By Bhanvi Satija and Christy Santhosh (Reuters) -Measles cases in Texas and New Mexico rose to 317 on Tuesday from 294 four days ago, as the U.S. battles one of the largest measles outbreaks in the past decade. The country has already surpassed last year’s count of 285 infections, according to data from the U.S. …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday classified the recall of Medtronic’s embolization device as “most serious”, following reports of the deaths of four patients. The use of the affected product could lead to severe adverse health consequences, including thrombosis, stroke, or death, the agency said. There have been thirteen reported injuries associated …
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(Reuters) -The former U.S. surgeon general’s 2024 advisory calling gun violence a public health crisis has been take down by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) following orders from the Trump administration. A spokesperson for the health agency said “HHS and the Office of the Surgeon General are complying with President Trump’s Executive …
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By Tom Polansek and Leah Douglas CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration said on Monday it plans to permanently allow U.S. poultry and pork processing plants to operate more quickly, raising concerns among advocacy groups about worker health and food safety. The U.S. Department of Agriculture decision is a victory for meat companies and industry …
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By Luc Cohen, Tom Hals and Jack Queen (Reuters) – The Trump administration has likely exceeded its authority in invoking rarely applied laws to justify parts of its wide-ranging immigration crackdown, legal experts said. Still, the Supreme Court could ultimately determine if the White House has the far-reaching power it claims to decide who should …
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. agency that enforces laws banning workplace discrimination on Monday warned 20 major law firms that their employment policies meant to boost diversity, equity and inclusion may be illegal. The letters from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s acting chair, Andrea Lucas, seek detailed information on …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, who has ordered the release of classified documents related to the 1963 assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, said on Monday that his administration will make public around 80,000 pages of files related to the former president on Tuesday. “People have been waiting for decades for this,” …
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By Gram Slattery, Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump visited the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday for the first time since making himself its new chairman, threatening to shutter an expensive new addition and describing the marble Washington landmark as being in “tremendous disrepair.” Trump, who is juggling …
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By Pete Schroeder and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump nominated Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman to the central bank’s top regulatory post as vice chair for supervision where she is expected to oversee an agenda of relaxed rule-writing and bank oversight. A former community banker and frequent critic of overzealous bank regulation, …
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(Reuters) – A Delta Air Lines regional jet struck the runway at New York LaGuardia Airport late on Sunday while executing a go-around, the Federal Aviation Administration said. No injuries were reported. The left-wing of Endeavor Air Flight 4814 made contact with the runway at around 10:10 p.m. EDT while the pilot was executing a …
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