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Lawyers say the families wanted the children to remain in the United States. The Trump administration says the mothers requested the children’s removal. The dispute has constitutional stakes.
The children, 4 and 7, were put on a plane with their mother, who was deported. The family’s lawyer said the mother was given no choice but to take her children, which the Trump administration denied.
The health secretary has chipped away at the idea that immunizing children against measles and other diseases is a public health good.
The nation’s health secretary announced that he planned to invite scientists to provide answers by September, but specialists consider that target date unrealistic.
After a second measles death in West Texas, the health secretary is expected to begin a tour through the Southwest to showcase nutrition legislation, among other priorities.
Advocates of higher birthrates have support in the Trump administration. But it’s unclear whether their priorities will win out.
State health officials worry that declining vaccination rates have left many communities vulnerable nationwide.
The evolution reflects a growing bipartisan agreement that American families are struggling and something has to change.
Children’s Health Defense, founded by the health secretary, had published online a vaccine-safety page that looked like the agency’s but that suggested links to autism.
A Democratic lawmaker is drafting a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking whether a database on thousands of children has been deleted.