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Sliding vaccine rates hang over vote on CDC director nominee as US measles cases hit dangerous milestone

By Sarah Owermohle, Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday tallied the highest number of US measles cases since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago, just as a key Senate committee split the vote to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the public health

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Biden’s physician refuses to answer questions from Republicans in House probe of former president’s mental fitness

By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — Joe Biden’s White House physician on Wednesday declined to answer questions during a closed-door deposition with the House Oversight Committee, invoking his Fifth Amendment right as the Republican-led panel pushes forward in its probe of the former president’s mental fitness and decline. While Dr. Kevin O’Connor appeared on Capitol

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Médicos desesperados meten varios bebés en una incubadora, mientras la crisis de combustible en Gaza alcanza un punto crítico

Por Kareem Khadder, Ibrahim Dahman y Lucas Lilieholm, CNN Médicos en Gaza dicen que se vieron obligados a meter a varios bebés en una sola incubadora, mientras los hospitales advirtieron que la escasez de combustible los está obligando a cerrar servicios vitales, poniendo en riesgo la vida de los pacientes. La ONU ha advertido que

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Paraprofessional accused of hitting 1st grader with shoe pleads guilty

By Joseph Buczek Click here for updates on this story     MACOMB COUNTY, Michigan (WWJ) — A former Eastpointe elementary school paraprofessional accused of hitting a first-grade student with a shoe has pleaded guilty. On Tuesday, Kimberley Horen, 55, of Eastpointe, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and battery, according to the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office. Horen

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Gun pulled on woman delivering Walmart order as she’s told to ‘Go back to Mexico,’ court documents reveal

By Treydon Baylor, EastIdahoNews.com Click here for updates on this story     JEFFERSON COUNTY, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — A man has been charged after a Spanish-speaking woman had a gun pulled on her and was told to “go back to Mexico” while trying to deliver an order from Walmart. Jeffery Lee McCanch, 59, is charged with one

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Sobreviviente en Texas describe el drama de la inundación: “Eran gritos aterradores”

Por Sebastián Jiménez Valencia, Ana Melgar y Gustavo Valdés, CNN en Español Texas sigue contando los muertos y buscando a sus desaparecidos en el condado Kerr tras las mortales inundaciones por el desbordamiento del río Guadalupe. Más de un centenar de fallecidos y 150 personas sin paradero conocido reflejan la tragedia, mientras los sobrevivientes relatan

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HHS abruptly calls off meeting of expert panel on preventive care, raising questions about its future

By Sarah Owermohle, Meg Tirrell, Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services called off an upcoming meeting of expert advisers on preventive health care, raising questions about the future of the longtime nonpolitical advisory group. An HHS spokesperson confirmed to CNN that the US Preventive Services Task Force —

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