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U.S. food banks struggling because of federal budget cuts and increasing food prices

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Federal Cuts Gut Food Banks as They Face Record Demand - KFF Health News Food banks nationwide are being pinched by record demand, high food prices, and hundreds of millions of dollars in federal budget cuts. As the economy plods onto shaky ground, food bank leaders hope Congress patches the holes by passing a new farm bill. khnkytjaw KFF Health News
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Air pollution: Nearly half of Americans are breathing unhealthy air --study

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Nearly Half of Americans Are Breathing Unhealthy Air as Pollution Exposure Numbers Reach Decade High - Inside Climate News A new report from the American Lung Association notes a drastic decline in air quality and raises health alarms. Climate change and Trump administration actions, experts warn, will worsen the trend. Derek Harrison Inside Climate News

 

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Measles, polio and rubella could become endemic in the U.S. if vaccine rates continue to fall--studies

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Measles may be making a comeback in the U.S., Stanford Medicine-led research finds Diseases such as measles, rubella and polio could become endemic to the U.S. again if vaccine rates decline, according to modeling run by researchers at Stanford Medicine and their colleagues. Katia Savchuk News Center
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Analysis: Americans are underestimating the bird flu problem --survey

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Americans Are Underestimating Bird Flu. In A Future Pandemic, That Could Be A Problem The public just isn’t concerned enough about H5N1, suggests new research. Laura Simmons IFLScience

The general public are showing “ignorance and apathy” towards the threat of bird flu, say the authors of a new editorial, based on a survey they conducted of US residents. It found that many were unaware of or unwilling to take simple precautions that might decrease their risk of exposure to the virus.

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Misinformation issue -- The struggle in the Texas measles infections

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In the West Texas measles outbreak, a new battle emerges — misinforma… Vaccine critics have downplayed the role of measles in two Texas girls’ deaths, peddled unproven measles treatments and exaggerated the dangers of the vaccine. By Yuriko Schumacher, Pooja Salhotra and Terri Langford The Texas Tribune

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Trump's proposed budget cuts could result in deaths of nearly half a million children's from AIDS--study

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Half-million children could die if U.S. AIDS relief dropped, study says - UPI.com Nearly a half-million children could die from AIDS by 2030 if President Donald Trump follows through on plans to cut U.S. relief programs, a new study says. UPI

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U.N. warns aid cuts could undermine progres in reducing number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth

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Aid cuts could leave more women dying in pregnancy and birth, UN says

LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - Cuts to aid budgets are threatening to undermine years of progress in reducing the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth, and could lead to a rise in deaths, the United Nations has warned.
 
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Cuts in U.S. and European aid predicted to result in 2.9 million HIV deaths by 2030--study

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Aid cuts predicted to cause 2.9 million more HIV-related deaths by 2030 – study Reductions to overseas budgets by US, UK and EU countries will have ‘devastating consequences’, say researchers in modelling published in the Lancet HIV
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Measles misinformation issue: some patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity

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Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation | CNN Doctors treating people hospitalized as part of a measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico have also found themselves facing another problem: vitamin A toxicity. Neha Mukherjee CNN

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Vaccine aid to developing nations among foreign aid programs being cut by Trump administration

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Trump administration to cut vaccine aid to developing countries Administration plans to end funding to Gavi, a global health organization that helps provide life-saving care for children The Guardian

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