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Texas lawmakers sent a bill to the governor that would make it significantly easier for parents to send kids to school ...

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Americans are losing a vast array of people and programs dedicated to keeping them healthy. State and local health ...

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Public health leaders said the cuts are reducing the entire system to a shadow of what it once was, threatening to undermine ...

Local doctors share how to protect yourself from measles ...

A third case of measles has been detected in a person who flew through the Denver International Airport. They were vaccinated ...

Health officials in two Bay Area counties warned about a potential exposure to measles involving a resident who tested positive for the virus after traveling.