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Africa's top public health body confirms a new Ebola outbreak in Congo's Ituri province. There are 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths so far. Uganda also reports one death from a case it says was imported from neighboring Congo. Most cases are in Mongwalu and Rwampara health zones. The Africa CDC says preliminary tests suggest a non-Ebola Zaire strain. Uganda's Health Ministry confirms the imported case and has quarantined contacts. The WHO is sending aid and funds to help Congo's response. The outbreak is the 17th in Congo since 1976 and raises concerns due to its proximity to Uganda and South Sudan.
The best thing a parent can do is let their young athlete be benched (sometimes).
California will become the first state in the nation to provide infants with hundreds of free diapers before they leave hospitals after birth. Officials say the goal is to ease the financial burden on families welcoming newborns in the notoriously costly state. The state will provide 400 diapers to each newborn through participating hospitals. The program in its first year will be limited to hospitals largely serving low-income patients, and then it will expand statewide after that. It comes two years after Tennessee and Delaware became the first states to offer free diapers to families enrolled in their state's Medicaid programs.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other health officials have repeatedly announced major changes before any new rules have been drafted. While it's true that writing new health regulations is a notoriously slow process, former health officials say the Trump administration's approach is good for driving headlines but not for making permanent changes. That was the case with last year's public announcement that the Food and Drug Administration would phase out all synthetic food dyes. A year later, no formal regulation for accomplishing the change has appeared. Instead, the FDA has pressured companies to voluntarily drop the colors.
Redwood City police used a drone to arrest a man suspected of dealing drugs in the area of the Downtown Library on Tuesday evening.
