4 ways vaccine skeptics mislead you on measles & more https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052524_vaccine_skeptics/4-ways-vaccine-skeptics-mislead-you-measles-more/
A growing number of parents are deciding not to get their children vaccinated against measles, as well as diseases like polio and pertussis, due to a flood of misinformation - rhetoric that erodes confidence in the science backing routine childhood vaccines.
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Getting an abortion is hard for people from states with bans. It’s even harder if they’re undocumented. https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051724_undocumented_abortion/getting-abortion-hard-people-from-states-with-bans-its-even-harder-if-theyre-undocumented/
This year’s abortion bans in Florida and Arizona — following an older near-total prohibition in Texas — threaten to make the procedure virtually unattainable for undocumented people living in those states.
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‘Time is running out’: Navajo Nation urges Congress to act on radiation compensation bill https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051624_navajo_reca/time-running-out-navajo-nation-urges-congress-act-radiation-compensation-bill/
Members of the Navajo Nation are urging Congress to act on RECA expansion bill - set to expire in less than a month - that compensates individuals who become ill because of exposure to radiation from the United States’ development and testing of nuclear weapons.
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Lobbying by automotive companies increases as electric vehicle sales soar https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051124_electric_car_lobby/lobbying-by-automotive-companies-increases-as-electric-vehicle-sales-soar/
As electric vehicle sales reached an all-time high last year, the automotive industry’s spending on federal lobbying hit a record of nearly $85.8 million after a steady increase since 2020, and in the first quarter of 2024, the industry’s federal lobbying spending topped $23.1 million.
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