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The top spokesperson at HHS abruptly resigned after clashing with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and close aides about the growing Texas measles outbreak. (Politico)
As the Texas outbreak continues to spread, measles cases have been reported in New Jersey as well as a second case in New York City. (USA Today)
HHS told employees they could apply for early retirement over the next 10 days and should respond to a request for details on their accomplishments of the past week, according to agency emails. (Reuters)
Pope Francis was stable enough after two respiratory crises to resume using a nasal tube for oxygen rather than a ventilation mask, the Vatican said. (AP)
Memos from a U.S. Agency for International Development employee detailed the potential human costs of cuts to foreign aid, including millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year. (New York Times)
Wild Coast Raw of Olympia, Washington, recalled lots of frozen Boneless Free Range Chicken Formula raw pet food for cats because it has the potential to be contaminated with H5N1 bird flu.
An HHS review of a vaccine contract spurred concerns about preparedness for a potential bird flu pandemic. (STAT)
High-dose oral multivitamins and multi-minerals, with or without edetate disodium-based chelation, did not reduce cardiovascular events in people with diabetes and prior myocardial infarction, a randomized trial found. (JAMA Internal Medicine)
The New England Journal of Medicine‘s editor-in-chief wrote about maintaining order out of chaos amid crippling attacks on scientific research.
A Florida woman received a 1-year prison sentence for shooting and killing her terminally ill husband while he was hospitalized. (The Guardian)
Five passengers on a United Express flight were hospitalized following turbulence. (USA Today)
James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million infants, died at age 88. (NPR)
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