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A second person in Missouri has tested positive for H5N1 without any known exposure to infected animals or contaminated food.

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St. Paul, MN., Wednesday, 3/29/2000. Aaron Wenger of South Minneapolis, a CLEARCorps lead removal crew member installed weather strip on new windows in a house near downtown St. Paul. Twelve windows in the house were removed and replaced as part of the effort to reduce the risk of childhood lead poisioning. Plastic sheeting was taped up in the kitchen to contain any dust from the lead cleanup job. CLEARCorps is a nonprofit lead removal company, part of the AmeriCorps national service network. LEAD31 All children up to age 6 living in Minneapolis and St. Paul should be tested for exposure to lead, state officials are expected to recommend Friday3/31. This is a departure from previous recommendations, which focused on children living in older homesthat have lead-based paint. Public health officials aremaking the change in an attempt to simplify the guidelines _ there's concern that too many children aren't being tested. There is little evidence at this point that lead poisoning is getting worse. In Minneapolis, about 10 percent of children who are tested have elevated levels of lead in their blood.(Photo By BRUCE BISPING/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

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EPA finalizes stricter rules targeting ‘scourge’ of lead paint dust in homes, child-care facilities

Nearly 10,000 women in states with abortion bans or restrictions accessed medication abortion under shield laws each month in the spring of 2024, a new report shows.

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Federal health officials are investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli infections linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders.

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Using drone-borne light detection and ranging equipment, archaeologists have mapped two abandoned cities in the mountains of Uzbekistan.

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