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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched an emergency response to the surge in Florida of cases of dengue, a disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus, the agency confirmed on Oct. 28.

"CDC is working with public health leadership to support the dengue outbreak response," Laura Adams, commander in the U.S. Public Health Service and an epidemiologist with the CDC's Dengue Branch, told The Epoch Times via email.

The activation of the level 3 emergency response was done to provide additional support to Florida and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, which are dealing with dengue outbreaks, "as well as to prepare for possible increased transmission in other areas of the United States," Adams said.

The activation means the CDC is deploying its own staff, including personnel from the CDC's Emergency Operations Center, to affected areas, and enables the coordination of activities such as epidemiologic investigations and laboratory testing.

The CDC is deploying entomologists, epidemiologists, and laboratory experts to Florida to help with trapping mosquitoes, investigating cases, and optimizing lab equipment, Adams said. The CDC has sent personnel to the Marshall Islands to help with the outbreak response, including training local workers and providing rapid tests.

Dengue is a disease caused by dengue viruses, which are spread to people through mosquito bites. Symptoms can include aches and pains, nausea, and rash. The disease is fatal in a small percentage of cases.

There is one vaccine for the disease available in the United States, and it is only recommended for children aged 9 to 16 who have previously had dengue and are living in areas where dengue is common. The best method of prevention is avoiding mosquito bites, according to the CDC, and treatment involves resting, staying hydrated, and taking acetaminophen to control fever and reduce pain.

Florida has recorded a surge in dengue cases this year. In its last update, the Florida Department of Health said 425 cases have been locally acquired, primarily in Tampa and the remainder of Hillsborough County. One person, an 80-year-old woman, has died of the disease, officials told local outlets.

Another 320 cases associated with travel have been recorded in 2026 in the state.

Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, and Pasco County have declared emergencies over the outbreak. They have directed residents to cut down on places mosquitoes congregate, including standing water in tarps and birdbaths; to wear long clothing outside; and to apply insect repellent when leaving the home.

The number of cases in Florida is much higher than has been logged in recent years, Adams told clinicians during a recent call. She said that most cases have been caused by dengue virus type 2, and that about half have required hospitalization.

Overall, four U.S. jurisdictions, including Puerto Rico, have reported 1,819 locally acquired cases in 2026, according to a CDC database.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands, a sovereign nation that the United States assists with defense and other support, has reported hundreds of cases in recent weeks.

The president of the nation, comprising islands in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Hawaii, recently declared a state of disaster over the dengue outbreak and the impacts of El Nino conditions. The declaration said that the outbreak "is placing additional demands on government health services, personnel, supplies, and other resources."

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Texas Children's Hospital has opened what his office calls the nation's first detransition clinic, fulfilling a major requirement of a settlement reached earlier this year over the hospital's gender-transition treatments for minors.

The clinic will provide specialized medical care to patients seeking to reverse or address the effects of previous gender-transition procedures and treatments.

Under the agreement, Texas Children's must provide detransition-related medical services to patients through age 21, along with obstetric and gynecologic care for patients older than 21. Services will be coordinated across multiple hospital locations based on individual medical needs.

The clinic's opening follows a May settlement requiring Texas Children's to pay $10 million to resolve allegations that it improperly billed Texas Medicaid for prohibited gender-transition interventions.

The investigation, conducted by the Texas attorney general's Healthcare Program Enforcement Division, examined alleged violations of the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act.

The settlement also required the permanent termination of medical privileges for several physicians and changes to hospital bylaws mandating the automatic loss of privileges for medical staff who perform prohibited gender-transition interventions.

Paxton hailed the clinic's opening as a significant victory in his efforts to protect children from medical procedures he argues can cause lasting harm.

"In accordance with my settlement with Texas Children's Hospital, the nation's first-ever Detransition Clinic is now open," Paxton said.

"I will continue to ensure that this clinic provides the care and support that victims of the radical left's gender ideology deserve. Together, we will protect our children and defeat the dangerous ideology that has inflicted irreversible harm on innocent kids."

Under the settlement, Texas Children's must fully fund the clinic's operations for its first five years, allowing eligible patients to receive services at no cost. The hospital is also required to advertise the clinic on its website.

President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a planned campaign rally in Kansas just days before the midterm elections, raising fresh questions about Republicans' prospects of maintaining their grip on the Senate.

Trump was scheduled to appear on Saturday at the Salina Regional Airport to boost Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS), who is now facing a surprisingly tough reelection fight against Democrat Adam Hamilton.

However, the Kansas Republican Party confirmed Thursday that the rally was off, with the White House announcing that Trump would instead hold virtual campaign events, The Hill reports.

"President Trump will continue connecting directly with Americans nationwide through more than 20 telerallies before Election Day," a White House official told the news outlet. "These events give him the opportunity to highlight his accomplishments and expand his reach across the country."

And it's not about his health:

The cancellation coincided with worrying new polling for Marshall. A CNN survey released Thursday showed Hamilton leading the Republican incumbent 49% to 45%, although the four-point advantage fell within the poll's margin of error.

As we reported last week, Republicans are facing the daunting possibility of losing a Kansas Senate seat that Democrats have not won since 1932.

Fox News' latest Power Rankings rate control of the Senate a toss-up, with Democrats favored in 48 seats, Republicans in 46, and six races still up for grabs.

In an interview with Fox Business, Marshall conceded he's facing a tough reelection fight and blamed soaring energy costs as his biggest hurdle.

"Well, no, I think it's the price of gasoline," Marshall told Fox Business when asked why the race remained so competitive. "It's that simple."

Marshall also blamed negative media coverage of President Donald Trump for shaping perceptions of the economy.

"The national media, the legacy media has just beat the heck out of President Trump now for, what, 10 years, and despite what's really a pretty strong economy here in Kansas, the legacy media is just telling you the sky is falling," the senator said.

The national polling shows why the senator's concerned.

An ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos survey found that 71% of Americans consider gasoline unaffordable, compared with 28% in February. A Pew Research Center survey also found that 74% of Americans are very concerned about gasoline and energy prices, up from 43% in January.

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An internal database with personal information identifying more than 41,000 employees at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - including undercover immigration officers - was hacked by activists and published online, the group claimed Wednesday.

A Homeland Security spokesperson said the department was aware of the security breach.

"DHS is aware of a potential breach and is actively working to address the situation swiftly and effectively," the spokesperson told The Epoch Times.

"We take all security threats against our employees and officers seriously and will work to ensure all are properly protected. We will update the public when more information is available."

Data captured by the hackers includes email addresses, phone numbers, field offices, and other work-related information for employees of several DHS departments, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Federal Protective Service (FPS), DHS headquarters, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

A group known as the Department of Peace allegedly hacked the database and provided copies to Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) and maia arson crimew, a Swiss hacktivist, according to a statement by DDoSecrets.

Crimew created an online search tool and published the data on a database it calls "Icepick," according to DDoSecrets, an online group that hosts leaked or hacked documents.

"On July 17th, [Secretary of Homeland Security] Markwayne Mullin said he was 'turning up the heat.' This is what happens to ICE when you do that," a spokesperson for the Department of Peace said in a press release.

The dataset identifies officials responsible for overseeing covert and undercover operations, the government's hunt for leakers and the failed BlueLeaks investigation, a massive data hack of more than 200 police agencies across the country in 2020, Emma Best of DDoSecrets said.

The DHS data also includes key personnel in DHS's deportation programs, Best added.

More than 21,000 Border Patrol personnel were included in the leak, along with nearly 6,600 ICE agents, according to the information listed on the Icepick site.

In March, the same group breached the DHS website, leaking allegedly stolen documents relating to contracts between DHS, ICE, and more than 6,000 companies, including defense contractors.

The same Obama-appointed judge that President Donald Trump once branded a "Radical Left Lunatic" and demanded be impeached is now tasked with deciding whether the public can see what federal agents were searching for when they raided Rep. Ilhan Omar's home.

U.S. District Chief Judge James Boasberg is presiding over the legal battle to unseal the search warrant used in the October 12 federal raid on the far-left Minnesota Democrat's Washington, D.C., residence, according to Fox News.

Federal investigators are examining allegations involving Omar's family immigration paperwork and discrepancies in her financial disclosures.

The investigation includes questions about whether Omar's father misstated her age in immigration paperwork filed in 2000, which could have allowed her to obtain citizenship through him while she was still a minor, the outlet also reported.

The New York Times, conservative watchdog Judicial Watch, and 14 other news organizations are seeking to make the warrant public, arguing that Americans have a right to scrutinize the investigation into the Minnesota congresswoman.

However, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is fighting to keep the documents sealed, warning that their release could jeopardize an ongoing federal investigation.

"This request sounds rash because it is rash," Pirro argued in a court filing.

Boasberg is no stranger to confrontations with the Trump administration.

In March 2025, Boasberg temporarily blocked deportation flights carrying alleged Venezuelan gang members. Trump blasted Boasberg as a "Radical Left Lunatic of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator" and demanded his removal from the bench.

"HE DIDN'T WIN ANYTHING! I WON FOR MANY REASONS, IN AN OVERWHELMING MANDATE, BUT FIGHTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION MAY HAVE BEEN THE NUMBER ONE REASON FOR THIS HISTORIC VICTORY," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "I'm just doing what the VOTERS wanted me to do. This judge, like many of the Crooked Judges' I am forced to appear before, should be IMPEACHED!!!"

The battle even prompted Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to issue a rare public rebuke of Trump, declaring that impeachment was not an appropriate response to disagreements over judicial rulings.

"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision," Roberts said at the time. "The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."

What Did Obama's FBI Know?

Meanwhile, the The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security investigated Rep. Ilhan Omar's 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi during the Obama administration and found "some evidence that it was fraudulent," the New York Times reported Thursday, in a story that rests on current and former officials. Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, has denied the allegation, and no one has been charged.