A direct cash assistance program for low-income single mothers is expanding to include dozens more families after receiving an anonymous $1.47 million donation. Project Home Trust, started in 2024 by Portland-based nonprofit Project Home, is currently helping its third cohort of families, with 50 mothers and their children in three counties receiving monthly direct cash […]
“This is the big one.” That’s how North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson described the landmark federal trial that got underway Tuesday, in which Meta is accused of designing its platforms to be addictive to children. Jackson and a bipartisan group of 28 other attorneys general allege the tech giant deceived the public about the […]
(The Center Square) – Southwestern Wisconsin is seeing more measles cases after the Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced two new measles cases in Grant County.
The best protection against measles is the measles vaccination, which is generally available at pharmacies and through medical providers.
A Canyon County resident over the age of 65 is Idaho’s first reported human case of West Nile virus meningitis this year, public health officials announced Monday. The infected person was hospitalized but is recovering at home, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced in a news release. Infected mosquitoes spread West Nile virus […]
Michigan has documented 13,909 cases of cyclosporiasis, according to the state’s Department of Health and Human Services, up from the 12,485 cases reported last Thursday. The department is issuing weekly updates on the number of documented cases with weekly updates on hospitalizations, as well as cases recorded in each of Michigan’s 83 counties. A total […]
Quebec is undertaking an animal vaccination program to control the spread of rabies among raccoons because there’s been a significant increase in the number of infected raccoons in the Montérégie and Estrie regions and raccoon rabies has infected a stray (feral) cat in that region.
The board that oversees Idaho’s largest public health district on Friday approved a quarter million dollar fund to fight invasive rats. The Central District Health board approved $250,000 in unspent reserve funds toward a “rodent abatement and prevention project.” The health district is still planning how to spend those funds, but some of it could […]
Maine will continue providing gender-affirming care despite an announcement from the Trump administration banning Medicaid from covering hormone therapy and procedures for children under 18. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced the rule on Tuesday, which also prohibits Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, funds from being used for this care, typically sought […]
The New Mexico Department of Health announced this week that an unvaccinated adult in southeastern New Mexico tested positive for measles, marking the state’s 18th case this year as the U.S. sees its highest number of cases in more than three decades.
