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US childhood vaccination exemptions reach their highest level ever
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NEW YORK (AP) — The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday. More parents are questioning… Read More

Drug overdoses in the US slightly increased last year. But experts see hopeful signs
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. went up slightly last year after two big leaps during the pandemic. Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the… Read More

US Officials Revise Vaping Illness Count to 380 in 36 states
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NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government has refined how it is measuring an outbreak of breathing illnesses in people who vape, now counting only cases that are most closely… Read More