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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a news conference declaring a public health emergency in parts of Brooklyn in response to a measles outbreak, requiring unvaccinated people living in the affected areas to get the vaccine or face fines, in the Orthodox Jewish community of the Williamsburg neighborhood, in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S., April 9, 2019. Credit: Reuters/Shannon Stapleton

NYC Declares Public Health Emergency After Measles Outbreak in Brooklyn

Jonathan Allen and Gina Cherelus 10/04/2019

The Department of Health will impose fines of up...

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After Years of Conflict, Iraq Grapples with a Mental Health Crisis

Bamo Nouri 09/04/2019

The suicide of an 18-year-old clarinetist reveals how mental...

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On Health, BJP Manifesto Replugs Existing Schemes But Is Vague on Other Plans

The Wire Staff 09/04/2019

The BJP has reiterated the Ayushman Bharat health insurance...

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In Delhi Lies a Forest Uprooted

Pradip Krishen 08/04/2019

Why is it that 170 years after we started...

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Salem-Chennai Green Corridor: Madras HC Strikes Down Land Acquisition Process

The bench observed that the project needed a mega-realignment,...

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In RTI Findings, Mixed Picture of PM Scheme for Malnourished Mothers

Sanjoy Basu, Neeraj Kumar and Shashi Shekhar 08/04/2019

In Odisha, only five mothers were registered, which means...

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Watch | Sadak Se Sansad: How Meghalaya’s Coal Mafia Strikes Terror

The Wire Staff 07/04/2019

In this ground report from Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills...