clinic

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dogs lined up on a San Francisco street Monday for free vaccines to combat an outbreak of a highly contagious illness that can be fatal for some canines if not treated.

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Africa knew Trump's 'America First' pledge meant it might be last. Then came the freeze on aid

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Four days after President Donald Trump signed an executive order freezing almost all U.S. foreign aid , an email landed in Claris Madhuku's inbox in rural Zimbabwe. Stop all activities immediately, it said.

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Lawsuit blames deaths on Ohio train derailment as Vance says US needs 'to do better on rail safety'

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment was announced on Monday's second anniversary of the toxic crash near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border amid a

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New governor tests relations with North Carolina lawmakers with aid request for Helene recovery

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov.

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Trump administration's data deletions set off 'a mad scramble,' researcher says

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers are in what one described as “a mad scramble” to sort out what public data the Trump administration has deleted from government websites and electronic publications.

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Did RFK Jr. mislead the Senate on measles deaths in Samoa? The island nation's health chief says yes

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa’s top health official on Monday denounced as “a complete lie” remarks that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made during his bid to become U.S.

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Uganda begins Ebola vaccine trial after new outbreak kills a nurse and infects 2 other people

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan authorities on Monday began a clinical trial of a vaccine against the Sudan strain of Ebola that has killed one person in the outbreak declared last week.

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New York attorney general tells hospitals to continue transgender care after Trump’s executive order

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday told hospitals that they would be violating state law if they comply with an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at curtailing federal funding for gender-affirming care t

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