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La. Health Official Who Halted State Vaccine Campaign Tapped As CDC’s No. 2 [1]

"A Louisiana health official who ordered his health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations this past winter during a surge in influenza cases has been tapped to serve as the new No. 2 leader at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."

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Source: Washington Post [10], 11/26/2025
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"EPA To Scrap Lifesaving Soot Pollution Limit" [11]

"The Trump administration has crossed a key threshold in its campaign to toss a stricter air pollution standard for soot, in a move that threatens to erase one of the Biden administration’s core public health accomplishments."

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Source: E&E News [15], 11/26/2025
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"A Bowhead Whale's DNA Offers Clues To Fight Cancer" [16]

"Scientists searching for novel ways to fight cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead tucked away inside the cells of the bowhead whale."

Biodiversity [17]
Fish & Fisheries [18]
Health [5]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [7]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
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National (U.S.) [9]
International [23]
Source: NPR [24], 11/25/2025
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"Fighting for ‘The Right to Night’ Under Starry, Rural Skies" [25]

"Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s celestial splendor."

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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]
Source: NYTimes [29], 11/25/2025
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Texas ‘Ghost Deer’ Suspect Facility Tests Positive For Wasting Disease [30]

"Two captive whitetails tied to the Texas “ghost deer” investigation tested positive for chronic wasting disease at a Tom Green County facility owned by breeder Ken Schlaudt, according to records obtained by Public Domain."

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Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [32]
Source: Public Domain [33], 11/25/2025
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As NYC Builds Seawalls, This Queens Community Feels Left Behind [34]

"A decade after city officials promised to cut flood risks in the Edgemere neighborhood, critics say it remains just as vulnerable."

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Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [37]
Source: Floodlight [38], 11/25/2025
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"The Lives That Hurricane Melissa Upturned In Cuba" [39]

"The natural disaster has deepened the precarious situation in the eastern part of the island. Those who lost everything are unsure how to rebuild their lives amid the various crises affecting them"

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Central America & the Caribbean [40]
Source: EL PAÍS [41], 11/25/2025
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PFAS And Other Contaminants Surged In French Broad River After Helene: Study [42]

"Fifteen days after Tropical Storm Helene sent debris, runoff and a cocktail of toxins — including raw sewage and pharmaceuticals — pouring into the French Broad River in the fall of 2024, Shea Tuberty set out to investigate the damage."

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Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [21]
Public [8]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NC Health News [44], 11/25/2025
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"Some Park Rangers Are Still Owed Pay After the Shutdown" [45]

"Federal workers were guaranteed back pay once the government reopened. Some at the National Park Service are still waiting."

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People & Population [7]
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National (U.S.) [9]
Source: NYTimes [47], 11/25/2025
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Tribal Radio Funding, Future Remain Uncertain After Clawback Of CPB Money [48]

'For the past few weeks, Oitancan “Oi” Zephier has labored among piles of vinyl records nearly 2 feet high. KILI-FM, the Porcupine, South Dakota-based tribal public broadcasting station Zephier manages, has gone digital and no longer needs the records. The station is selling the records, because what it needs is cash."

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Source: South Dakota Searchlight [52], 11/24/2025
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