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• 南卡罗来纳州卫生官员在历时六个月后，宣布结束了全美规模最大的麻疹疫情。此次疫情共造成 997 人感染，21 人住院治疗，无死亡病例。 • 在超过一个月没有出现新增病例后，此次疫情于周日正式宣告结束。 • 在全国范围内对疫苗接种的担忧日益加剧之际，这标志着一个重大的公共卫生里程碑。

• 最高法院于2026年4月29日裁定路易斯安那州新的国会选区划分图是否构成违宪的种族杰利蝾螈，这标志着一项关于投票权和选区边界的重要裁决。 • 该案名为 Louisiana v. Callais，审视了路易斯安那州2022年重新划分的国会选区，此前这些选区在联邦法院根据《Voting Rights Act》第二条受到质疑。 • 该裁决将影响各州在为2026年中期选举做准备时在全国范围内进行的选区重新划分之争，对民主党和共和党的席位数量均有影响。

• Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital 的研究人员分析了超过 390 万例住院记录，估计 1.3% 的儿童病例患有败血症，相当于美国每年发生 18,000 多例。 • 败血症的死亡率为 10%，导致每年有 1,800 多名儿童死亡；从 2016 年到 2022 年，发病率和死亡率均无显著变化。 • 72% 的病例在入院前就已经发病，凸显了原本健康的儿童也面临风险，以及对更佳预防策略的紧迫需求。

• 法官在一致裁决中恢复了该州反堕胎“危机孕妇中心”发起的联邦诉讼。 • 美国最高法院周三支持了新泽西州一个基于基督教信仰的反堕胎“危机孕妇中心”运营商，该运营商试图阻止州政府对其设施是否从事欺骗性行为的调查。 • 法官们在一项一致裁决中，恢复了由 First Choice Women’s Resource Centers 提起的联邦诉讼。该机构挑战了州总检察长在 2023 年发出的一份传票，该传票要求提供有关该组织捐赠者和医生的信息。此前，一家下级法院曾驳回了该诉讼。

At the heart of the case was the question of how much lawmakers are allowed to consider race when they redraw districtsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe US supreme court has ruled that Louisiana will have to redraw its congressional map, in a landmark voting rights case.At the heart of the case, Louisiana v Callais, was a thorny question of how much lawmakers are allowed to consider race when they redraw districts to ensure that Black voters are adequately represented. The supreme court initially heard oral arguments in the case last March, but took the unusual step of asking lawyers to re-argue the case last fall. In setting the case for a re-argument, the justices raised the stakes of the case, asking lawyers to focus on whether section 2 of the Voting Rights Act was constitutional. Continue reading...

OxyContin maker to be replaced by new company aiming to combat opioid crisis as legal settlement takes effectOxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is set to be dissolved and replaced by a company focused on the public good by the week’s end, as a sweeping legal settlement resolving thousands of lawsuits takes effect.A federal judge on Tuesday delivered a criminal sentence to the company to resolve a US Department of Justice investigation – a last necessary step to clear the way for the settlement. Continue reading...