
Biden administration seeks last-minute appeal of court loss over fluoride in water
CBSN
Attorneys for the Biden administration said Friday they would seek to challenge a court loss last year that could pave the way for the Trump administration to ban the use of fluoride in water.
The Biden administration's notice, filed Friday with the federal district court in San Francisco, comes just days ahead of a Jan. 21 deadline for the appeal.
While last year's ruling did not order the Environmental Protection Agency to ban water fluoridation, opponents say it carved out a "clear legal pathway" giving the federal government authority to force local governments to stop adding the chemical to the water supply.

As vaccination rates decline, widespread outbreaks of diseases like measles and polio could reemerge
Health officials in western Texas are trying to contain a measles outbreak among mostly school-aged children, with at least 15 confirmed cases. It's the latest outbreak of a disease that had been virtually eliminated in the U.S., and it comes as vaccination rates are declining — jeopardizing the country's herd immunity from widespread outbreaks.