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Measles Outbreak Hits Town in Texas

A worsening measles outbreak has taken root in Texas, sickening two dozen and hospitalizing nine on the western edge of the state, where...

California’s Scary Product Warning Labels Might Be Working, Study Says

The warnings, on thousands of products sold in California, are stark.“Use of the following products,” one label says, “will expose you to chemicals...

Behind Kennedy’s Vow to ‘Follow the Science’ on Vaccines

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent the first day of his back-to-back confirmation hearings deftly avoiding questions about his views on vaccines. On the...

Top N.I.H. Official Abruptly Resigns as Trump Orders Deep Cuts

The No. 2 official at the National Institutes of Health abruptly resigned and retired from government service on Tuesday, in another sign that...

A Deep-Sea Fish of Nightmares Strays Into Shallow Waters

Strange things live in the depths of the ocean.Even the light of the sun cannot penetrate the inky blackness below. The pressure of...

‘Ultrahigh Energy’ Neutrino Found With a Telescope Under the Sea

Deep in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, physicists have uncovered evidence of a ghostly subatomic particle catapulting through space at a speed...

Trump’s W.H.O. Exit Throws Smallpox Defenses Into Upheaval

President Trump’s order that the United States exit the World Health Organization could undo programs meant to ensure the safety, security and study...

Birds of Paradise Glow on Their Mating Parade

Elaborate poses, tufts of feathers, flamboyant shuffles along an immaculate forest floor — male birds-of-paradise have many ways to woo a potential mate.But...

Helen Hays, Who Helped Bring Terns Back to Long Island Sound, Dies at 94

Helen Hays, an intrepid ornithologist who for nearly 50 years led scores of volunteers to Great Gull Island, a postage-stamp islet in...

Court Halt on Trump Cuts for Medical Research Is Extended Nationwide

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to hold off on a plan that would cut $4 billion in federal funding for research...

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