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US Health Secretary Kennedy fires heads of key preventive health panel

NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this month fired the chair and vice chair of the influential task force that decides which preventive medical care is provided at no cost to patients. The Preventive Services ...
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War of words reignites with Trump, Pritzker, Bailey

(The Center Square) - President Donald Trump has resumed his war of words with Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who responded by criticizing Republican gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey. The president ...
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Illinois Quick Hits: Bill offering CTE alternative clears senate committee

(The Center Square) - The Illinois Senate Education Committee has advanced legislation that would allow high school students to take Career Technical Education classes as an alternative to the two-year foreign language requirement, starting in 2028. ...
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Risk of Ebola spread is high locally but low globally, WHO says

BUNIA, Congo (AP) - The World Health Organization said on Wednesday the risk of global spread of the Ebola virus in Congo and Uganda is high at national and regional levels, but low at the global level. The risk assessment came as the leader of ...
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Colorado’s top court orders children’s hospital to resume gender-affirming care for minors

DENVER (AP) - The Colorado Supreme Court has ordered Colorado's largest provider of gender-affirming care for young people to resume medical treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy despite threats that providing the care could lead to losing federal funding. Children's Hospital Colorado suspended medical ...
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SCOTUS turns away Palatine HS teacher fired over anti-BLM Facebook posts

The U.S. Supreme Court will not review lower courts' decisions finding a suburban school district did not violate the constitutional rights of a Palatine High School teacher who was fired after students and community activists called for her removal in response to content she ...
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Group files federal lawsuit against Illinois’ gun owner ID law

(The Center Square) - A new challenge to Illinois' requirement for gun owners to have a state police-issued license has been filed in federal court. The New Civil Liberties ...
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Op-Ed: Illinois is closed for business

The policies coming from Springfield send a clear message: Illinois is closed for business. While other states enact pro-growth policies and create economic opportunity, Illinois is weakening the market forces that once powered its growth. As a result, businesses and individuals are fleeing the ...
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Vance takes his fight against fraud to red Ohio, muddying waters for GOP’s Vivek Ramaswamy

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Vice President JD Vance 's decision to extend his fight against Medicaid fraud beyond Democratic states to his red home state of Ohio has set off a scramble among the state's Republicans - including his close ally Vivek Ramaswamy, the ...
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Texas reports state’s 1st human case of West Nile virus this year

(TEXAS) -- Texas health officials on Tuesday confirmed the state's first human West Nile virus case this year, an indication that mosquito season is beginning in the United States. Public health officials have been warning that rising temperatures have allowed mosquitoes to thrive, increasing ...
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Bird flu found in polar bear in Europe for first time, on Svalbard

STOCKHOLM, May 19 (Reuters) - Bird flu has been detected in a dead polar bear in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago, the first time the virus has been found in the species in Europe, a Norwegian government agency said on Tuesday. The Norwegian Veterinary Institute said ...
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Nestle and Danone face fresh scrutiny over infant formula recalls

PARIS, May 19 (Reuters) - Nestle and Danone are facing fresh scrutiny over the handling of infant formula contamination after reports published on Tuesday by French, Belgian and Swiss public media questioned the speed of recalls of potentially harmful products. The investigation by Radio France, ...
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