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A “guinea pig.” That is what Sandy, Utah Mayor Monica Zoltanski said that “ranked-choice voting” (RCV) made of her hometown. The town opted into Utah’s controversial RCV pilot program, but the experiment has not gone well. The…

Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War, 1965-1968By Mark Moyar(Encounter Books, 732 pages, $50) Scholars and writers who challenge conventional accounts of history are often courageous and invaluable seekers of truth. They don’t…

The holidays bring us one of the most joyous times of year: Bowl season. Obviously. From Dec. 16 to Jan. 2, there will be near-continuous college football action…

Gay rights activists, who have been sharply critical of the administration, have been demanding an emergency declaration for weeks. “This is all too late,” said James Krellenstein, a founder of PrEP4All, an advocacy group that works to…

With monkeypox cases continuing to spread in the Chicago area and the outbreak now declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization, what symptoms should you be watching for if you think you may have been…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Parechovirus is spreading across multiple states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. News4JAX spoke with UF Health Chief of Infectious Disease, Dr. Mobeen Rathore about it. “It’s not a new…

"I am concerned by the scale and spread of the virus," World Health Organization Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday. The lesions typically concentrate on the arms and legs, but in the latest outbreak, they're showing up…

Clinics nationwide will begin offering vaccinations against monkeypox to anyone who may have been exposed to the virus, federal health officials announced on Tuesday.Until now, immunizations were offered only to people with a known…

Placeholder while article actions loadDAKAR, Senegal — In a part of Nigeria that has dealt with monkeypox outbreaks for years, one doctor saw the photos circulating in Western media this week and chuckled.“Those are the very severe…

The outbreak of monkeypox in countries where the virus is not endemic is highly unusual, according to scientists.Israel and Switzerland have confirmed their first cases of monkeypox, joining several European and North American countries…