内容摘要：of Cal-Maine Foods, which provides 20% of the nation’s eggs, and other large egg producers.

of Cal-Maine Foods, which provides 20% of the nation’s eggs, and other large egg producers.

of the nation’s health agencies in April. The move eliminated the CDC’s Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice, which housed the cruise ship vessel program, along with others focused on asthma, air quality, lead exposure in children and other issues.Four full-time CDC staff, including scientists, were dismissed, said Erik Svendsen, the division’s fired former director. The program also employed 12 U.S. Public Health Service commissioned officers, who remain.

The officers, however, lack the expertise of the scientists who were let go, Svendsen said. In addition, the program was already understaffed, he said.“It’s going to put them back many months before they’re really functional again,” he said.A CDC spokesperson said in a statement that the VSP work “has not stopped.”

“Critical programs in the CDC will continue under Secretary Kennedy’s vision to streamline HHS to better serve Americans,” the statement said.About 18 million people board cruises in North America each year, part of nearly 32 million passengers worldwide, according to the Cruise Lines International Association, an industry trade group. Cruise industry officials say the chance of contracting a gastrointestinal illness is far greater on land than on a ship.

Norovirus is the most common ailment tracked on ships, though other outbreaks do occur.

Of the 19 million to 21 million norovirus illnesses that occur each year in the U.S., less than 1% are tied to cruises, said Lee-Ann Jaykus, a North Carolina State University food microbiologist and virologist who has studied norovirus.García Cuerva también pidió más apoyo para los pobres y los jóvenes que, según él, que cada vez más se encuentran en situaciones precarias. Destacó específicamente a los jubilados, cuyas pensiones se han visto sumamente afectadas por las políticas de austeridad, y que realizan protestas cada semana, a menudo enfrentándose a la represión policial.

“Los jubilados merecen una vida digna con acceso a medicamentos y alimentos, una herida que ha permanecido abierta y sangrando durante años, pero como sociedad debemos sanarla pronto”, expresó García Cuerva.Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to clarify medical exceptions under one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S., putting the GOP-backed proposal on the brink of reaching Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk.The changes would not expand abortion access in Texas or list specific medical exceptions under the state’s near-total ban, which took effect in 2022 and only allows for an abortion to save the life of the mother. It also would not include exceptions for cases of rape or incest.