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Measles Misinformation Is on the Rise — And Americans Are Hearing It, Survey Finds

Attitudes about a debunked link between measles vaccines and autism haven’t budged that much. But there’s a sharp partisan divide over whether the vaccine is safe.

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The wholegrain revolution! How Denmark changed the diet – and health – of their entire nation

Is it possible to make a country healthier one slice of rye bread at a time? If the rocketing wholegrain consumption of the Danes is anything to go by, absolutelyLunchtime in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Measles misinformation is on the rise — and Americans are hearing it, survey finds

Claims about the link between measles vaccines and autism, and about treatments for measles, appear to be more widely heard, according to a KFF survey released Wednesday.

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Hospitals’ Lobbying Frustrates Montana Lawmakers Who Sought To Boost Oversight

Montana’s powerful hospital lobby was instrumental in renewing the state’s Medicaid expansion program and has also fended off most legislation to increase state oversight of their business.

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Medi-Cal Under Threat: Who’s Covered and What Could Be Cut?

Federal law requires states to offer health insurance to many people with low incomes or disabilities. But some states, including California, are far more generous than what’s required.

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Geri Care launches an assisted living centre for elders in Bengaluru

The facility offers a range of long-term, short-stay services including post-hospitalisation recovery, rehabilitation, dementia care, palliative care, and respite care, among other services

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‘Alarming’ increase in levels of forever chemical TFA found in European wines

Wines produced after 2010 showed steep rise in contamination of trifluoroacetic acid, analysis findsLevels of a little-known forever chemical known as TFA in European wines have risen “alarmingly”

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Opinion: The ‘yes, and’ approach to dementia care

Improv skills can make interactions between people with dementia and their care partners more enjoyable for everyone.

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Opinion: Government word search is killing my cutting-edge research

The Trump administration seems to believe that some words and ideas fail an ill-posed and completely nonscientific test of orthodoxy.

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Pandemics, pathogens and being prepared: why the work to identify emerging threats never stops

As the UK Pandemic Sciences Network conference kicks off in Glasgow, virus expert Prof Emma Thomson says new technologies are boosting science’s ability to fight novel strains of infectious diseases

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