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As concerns about food contamination and foodborne illnesses make headlines across the country, public health researchers say states should pay closer attention to another factor that can influence future outbreaks: climate change. Experts argue that shifts in temperature, rainfall and other environmental conditions can alter how disease-causing organisms survive and spread, potentially affecting both agriculture…

With the United States almost certain to lose its measles elimination status for the first time since 2000 following a surge in infections this year, President Donald Trump this week signed an executive order advocating that measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations should be given as three separate shots, rather than the combined MMR vaccine