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Senate committee advances Susan Monarez to be Trump’s CDC director

The U.S. Senate's health committee on Wednesday approved Susan Monarez to be President Donald Trump's director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, taking her one step closer to confirmation. The committee voted 12-11 for advancing her nomination to the full Senate. The vote ...

The US is having its worst year for measles in more than three decades

The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, and the year is only half over. The national case count reached 1,288 on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, though public health experts say the true figure may be ...

Utah judge schedules execution by firing squad for a man with dementia

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge on Wednesday set an execution date for a man with dementia who has been on death row for 37 years, even as his lawyers file appeals and argue his condition is worsening. Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed Sept. 5 for abducting and killing Utah ...