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Rand Paul1 day agoPatty Murray accuses Rand Paul of ‘harmful misrepresentations’ with questions on child gender surgeriesSen. Rand Paul asked whether minors should be allowed to permanently change their genders Thursday, and Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee Chair Patty Murray, D-Washington, accused him of making “ideological and harmful misrepresentations.”
Children's Health1 day agoFDA warns against feeding infants homemade formula after illnessesThe Food and Drug Administration warning parents and caregivers against making or feeding infants homemade formula.
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CoronavirusFebruary 15California boy with cystic fibrosis also battling coronavirus: ‘He doesn’t let anything get him down’A young California boy who was born with cystic fibrosis is battling a COVID-19 infection, his mother said.
CoronavirusFebruary 15Oxford-AstraZeneca testing COVID-19 vaccine in children as young as 6The University of Oxford has launched a trial to study the safety and efficacy of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in children as young as 6.
