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By Michael Erman and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. vaccine advisers will discuss recommendations for flu vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal and a combination measles shot for children this month, putting topics of concern to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. high on the public health agenda. Kennedy, who has a long history of sowing …

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(Clarifies in second paragraph that funding was not renewed from earlier mention of fund being pulled) By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is ending funding for an LGBT suicide prevention hotline that it says encourages “radical gender ideology,” a move that the project running the service called “devastating.” The Trevor Project, …

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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced plans on Wednesday to open a sterile fly dispersal facility in Hidalgo County, Texas, as part of the country’s effort to fight the encroachment of New World screwworm. The pest, a species of fly that has been eradicated in the U.S. for decades, has …

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LAWTON, Oklahoma (Reuters) -Nestled beneath Oklahoma’s Wichita Mountains sits a two-story warehouse containing the only machine in the United States capable of refining nickel, a crucial energy transition metal now dominated by China.  The facility, owned by startup Westwin Elements, aims to help Oklahoma become the epicenter for U.S. critical minerals processing, a sector the …

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By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -An actor on the U.S. BET television show “The Oval” has filed a civil lawsuit that accuses media mogul Tyler Perry of repeated sexual assault and harassment. Derek Dixon is seeking $260 million in punitive damages from Perry in a lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court and reported by …

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By Deena Beasley and Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences lenacapavir, a twice-yearly injection, for preventing HIV infection in adults and adolescents. Gilead said the drug will be sold under the brand name Yeztugo. Investors and AIDS activists had been eagerly awaiting the regulatory decision for a …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Social Security and Medicare programs for older people will both run short of funds to pay full benefits in 2033, three years sooner than last year’s estimate for the Medicare Hospital Insurance Fund, their annual trustees’ reports showed on Wednesday. The reports, released by the U.S. Treasury Department, showed that the …

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SANTA TERESA, NM (Reuters) -The weapons system atop a drab green U.S. Army Stryker swivels, its camera shifting downward toward a white Ford F-150 driving slowly along the U.S.-Mexico border. Under the watchful eye of the 26-ton armored vehicle perched on a sand dune above them, humanitarian volunteers are driving the dirt road next to …

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(Reuters) -New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was detained for several hours after being arrested at an immigration court on Tuesday, the latest politician opposed to U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration raids to get caught up with law enforcement. Lander, who is among 11 Democratic candidates seeking to replace current Mayor Eric …

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