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Measles Outbreak, Foreign Aid Cuts, Bolsonaro Charges

2025/2/19
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Leila Faudel和Steve Inskeep：报道了德克萨斯州的麻疹疫情，并指出疫情可能进一步蔓延。他们还讨论了美国政府削减对民主倡导团体的资金援助以及巴西前总统博索纳罗面临的政变指控。 Samantha Larned, Zach Holbrooks, Catherine Wells和Ron Cook：讨论了西德克萨斯州麻疹疫情的细节，包括病例数量、疫苗接种率以及疫情在农村地区传播的挑战。他们强调了疫苗接种的重要性以及疫苗的安全性。 Emily Fang和Francisco Ben-Kosme：分析了特朗普政府削减对民主推广项目的资金援助的影响，认为此举是对中国的让步，并可能损害美国的国际影响力。他们还讨论了中国试图利用这一情况来影响相关组织。 Carrie Kahn：报道了巴西前总统博索纳罗被控参与政变企图的事件，详细介绍了指控内容，包括策划政变、煽动暴力和批准暗杀计划。她还讨论了博索纳罗及其支持者的回应以及此案的后续发展。

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A measles outbreak in West Texas, particularly around Lubbock, has health officials concerned. The number of cases has more than doubled in a week, with a majority among unvaccinated school-age children. While the vaccine is highly effective, the outbreak highlights vaccine hesitancy in some communities and challenges in tracking the disease in rural areas.
  • Measles outbreak in West Texas, primarily affecting unvaccinated children.
  • Cases have more than doubled in a week.
  • Vaccine hesitancy and challenges in tracking the disease in rural areas.
  • Vaccine is 97% effective.

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Health officials are warning about a measles outbreak in Texas. Trump administration efforts to shrink the federal government have temporarily cut off funding to pro-democracy groups abroad. And Brazil's former leader Jair Bolsonaro is charged with participating in a coup.*Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter).Today's episode of Up First was edited by Alfredo Carbajal, Padmananda Rama, Tara Neill, Reena Advani and Janaya Williams. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Simon-Laslo Janssen and our technical director is Stacey Abbott. Our Executive Producer is Kelley Dickens.*Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)