Mexico is at risk of losing its measles elimination status after confirming over 9,100 cases and at least 28 deaths since the beginning of last year, according to ABC News. The majority of these cases have occurred in children between the ages of 1 and 9.
Meanwhile, in the United States, a federal judge in Illinois blocked the Trump administration's plan to cut $600 million in public health funds from four states led by Democrats, as reported by the New York Times. Judge Manish S. Shah of the Federal District Court in Northern Illinois stated that the plaintiff states, including California, Colorado, Illinois, and Minnesota, had provided enough evidence that the cuts were based on arbitrary, capricious, or unconstitutional rationales. This ruling halts what would have been deep cuts in federal public health funding that had already been allocated while legal arguments continue in the case.
In other political news, former President Trump announced he was erasing the scientific finding that climate change endangers human health and the environment, ending the federal government's legal authority to control the pollution that is dangerously heating the planet, as reported by the New York Times. This action is a key step in removing limits on carbon dioxide, methane, and four other greenhouse gases. The administration is essentially saying that the vast majority of scientists around the world are wrong and that a hotter planet is not the menace that decades of research shows it to be.
Also, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem warned Thursday that a lapse in funding for her department could disrupt airport security, disaster response, and counterterrorism operations, escalating a partisan standoff in Congress over immigration policy, according to Fox News. Senate Democrats demanded stringent reforms to immigration enforcement and blocked multiple attempts Thursday to keep the agency open.
Finally, California Gov. Gavin Newsom's book tour will take him early next month to New Hampshire, the state that's traditionally held the nation's first presidential primary, according to Fox News. The Portsmouth Music Hall announced that the two-term Democratic governor will present his new book, "Young Man in a Hurry," on Thursday, March 5. This stop is expected to generate more buzz about Newsom's national ambitions and the likelihood that he'll launch a bid for the presidency.
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