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• Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

  November 7, 2025 11:53 AM

  BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration's emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though residents in some states already have received the funds. A judge had given the Republican administration... more »

• States worry about how to fill the gap in food aid ahead of a federal benefits halt

  October 23, 2025 10:31 PM

  Officials in Louisiana, Vermont and Virginia pledged Thursday to keep food aid flowing to recipients in their states, even if the federal program is stalled next month because of the government shutdown. The fate of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which helps about 1 in 8 Americans... more »

• Measles vaccination rates drop after COVID-19 pandemic in counties across the US

  June 4, 2025 3:25 PM

  Childhood vaccination rates against measles fell in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly 80% of the more than 2,000 U.S. counties with available data — including in states that are battling outbreaks this year. A Johns Hopkins University study, published in JAMA this week, illustrates where more... more »