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Mexico May Be on Brink of Losing Its Measles-Free Status

12 February 2026 at 11:57
The country’s confirmed cases have topped 9,000 since last year, raising fears that a high-stakes evaluation in April could lead to its status being revoked.

Β© Marco Ugarte/Associated Press

A health worker administering a dose of the measles vaccine in Mexico City last week. β€œWe are confident that the outbreak will be controlled,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday.

What’s a Human Life Worth? The E.P.A. Says Zero Dollars.

21 January 2026 at 05:03
The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for new pollution rules.

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Los Angeles smog in 1979. For decades, government agencies have used a theoretical value of human life when calculating the costs and benefits of new regulations.

For Men, How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?

16 January 2026 at 05:01
Federal officials working on the new dietary guidelines had considered limiting men to one drink daily. The final advice was only that everyone should drink less.

Β© Robert Wright for The New York Times

β€œThere are a lot of reasons people drink alcohol,” said one epidemiologist who led an advisory panel on alcohol. β€œWhat we’re saying is health shouldn’t be one of them.”
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