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Vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sworn in as Trump's health chief after a close Senate vote

Vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sworn in as Trump's health chief after a close Senate vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in Thursday as President Donald Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.
Louisiana to end mass vaccine promotion, state's top health official says

Louisiana to end mass vaccine promotion, state's top health official says

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana Department of Health “will no longer promote mass vaccination” according to a Thursday memo written by the state's top health official and obtained by The Associated Press.
Trump's foreign aid freeze forces health clinics in a vulnerable region of Syria to close

Trump's foreign aid freeze forces health clinics in a vulnerable region of Syria to close

SARMADA, Syria (AP) — In the town of Sarmada in northern Syria, Dr. Mohammad Fares unlocked a clinic that once bustled with patients. Now it's empty, and shelves of medicine reduced to a few boxes of bandages and expired drugs.
Trump seems to question well-known part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's life - his childhood polio battle

Trump seems to question well-known part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's life - his childhood polio battle

President Donald Trump seemed to question a well-documented part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's life — his childhood battle with polio — after the Kentucky Republican opposed vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Trump seems to question well-known part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's life - his childhood polio battle

Trump seems to question well-known part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's life - his childhood polio battle

President Donald Trump seemed to question a well-documented part of Sen. Mitch McConnell's life — his childhood battle with polio — after the Kentucky Republican opposed vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Man from uncontacted Indigenous tribe emerges in Amazon, and villagers demonstrate a lighter

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — In a rare encounter, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe approached a riverine community in Brazil’s Amazon, the country’s Indigenous affairs agency and local witnesses said Thursday.
Changes to Inuit child funding program putting families at risk: health care workers

Changes to Inuit child funding program putting families at risk: health care workers

OTTAWA — Health-care workers in Nunavut say changes to a federal funding program for Inuit children are forcing some pregnant women to make a tough choice: have a safe birth or ensure the kids they already have are properly cared for.
Federal judge pauses President Trump's order restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth

Federal judge pauses President Trump's order restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth

BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s recent executive order aimed at restricting gender-affirming health care for transgender people under age 19.
Federal judge pauses President Trump's order restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth

Federal judge pauses President Trump's order restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth

BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s recent executive order aimed at restricting gender-affirming health care for transgender people under age 19.
Alberta NDP Leader Nenshi calls on premier to fire health minister over scandal

Alberta NDP Leader Nenshi calls on premier to fire health minister over scandal

EDMONTON — The leader of Alberta’s Opposition NDP says it’s time to fire Health Minister Adriana LaGrange given new allegations surrounding high-level corruption in medical contracts.