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Can contracting measles compromise your immunity to other diseases?
Inside North Dakota’s new diversion and reentry programs
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After slow rollout, new criminal justice reentry programs begin to take shape
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Fact Brief
Can contracting measles compromise your immunity to other diseases?
Yes.
Contracting measles can compromise your immunity to other diseases through a phenomenon known as “immune amnesia.”
Measles, a highly contagious respiratory illness spread by an airborne virus, can erase some of the immune system’s stored memory of past diseases. In other words, the body may “forget” how to
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Podcast
Inside North Dakota’s new diversion and reentry programs
New diversion and reentry programs aimed at steering some low-level cases away from the courts are beginning to take shape in North Dakota after a slow rollout.
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In this episode of The Backstory, reporter Michael Standaert discusses his reporting on two bills passed
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Health
North Dakota lawmakers join debate over new federal rural health fund
North Dakota Angle
North Dakota lawmakers also weighed in on the federal rural health funding program. Rep. Bill Tveit introduced legislation that would have required the state to reserve funding for programs located more than 35 miles from urban areas, while Sen. Brad Bekkedahl warned that major changes to the
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