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In late May, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed COVID-19 vaccines from the recommendation list for healthy children and pregnant women. The suit alleges this move violated federal law.

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  • Health

RFK Jr.'s vaccine policy sparks a lawsuit from the American Academy of Pediatrics

AAP and other leading health organizations allege that the health secretary violated federal law when he took the COVID vaccine off the list of recommended shots for pregnant women and healthy children.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone
The number of kids with chronic diseases has risen in the last two decades.

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  • Children's Health

The health of U.S. kids has declined significantly since 2007, a new study finds

A new study in the journal JAMA finds the health of America's children has worsened across several key indicators over the last two decades. That includes the number of children with chronic diseases.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Godoy
A local resident leaves a church after voting in an election in Cumming, Iowa.

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  • Religion

IRS says churches can now endorse political candidates

Since 1954, an IRS rule had barred houses of worship from explicitly endorsing political candidates.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Daniel Burke
A baby shoe lays along the Guadalupe River after it was swept up in the flash flooding in Ingram, Texas.

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  • National

Texas flood recovery efforts face tough conditions as local officials face hard questions

Emergency responders kept hope alive as they combed through fallen trees and other debris that littered the hard-hit central Texas communities on the fifth day after devastating floods killed more than 100.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
The Chenab, one of the three rivers allocated to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty, seen from the riverbank in early June in Punjab province, Pakistan.

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  • World

With Indus Waters Treaty in the balance, Pakistan braces for more water woes

In an unprecedented move, India held the water treaty in abeyance after blaming Pakistan for a deadly attack in April. Pakistan denies involvement in the attack and accuses India of "weaponizing water."

July 08, 2025
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  • Betsy Joles
The dollar has slumped more than 10% against other major currencies, marking its worst first-half a year since 1973.

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  • Business

Why some see the dollar's drop as a sign America is losing its financial might

The dollar has just posted its worst first-half of a year since 1973. And now investors wonder — is it a sign that America is losing its financial standing?

July 08, 2025
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  • Rafael Nam
The MingKwai typewriter's keys enable the typist to find and retrieve Chinese characters.

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  • Asia

How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing

The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Feng

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  • Economy

A Planet Money guide to 5 fascinating new econ papers

The Planet Money newsletter rounds up some new economics studies.

July 08, 2025
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  • Greg Rosalsky
President Trump speaks in the Blue Room of the White House on Monday.

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  • Europe

Trump says U.S. will resume sending weapons to Ukraine after pausing last week

With Russian attacks escalating, Ukraine is dependent on air defense systems and munitions supplied by western allies to protect Ukrainian cities.

July 08, 2025
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  • Joanna Kakissis
Do your ankles feel like a buffet these days? Test your knowledge of tactics to prevent bites.

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  • Your Health

Want to make yourself less appealing to mosquitoes? Our quiz has surprising ideas

Level up your knowledge of mosquito bite prevention with our quiz. It's full of surprising, science-backed tactics that may save you from getting eaten alive this summer.

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Andee Tagle and
  • Malaka Gharib
Federal health officials are investigating the University of Michigan Health system after a former employee claimed she was fired for seeking a religious exemption from providing gender-affirming care.

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  • Health

Feds investigate hospitals over religious exemptions from gender-affirming care

A physician assistant claimed she was fired by a Michigan hospital for seeking a religious exemption regarding gender-affirming care. Now the federal government is also investigating.

July 08, 2025
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  • Kate Wells
The exterior of the Terrorist Confinement Center as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrives, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, March 26, 2025.

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  • USPS

Migrants deported from U.S. to Salvadoran prison remain under U.S. control

The government of El Salvador has acknowledged to United Nations investigators that the Trump administration maintains control of the men who were deported from the U.S. to a Salvadoran prison.

July 08, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
World leaders pose for a group photo at the 17th annual BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, July 6, 2025.

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  • Latin America

BRICS nations push back as Trump warns of tariffs

Leaders of the BRICS group of emerging economies meeting for their annual summit had hoped to downplay any differences with the U.S. But even a toned down group proclamation drew the ire of President Trump.

July 07, 2025
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  • Carrie Kahn
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a copy of a letter to Japan, signed by President Trump, announcing 25% tariffs beginning on Aug. 1st, during the daily press briefing at the White House on July 7.

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  • Politics

Trump sends letters with new tariff rates on goods to 14 countries, with more to come

The leaders of Japan and South Korea were the first to get letters on Monday that informed them of the new tariff rates.

July 07, 2025
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  • Danielle Kurtzleben
A search and recover unit paddles along the Guadalupe River on Monday in Hunt, Texas. Heavy rainfall caused severe flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas.

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  • National

4 things to know about the deadly Texas floods and ongoing search efforts

Search efforts continue for people still missing after Friday's floods, as questions swirl over what went wrong. Here's what we know so far.

July 07, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Jaclyn Diaz
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