President Donald Trump spread some confusion about childhood vaccinations in social media posts about changes to U.S. vaccine recommendations. Trump’s administration on Monday took the unprecedented step of cutting the number of vaccines the government has long routinely recommended for all children. On that list are vaccines against 11 diseases.

A humpback whale stranded for days off Germany's Baltic coast has freed itself late on Saturday after getting stuck on another sandbank, a spokesman for the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Ministry of the Environment said. The whale was being accompanied by the water police, who are trying to follow it, Claus Tantzen said, adding that, since the waters in the area are very shallow, the animal may get stuck again.

HAVANA, Dec 1 () - Cuba on Monday confirmed the deaths of 33 people from mosquito-borne illnesses in recent ​months in an epidemic that has hit at least one-third of the ‌population, according to official reports. Deputy Minister of Health Carilda Peña said 12 people had died of dengue and ‌21 of chikungunya, the two viruses circulating widely across the Caribbean island nation.