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

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.

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

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.
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For Men, How Much Alcohol Is Too Much?

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.

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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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