Measles is much more serious than a rash and fever: it also causes immune amnesia and leaves patients especially vulnerable to secondary infection.

A&M officials have also instructed English faculty not to teach books in core classes that have major plotlines concerning gay, lesbian or transgender identities.

The review, outlined in a Pentagon memo obtained by NPR, comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told admirals and generals in September that women must meet the "highest male standard."

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For a second year, Iowa officials have denied a Satanic Temple request to hold a holiday event in the Capitol saying it would harm children.

A state epidemiologist said the spike in cases came in the wake of Thanksgiving travel and a lack of vaccinations. At least 16 cases were traced to a church.

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With the world’s soccer fans watching, Gianni Infantino, the great toady to the globe’s oligarchs, handed a made-up award to the increasingly violent US president.

The National Security Strategy, which each administration must publish, also said the U.S. should focus on the Western Hemisphere and consider the Middle East a place for investment.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton urged children to recite “the Lord’s Prayer, as taught by Jesus Christ” if their public schools established a prayer period.

Three Democratic governors create West Coast Health Alliance amid growing turmoil at US health agency under RFK Jr

The extraordinary effort to create a parallel system of recommending and perhaps even providing vaccines faces major challenges.

Across the government, the administration is rehiring federal workers who were forced out or encouraged to resign.