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Canada Lost Its Measles Elimination Status. What Does It Mean for the U.S.?

10 novembre 2025 à 15:59
The disease was once considered eliminated in Canada, but not any more — there have been more than 5,000 cases in the last 12 months as vaccination rates have fallen.

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Signs describing measles symptoms at a health clinic in Taber, Alberta. The province has been a hot spot of Canada’s recent measles outbreak.

Which Senators Broke Ranks With Democrats to Advance the GOP Plan to End the Government Shutdown?

10 novembre 2025 à 15:10
Two of them are retiring, and none of the others face re-election in 2026.

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Five senators in the Democratic caucus spoke at a news conference at Capitol Hill on Sunday night to explain why they voted with Republicans.

Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles

6 novembre 2025 à 11:11
One province with an outsize number of cases has seen a collision of politics and public health policy.

© Nasuna Stuart-Ulin for The New York Times

The western province of Alberta has reported the highest concentration of measles in Canada.

Inside Calgary’s Fight Over Fluoride in the Water

27 octobre 2025 à 05:00
A contentious vote over the return of fluoride to Calgary’s water was supposed to settle a decades-long debate. But the battle on both sides remains as polarized as ever.

© Amber Bracken for The New York Times

The fight over fluoride in Calgary highlights the larger debate between public health protection and individual choice.

Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent

27 octobre 2025 à 03:43
A Somali hospital ward packed with gasping children shows how war, climate and mistrust of vaccines is fueling the disease’s return.

© Brian Otieno for The New York Times

Dr. Mohamud Omar, a pediatrician examining a child’s tonsils in the diphtheria ward of Demartino Public Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, last month.
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