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;

One death has been reported from a measles outbreak in the US state of Texas with 124 cases confirmed as of Wednesday, mostly among unvaccinated children. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said 18 people have been hospitalized and the majority of cases are among unvaccinated children: 62 cases of children between 5 and 17 and 39 among children 4 and under.