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First Case of Bird Flu in Sheep Found on UK Farm
The spokesperson said the single infected sheep had been "humanely culled" and no further cases among the flock were found after "extensive testing"
Texas Midwife Arrested and Charged With Performing Illegal Abortions
The arrest appears to be the first time a health-care provider in Texas has been criminally charged under the state's abortion ban
How Big Alcohol Is Hijacking the Road Safety Agenda in Colombia
According to police reports 167 persons were killed in an alcohol-related crash, representing 7.7% of all road deaths in 2022
Indonesia's Energy Transition in Doubt as United States Pulls Out of $20 Billion Coal Phase-Out Plan
Despite Jakarta's ambitious net-zero goals, analysts say the country has limited political will to fulfil its climate commitments on its own
How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Weaponized a 6-Year-Old's Measles Death
Anti-vaccine influencers see the child’s death as proof — not of the danger of measles, but of their own debunked theories
NIH to Terminate or Limit Grants Related to Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake
The order covers more than 40 awards to researchers around the country seeking to understand why vaccine acceptance has declined
America Is Dangerously Ignorant of What's Going On in China
Anticipating what China's government will do has gotten even more difficult since the pandemic, as relations with the United States have deteriorated
Mass Firings Hit U.S. Tobacco Regulators Overwhelmed With Thousands of New Products
The FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, which is not taxpayer-funded, oversees an industry whose products kill nearly 500,000 Americans each year
United States Terminates Funding for Polio, HIV, Malaria, and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails
Politics Exclusive Trump Officials Prepare Plans to Revive Title 42 Policy to Expel Migrants, Documents Show
Plans would allow U.S. immigration officials to swiftly expel migrants on the grounds that they could spread diseases like tuberculosis
Starmer Announces Big Cut to UK Aid Budget to Boost Defense Spending
PM confirms rise in military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027–three years earlier than planned
Chinese Researchers Find Bat Virus Enters Human Cells Via Same Pathway as COVID
- A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19