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Nearly half of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's staff working on developmental disabilities and birth defects was laid off this month, multiple officials tell CBS News, wiping out ...

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EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Two cases of measles have been confirmed in El Paso. According to the William Beaumont Army ...

Since January, 505 people have been infected in Texas and more than 90 total in neighboring New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas.

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Women retire with 30% less income than men, despite living longer on average, mainly because of caregiving obligations.

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Dr. Evan Levine tackles a drug that is often prescribed to help children perform better — a phenomenon he calls “borderline ...

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