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    It’s not just a gut feeling: Foodborne illness outbreaks are especially bad this summer
  • President Donald Trump prepares to sign an executive order about vaccines, Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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  • Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., attends a news conference in the US Capitol on March 25, 2026.
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  • People walk along the sea in Orange Beach, Alabama, on March 12, 2020.
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  • People dressed in protective gear lower the coffin containing the remains of a person who died of Ebola, during a burial service in Bunia, Ituri province, eastern Congo, on Tuesday.
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    Congo says 2,000 people have died in history’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak
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  • In this photo provided by Dr. Stacy Norton, she receives a trial vaccine for Lynch Syndrome at the MD Anderson Cancer Center Infusion Center in Houston, on April 11, 2023.
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    Testing is underway on vaccines to intercept brewing colon cancer before it takes root
  • Bullet holes are seen in windows at the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) Global Headquarters following a shooting that left two dead, on August 9, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. On August 8, a gunman opened fire near the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control, killing a DeKalb County Police Department officer before being found dead by gunfire.
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