Alabama State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris speaking at the State Committee on Public Health meeting on April 9, 2025, in the RSA Regions tower in Montgomery, Alabama. Alabama recorded one case of measles in 2025 despite nationwide outbreaks and low vaccination rates. (Anna Barrett/Alabama Reflector) Alabama to this point has largely managed to avoid the measles outbreak that broke out nationwide in the United States last year. The state’s top health official said Thursday that credit is due to the work behind the scenes at the Alabama Department of Public Health. “I assure you, if you haven’t been to many of these meetings, there are things that you have no idea that are in here, that are working behind the scenes in public health,” said Dr. Scott Harris at the State Committee on Public Health meeting. “Nobody knows about us until something goes wrong, because they’re generally working in the background, trying to keep people safe.” The state recorded one measles case in no...
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell announced Monday evening that he plans to resign from Congress, just one day after he suspended his campaign for governor over allegations of sexual assault. “I am aware of efforts to bring an immediate expulsion vote against me and other members,” he wrote in a statement on X. “Expelling anyone in Congress without due process, within days of an allegation being made, is wrong. But it’s also wrong for my constituents to have me distracted from my duties. Therefore, I plan to resign my seat in Congress.” Debate about whether to expel four House members, which would require the support of two-thirds of the chamber, resurfaced this weekend when Swalwell dropped out of the gubernatorial election. New Mexico Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, chair of the Democratic Women’s Caucus, wrote in a statement that the ...