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Mass. Orders Insurers to Cover State-Backed Vaccines, Even Without CDC Support

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey said Thursday the state had ordered insurers to cover vaccines backed by its health department, even if the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issue narrower recommendations. Insurers would no longer rely solely on CDC recommendations, Healey said, making Massachusetts the first U.S. state to guarantee insurance coverage for state-backed

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Maryland Screwworm Patient Recovered; Ranchers Criticize CDC Secrecy

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Hundreds May Have Been Exposed to Rabies in Grand Teton National Park Cabins

The patient with the first human infestation of travel-associated New World screwworm in the United States has recovered from the flesh-eating parasite, and there was no sign of transmission to other people or animals, the Maryland Department of Health said on Monday. U.S. cattle futures tumbled on concerns the pest will also strike livestock as

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