Vaccine bills stack up in statehouses across the US
Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious exemptions from immunization mandates, establish state-level vaccine injury databases or dictate what providers must tell patients...
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Kennedy vows to keep vaccine suit stake if confirmed as US health chief
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Citigroup racks up £1bn bill for Canary Wharf tower refit
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Commanders and Eagles win while Bills set up Ravens showdown
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SALT-focused Republicans to meet with Trump as they threaten to hold up bill
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Musk and Ramaswamy sending agents across US government to seek cuts
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Vaccine makers’ shares jump after bird flu death in US
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Arctic blast sends temperatures plunging across much of US
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Virginia's statehouse control hinges on 3 key special elections
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Biden bans offshore drilling across vast area of US
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