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U.N. warns aid cuts could undermine progres in reducing number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth

Aid cuts could leave more women dying in pregnancy and birth, UN says

LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - Cuts to aid budgets are threatening to undermine years of progress in reducing the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth, and could lead to a rise in deaths, the United Nations has warned.
 
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Measles vaccination rates may be lower than thought, undermining herd immunity concept

Measles vaccination rates for young children may be far lower than publicly reported, a troubling development that could mean the United States is closer than expected to losing its “elimination status” for the extremely contagious disease.

“We are experiencing an extremely concerning decline in measles vaccination in the very group most vulnerable to the disease,” said Benjamin Rader, a computational epidemiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and the author of a recent study that looked at children’s vaccination rates.  

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Trump administration cuts funds for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment

The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion in federal grants to states that were being used for tracking infectious diseases, mental health services, addiction treatment and other urgent health issues.

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