About one in eight children in America's most populous city experienced homelessness last school year, according to a report released on Monday.
The big picture: Student homelessness, which tracks with worsening federal homelessness trends, is nationally linked to higher rates of chronic absenteeism and drop outs.
The share of U.S. kindergartners with vaccine exemptions increased in 40 states plus Washington, D.C., during the 2023-24 school year, according to recently updated CDC data.
Why it matters: The trend is a reflection of increased vaccine skepticism, which has lingered in some parenting corners for years but gained considerable steam during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Drug Enforcement Administration and Health and Human Services ended an impasse over the virtual prescribing of controlled substances that threatened access to drugs like Adderall by extending pandemic-era flexibilities through the end of 2025.
Why it matters: Keeping the status quo leaves the question of whether to make controlled substances available without an in-person doctor's visit for the Trump administration to decide.
While the early focus on a Trump administration Food and Drug Administration has been on vaccine policy, one of its first moves could be overhauling the federal rules that have made it easier to access the widely used abortion pill mifepristone.
Why it matters: Use of the drug has surged as states enacted near or total abortion bans after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. But new agency leadership could quickly move to roll back some of the policies that were the focus of a closely watched Supreme Court case this year.
Organic bagged carrots sold in the U.S. under multiple brands have been linked to an E. coli outbreak that's killed one person and sickened 39 others in at least 18 states — with 15 hospitalized, the CDC said Sunday.
The big picture: Grimmway Farms in Bakersfield, California, said in a statement Saturday that it has issued a recall of select organic whole carrots and organic baby carrots due to the outbreak affecting brands including Nature's Promise, Wegmans and Trader Joe's.
