CDC staff received an email this week telling them to avoid using more than a dozen terms or words -- including "health equity," "race," "bias," and "disparity" -- in their annual performance evaluations; HHS insisted there was no list of banned words at the agency. ( New York Times)

At least 124 cases of measles have been reported in Texas since late January — marking the largest outbreak in the state in close to 30 years. The dozens of reported cases have mostly affected children,