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Texas officials have notified local public health departments to brace for another $119 million in federal cuts at the end of the month that could impact the state’s disease detection ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s focus on vitamin A use to combat a growing measles outbreak in Texas is raising concerns among public health experts, who fear he is sending the wrong ...

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The Trump administration this week announced plans to claw back $11 billion in pandemic-era grants that could harm local Texas public health departments as they battle a historic measles outbreak.

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