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    Inside the study for a remedy to fight Congo’s deadliest Ebola outbreak
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  • US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during an event at the Department of Health and Human Services building on Monday, in Washington, DC.
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    RFK Jr. tasks researchers with studying vaccine injuries
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    FDA says its safety review of abortion pill will continue into next year
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  • The exterior of Central Pennsylvania Clinic is seen in Belleville, Pennsylvania on Friday, October 2, 2026. The clinic specializes in genetic diseases and mutations specific to the Plains community, such as the Amish, Mennonites, Hutterites, and other closed religious communities. Mifflin County, where Belleville is situated, is becoming the center of the measles outbreak in the United States, particularly within the Plains community, as the communities are skeptical of vaccines.
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  • The exterior of Central Pennsylvania Clinic is seen in Belleville, Pennsylvania on Friday, October 2, 2026. The clinic specializes in genetic diseases and mutations specific to the Plains community, such as the Amish, Mennonites, Hutterites, and other closed religious communities. Mifflin County, where Belleville is situated, is becoming the center of the measles outbreak in the United States, particularly within the Plains community, as the communities are skeptical of vaccines.
    Michelle Gustafson for CNN
    Amid worst measles outbreak in decades, one clinic leans on years of hard-won trust to keep vulnerable people safe

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