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As measles exploded, West Texas officials looked to CDC scientists. No one answered.

As measles exploded, West Texas officials looked to CDC scientists. No one answered.

As measles surged in Texas early this year, the Trump administration’s actions sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists that kept them from performing the agency’s most critical function — emergency response — when it mattered most, an investigation from KFF Health News shows. The outbreak soon became the worst the United States has endured in over three decades. In …

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As Measles Exploded, Officials in Texas Looked to CDC Scientists. Under Trump, No One Answered.

As Measles Exploded, Officials in Texas Looked to CDC Scientists. Under Trump, No One Answered.

As measles surged in Texas early this year, the Trump administration’s actions sowed fear and confusion among CDC scientists that kept them from performing the agency’s most critical function — emergency response — when it mattered most, an investigation from KFF Health News shows. The outbreak soon became the worst the United States has endured in over three decades. In …

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A Comet That Exploded Over Earth 12,800 Years Ago May Have Triggered Centuries of Bitter Cold

A Comet That Exploded Over Earth 12,800 Years Ago May Have Triggered Centuries of Bitter Cold

Credit: ZME Science/Midjorney. In 2024, scientists studying ancient sediments in the eastern United States reported signs of a comet exploding in Earth’s skies 12,800 years ago. That event, they suggested, might have plunged the planet into a thousand-year cold spell known as the Younger Dryas.  Now, a new study has taken the search deep beneath the ocean, and the results …

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Before A Steel Plant Exploded, Trump’s EPA Hid Risks From The Public

Before A Steel Plant Exploded, Trump’s EPA Hid Risks From The Public

The U.S. Steel plant where two workers were killed and 10 injured in an explosion on Monday had a history of chemical accidents — but it was one of hundreds of high-risk chemical facilities that were recently hidden from the public after demands from the chemical industry. The Trump administration, at the behest of the powerful chemical lobby, has been …

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