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As Covid surges in the US, Americans can’t get vaccinated: ‘terrified I might kill somebody’

The FDA is allowing the vaccine for people 65 and older, but younger people need to have an underlying condition

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CDC advisers vote to change guidance to MMRV vaccines

The group was chosen by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid controversy over their credentials. It's changing vaccine guidance for v

On Thursday afternoon, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, voted 8-3 to change the current recommendations that allow children under 4 to receive the MMRV vaccine, a combination shot for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (or varicella).

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West Coast Health Alliance recommendations show vaccines ‘safe, effective’

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Portland Mayor Statement on Federal Use of Chemical Munitions at Peaceful Protest

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson: "Our nation will never accept a federal presence where agents wield deadly force against the very people they a

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Minneapolis emergency management director invokes Yemen and Ukraine to describe events at home

Reaction from Minneapolis Emergency Management Director Rachel Sayre to Saturday's shooting and the subsequent street confrontations.

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FEMA begins limited hiring campaign after wave of departures | Federal News Network

FEMA has been approved to recruit for about 300 'priority' positions, after the agency lost 5,000 staff over the last 18 months.

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‘Holding our breath’: Hurricane season is here, and FEMA is shorthanded

The agency’s workforce has shrunk by almost 20 percent under President Donald Trump.

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Scientists lose critical climate monitoring in oceans along nation’s coastlines in wake of Trump funding cuts

In what a scientist called "a crippling loss of information," the Trump administration is dismantling a vital $386 million network of ocean

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Oregon to Appeal Hazard Mitigation Grant Denial