Measles outbreaks are spreading across the U.S., and the nation is likely to lose its status as a country where the disease is eliminated, something that infectious disease specialists say is directly ...

As the U.S. Treasury phases out the use of the penny, it’s creating a host of new challenges for businesses and consumers that could cost all of us a good chunk of change. That’s because eliminating ...

With just five weeks remaining in the regular season, all eyes in and around the NFL are on the playoff picture, and with good reason. The picture is as close and as muddied as it has ever been in ...

If the outbreaks cannot be extinguished soon, the United States will lose its “elimination status,” as determined by the World Health Organization. By Apoorva Mandavilli and Teddy Rosenbluth The ...

Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas were eliminated from Dancing With the Stars on November 18. The pair performed a Viennese waltz to "Slow Love" during the Prince-themed evening. Alix Earle, Jordan ...

Federal health officials have linked two massive US measles outbreaks, confirming that the country is about two months away from losing its measles elimination status, according to a report by The New ...

Canada has lost its measles elimination status, the country’s Public Health Agency announced Monday. It’s the first country in the Americas to do so since the pandemic, and it could serve as a warning ...

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the Pan American Health Organization said on Monday, a loss ...

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It's another shocking elimination for "Dancing with the Stars." After a spookily themed Halloween night on Tuesday, Oct. 28, Jen Affleck and partner Jan Ravnik were eliminated. The pair have had among ...

Canada is on track to lose its measles elimination status as an outbreak that began a year ago continues to spread. The United States could follow in the coming months. The Canadian outbreak began in ...

Monday marks a full year of continuous measles transmission in Canada, a milestone that’s poised to set the country back decades on a global health commitment. Ongoing transmission in the United ...