WASHINGTONPOST (Daniel Wu) - Alcohol-linked cancer deaths have doubled in recent decades. What to know about risk.
Around 23,126 people died from alcohol-attributable cancer in 2023, up from 11,361 in 1990, according to a study.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - Explosion of fireworks in central Mexico kills at least 10, injures 64
Mexican authorities say at least 10 people died and another 64 were injured when pyrotechnic material exploded during a patron saint festival in a town in the State of Mexico
NEWSNATIONNOW (Finya Swai and The Hill) - Pennsylvania infant confirmed to have died from measles
A six-week-old infant’s death in Pennsylvania was caused by measles, the Lancaster County coroner confirmed Friday.
NYTIMES (Apoorva Mandavilli) - C.D.C. Says No Deaths This Year Attributed to Measles
The agency’s weekly update escalates a political fight after Pennsylvania said two deaths had been caused by the virus.
NYTIMES (Apoorva Mandavilli and Jan Hoffman) - RFK Jr. Hires Army Doctor Who Opposed Covid Shots to Investigate if They Killed 2,500 Troops
In a legal deposition, the doctor, Theresa Long, compared immunizing service members against Covid to Nazi doctors experimenting on concentration camp prisoners.
WASHINGTONPOST (Lena H. Sun, Rachel Roubein) - Infant died of measles in Pennsylvania, coroner confirms
The Lancaster County coroner said he did not know if this death is one of the two disputed by federal health officials.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - RFK Jr. and CDC Director challenge reports of measles deaths
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. and CDC Director Dr. Erica Schwartz are both challenging the reports of two measles deaths in Pennsylvania. Alicia Menendez has more details.
JUSTTHENEWS (Greg Piper) - From 'measles-associated' deaths to new COVID vaccines, doubts mount based on absence of evidence
Pennsylvania governor criticized across the poltical spectrum for overstating certainty, hiding information about deaths he attributes to being unvaccinated. FDA lets Pfizer off the hook from its commitments from last COVID vaccine approval.
NYTIMES (Apoorva Mandavilli and Teddy Rosenbluth) - C.D.C. Director Challenges Pennsylvania’s Report of Two Measles Deaths
Questioning a state’s investigation is highly unusual for the public health agency, but reflects tensions between the Trump administration and many states over health issues.
WASHINGTONPOST (Lena H. Sun, Rachel Roubein) - New CDC director delays adding Pennsylvania deaths to measles data
The deaths have been at the heart of a bitter political dispute between RFK Jr. and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D).