内容摘要：In New Jersey, Clark and Ben Wurst, a biologist with Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, were among the crew that recently ventured high up onto the roof of the Union County Courthouse in Elizabeth to retrieve and four young chicks for banding as their parents swooped at them, using feather dusters to ward off the angry birds.

In New Jersey, Clark and Ben Wurst, a biologist with Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey, were among the crew that recently ventured high up onto the roof of the Union County Courthouse in Elizabeth to retrieve and four young chicks for banding as their parents swooped at them, using feather dusters to ward off the angry birds.

In Canada, six out of 10 provinces have reported measles cases. Alberta has the second-most with 83 as of April 12,Case counts in Ontario reached 1,020 as of Wednesday, mostly in the southwest part that borders Michigan. In one of the hardest-hit regions, Chatham-Kent Public Health officials announced a public exposure at a Mennonite church on Easter Sunday.

“It sometimes feels like we’re just behind, always trying to catch up to measles,” Dr. Sarah Wilson, a public health physician for Public Health Ontario. “It’s always moving somewhere.”A sign outside Southwestern Public Health in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, warns residents to call ahead before visiting a doctor or hospital if they think they have the measles. (Geoff Robins/The Canadian Press via AP)A sign outside Southwestern Public Health in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, warns residents to call ahead before visiting a doctor or hospital if they think they have the measles. (Geoff Robins/The Canadian Press via AP)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Government advisers were split Thursday on whether drugmakers need to update their COVID-19 vaccines for next season, a decision overshadowed by confusion over a

that may limit which Americans can get the shots.Whether that figure proves to be accurate is difficult to measure, especially because DOGE routinely inflated or mischaracterized its work. But it falls short of President Bill Clinton’s initiative three decades ago, which resulted in $136 billion in savings — the equivalent of more than $240 billion today.

Elaine Kamarck, a key figure in the Clinton administration, said they focused on making the government more responsive and updating antiquated internal procedures. The work took years.“We went about it methodically, department by department,” she said. The effort also reduced the federal workforce by more than 400,000 employees.

However, Musk did little to seek insight from people who knew the inner workings of government.“They made some changes without really knowing what they were doing,” said Alex Nowrasteh, vice president for economic and social policy studies for the libertarian think tank Cato Institute. He said there were “a lot of unforced errors.”