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"While there haven’t yet been the big fireworks of last session, lawmakers are quietly pushing proposals to further restrict the lives of trans people — what bathrooms they can use, what government documents they can obtain and what services public schools and mental health providers can offer to young people."

texastribune.org/2025/04/14/te

Attendees wave a trans flag while marching with over 300 activists and supporters from the Bexar County Courthouse to Crockett Park in “March for Us,” San Antonio's third annual celebration of Transgender Day of Visibility, on Saturday, March 29, 2025 in San Antonio, Texas.
The Texas Tribune · The Texas Legislature is having big battles over gender and sexuality. Track them here.Lawmakers are quietly pushing bills that would limit access to bathrooms and measures preventing trans people from changing government documents.

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Health reports an unvaccinated child in DonÞa Ana County has been diagnosed with measles – the first measles case in that county.

The DonÞa Ana County case plus four additional cases among unvaccinated people in Lea County brings the total number of measles cases in New Mexico to 63.

"On four separate occasions, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary, has suggested that the measles outbreak in Texas, which is now over 500 cases, is beginning to subside and grow more slowly. But a review of state data indicates there’s no decline yet in the pace of cases."

rollcall.com/2025/04/14/no-sig

Roll Call · No sign of Texas measles outbreak slowing, contrary to RFK Jr.’s claims - Roll CallRobert F. Kennedy Jr. has said the measles outbreak in Texas is starting to subside. But state data indicates there’s no decline yet.

💡 Everything you need to know about bird flu: arevie.ws/BirdFlu_KM

How dangerous is it? Where did it come from? #H5N1 influenza’s origins stretch back to the 1990s, and key events paved the way for the outbreak we’re seeing today.

“This is the largest animal disease outbreak we’ve ever had,” Maurice Pitesky, a veterinary researcher at the University of California, Davis, tells @KnowableMag

👉 arevie.ws/BirdFlu_KM

Louisiana consistently ranks among the states in the country with the highest maternal mortality rate. What, if anything, will the Louisiana Legislature do to address this crisis during the session that started yesterday? Browsing the listing of pre-filed bills, I find nothing. Absolutely nothing. Someone please show me I’m wrong.
#Louisiana #GOPFail #PublicHealth

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Africa: New WHO Report Highlights Progress in the Fight Against Severe Chronic Diseases: [WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- Twenty African countries have increased access to services for severe chronic disease such as type 1 diabetes, sickle-cell disease, and rheumatic and congenital heart diseases, over the last four years since adapting a new model to decentralize the critical services, a new report by World Health… newsfeed.facilit8.network/TK93 #Africa #ChronicDiseases #WHO #HealthCare #PublicHealth