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Florida moved to drop four vaccine requirements for schoolchildren. Now that plan is on hold.
What happens next could determine whether the mandates are removed — or remain in place.
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo defended parental rights, arguing that families — not the government — should decide which vaccines their children receive.
An FDA safety official recommended adding a warning about fatal myocarditis to mRNA COVID-19 vaccine labels.
That was more than 10 months ago. The warning still hasn’t been added.
Newly obtained documents show the recommendation followed an internal review of pediatric deaths considered possibly or probably related to vaccination — raising a simple but consequential question:
If FDA scientists believed the public should be warned, why wasn’t the label changed?
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Residents voted to stop adding fluoride to their drinking water.
But more than a year later, the town still can’t act on that decision.
Somerset, Massachusetts, is waiting on state lawmakers for permission to end fluoridation — even after the measure passed the state Senate.
If the House doesn’t act by Jan. 5, the bill could expire.
The dispute is raising a bigger question: How much control should a community have over what goes into its own water supply?
More than $24 million in federal lobbying. Nearly $2.5 million in political contributions. And 139 current members of Congress who received money from the companies’ PACs.
The report also raises questions about whether their ownership interests were fully disclosed in federal lobbying filings.
How much influence can that kind of money buy — and what does it mean for the policies shaping America’s food and farms?
Millions of microscopic plastic particles could be ending up in something parents give their babies every day.
A new review of 27 studies found microplastics & traces of chemicals, including phthalates, bisphenols & PFAS, in infant formula, plastic bottles and feeding products.
Researchers have not established that these exposures cause harm — but the findings are raising urgent questions about what the youngest, most vulnerable children may be consuming without anyone realizing it.
What should parents know?
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