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With US measles deaths on the rise, local officials are stepping in where RFK Jr won’t

Measles cases and deaths are rising in the US as local health officials and doctors launch vaccination campaigns to counter federal vaccine misinformation under RFK Jr. The article details a Trump executive order to split the MMR shot and reduce recommended childhood vaccines, which experts say lacks scientific basis. It frames local efforts as an urgent pushback against dangerous federal guidance.

The HillSig. 6OpinionScienceEducationPolitics

End the false choice of expensive research fees

The opinion argues that federal agencies should stop paying article processing charges to commercial publishers because public-access mandates can be met at no cost by depositing manuscripts in federal repositories. It criticizes publishers' high profit margins and a GAO conclusion that fees are unavoidable, urging OMB to clarify no-cost compliance.

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The GuardianSig. 8NewsHealthPoliticsScience

Trump funding cuts may force Alzheimer’s disease study to shut down, affecting 600 aging adults

The Trump administration canceled a federal NIH grant for a University of Pittsburgh Alzheimer's study involving 600 older adults in two low-income, majority-Black Pittsburgh neighborhoods. Researchers say the abrupt shutdown leaves them without time or money to return cognitive test results, potentially delaying diagnoses, amid broader cuts to medical research grants.

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Daily MailSig. 8NewsClimateForeignScience

Scientists blame climate change for Nepal's devastating flash floods - and warn similar disasters are 'inevitable' as global temperatures continue to rise

Scientists attribute Nepal's August 26 flash floods, which killed over 1,300 people and left more than 5,000 missing, to climate-driven permafrost thaw and glacial thinning. Researchers warn that without rapid fossil fuel emissions cuts, similar compound disasters are inevitable as global temperatures rise.

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PBS NewsHourSig. 8NewsClimateScience

Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica in 47 years, satellites show

A major scientific report using satellite data finds that Greenland and Antarctica lost over 12 trillion tons of ice since 1979, raising global sea levels by about an inch. Scientists say the melting is accelerating due to warming oceans and climate change, posing increased risks of coastal flooding and potential tipping points.

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The GuardianSig. 8NewsHealthPoliticsScience

Republican senator blames Trump administration policies for measles deaths in Pennsylvania

Republican Senator Bill Cassidy blamed the Trump administration’s vaccine-skeptical policies for recent measles deaths in Pennsylvania during a Senate health committee hearing. He pressed Trump’s surgeon general nominee, Nicole Saphier, to affirm that the MMR vaccine does not cause autism, while criticizing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for reneging on vaccine-safety commitments.

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AxiosSig. 8AnalysisPoliticsScienceHealth

Trump escalates war on federal data

The article describes a series of Trump administration actions affecting federal data collection and publication, including measles tallies, Census Bureau integrity rules, EEOC workforce data, and immigration statistics. It frames these moves as politically motivated interference with reliable government data, while including a brief White House denial.

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Daily MailSig. 8NewsClimateScience

Greenland and Antarctica have lost 11.3 trillion tonnes of ice since the 1970s - raising global sea levels by more than 1.1 inches, study finds

An international study finds Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion tonnes of ice since the 1970s, raising global sea levels by more than 1.1 inches. Scientists warn the trend is driven by warming oceans and puts millions more people at risk of coastal flooding and erosion. Recent slowdowns are described as short-term fluctuations, not a reversal.

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VoxSig. 6AnalysisScienceOther

Three beluga whales just died at one of America’s top-rated aquariums

Three beluga whales died within eight days at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium, including two newly rescued from Marineland of Canada. The article uses the deaths to scrutinize aquarium captivity more broadly, arguing that even prestigious institutions cannot meet belugas’ social and behavioral needs.

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