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Dr. Patrick Hunter was named to the U.S. Preventive Services Task, which is tasked with improving the health of Americans through evidence-based recommendations about preventive services.

Recent outbreaks of foodborne illness and high-profile recalls have made this issue a concern of voters.

Documents show Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. wrote the then-prime minister, saying he wanted his team to study what happened with the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in the Pacific island nation.

Two "measles-associated" deaths were reported by Pennsylvania health authorities this week in Lancaster County, the first such deaths so far this year in the United States.

The Department of Health and Human Services has launched an effort to streamline clinical research, and legislation is pending in Congress. But patients and providers face participation challenges.

The change lowers the minimum natural sugar content required in processed orange juice, saying it will allow growers to sell more Florida fruit while reducing reliance on imported juice.

Under the changes, the agency would eliminate strict limits for four PFAS and allow utilities to request a two-year extension to remove two other PFAS from tap water.

The appeal comes as the nation is at risk of losing its measles elimination status and as Oz's boss, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has raised suspicion about the safety and importance of vaccines.

Federal health officials are recommending fewer childhood vaccines, although the ones jettisoned from the recommended schedule have successfully battled serious illness for years.

The CDC's overhaul was in response to a request from President Donald Trump to review how peer nations approach vaccines and consider revising U.S. guidance accordingly.

The House measure would prevent physicians from refusing to treat patients because of vaccination status and add disclosure requirements for when children get vaccinated.

The lawsuit challenges FDA decisions since 2000 that approved and loosened restrictions on abortion drugs like mifepristone, arguing that mail delivery of the drugs undermines state abortion laws.