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JACQUELYNMARTIN—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS First lady Michelle Obama announces a makeover for food nutrition labels while speaking to the Building a Healthier Future Summit in Washington on Friday. ByMaryClareJalonick and Darlene Superville The Associated Press WASHINGTON A new look is coming to Nutri- tion Facts labels on food packages, with more at- tention to calorie counts and added sugars. And no longer will a small bag of chips count as two or three servings. Michelle Obama said parents will be the bene- ficiaries. "You will no longer need a microscope, a calculator, or a degree in nutrition to figure out whether the food you're buying is ac- tually good for our kids," the first lady said Friday, announcing the new rules. The changes were pro- posed by the Food and Drug Administration two years ago and are the first major update to the labels since their introduction in 1994. They are now on more than 800,000 foods. The overhaul comes amid scientific advances. While fat was the focus when the labels were cre- ated, calories are of greater concern these days. The calorie listing will now be much larger than anything else on the label, making it hard to overlook. Nutrition advocates have long sought an added sugars line on the label so consumers can under- stand how much sugar in an item is naturally occur- ring, like that in fruit and dairy products, and how much is put in by the man- ufacturer. Think an apple vs. sweetened apple sauce. The labels will also in- clude a new "percent daily value"forsugars,tellingpeo- plehowmuchoftheirrecom- mended daily intake they willgetfromeachitem.This year'sguidelinesrecommend no more than 10 percent of calories from added sugar, a limit of around 200 calories or 50 grams. "The new labels should also spur food manufac- turers to add less sugar to their products," Michael Jacobson, president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, an advo- cacy group. He said it's cur- rently impossible for con- sumers studying the labels to know how much sugar fits into a reasonable diet. Federal makeover co mi ng f or f oo d la be ls NUTRITION By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK The number of pregnant women in the United States infected with Zika virus is suddenly tri- pling, due to a change in how the government is re- porting cases. Previously, officials had reported how many preg- nant women had both Zika symptoms and positive blood tests. In a change an- nounced Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Pre- vention's count will include all women who tested pos- itive, regardless of symp- toms. There are now 157 preg- nant women infected with Zika in the 50 states, up from the 48 reported last week under the old defini- tion. Experts emphasized that there does not appear to be any dramatic actual in- crease of pregnant women with the disease in recent months. There was a spike in diagnoses in February and March, but relatively few new cases since then, according to CDC data that includes women who ex- perienced symptoms and those who didn't. The Zika virus causes only a mild and brief ill- ness, at worst, in most peo- ple. But in the last year, in- fections in pregnant women have been strongly linked to fetal deaths and to poten- tially devastating birth de- fects, mostly in Brazil. The virus is spread mainly through the bite of a tropical mosquito called Ae- des aegypti. It can be found in the southern United States, but there's no ev- idence that they've been spreading the virus in the U.S. yet. All the 544 total cases in the 50 states so far have been people who had traveled to outbreak areas, or who had sex with some- one who did. Experts think mosqui- toes on the U.S. mainland will probably start spread- ing the virus in the months ahead, when hot weather hits and mosquito popula- tions boom. The sudden rise in the count of pregnant women with the disease in the U.S. may seem jarring. But Dr. Neil Silverman, a UCLA professor of obstetrics who has been advising the Cali- fornia Department of Pub- lic Health on Zika issues, explained the change in method does not indicate a greater risk of infection. When he gets calls from patients, he said, "About 90 percent of what we're doing is reassuring and calming people." Only an estimated 1 in 5 people infected with Zika develop symptoms — fever, rash, joint pain, and red eyes — which usually last no more than a week. Initially, doctors recog- nized the connection be- tween the virus and birth defects only in women who had suffered symptoms dur- ing pregnancy. But reports published this year indicate some pregnant women with laboratory evidence of a re- cent Zika infection — but who never had symptoms — have delivered infants with these defects. International health agencies have already been reporting Zika infections in women based solely on lab tests. Some experts have found it surprising that the CDC has been basing its official number on a more conservative case defini- tion. NEW COUNTING METHOD Pregnant women in US with Zika spikes FELIPE DANA — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE An Aedes aegypti mosquito is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. There has been a recent spike in Zika cases. By Sean Murphy The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY Okla- homa Gov. Mary Fallin on Friday vetoed legislation to make it a felony for doctors to perform an abortion, a measure that would have ef- fectively outlawed the pro- cedure in the state. In vetoing the measure just a day after the Legisla- ture passed it, Fallin, a Re- publican who opposes abor- tion, said it was vague and would not withstand a legal challenge. "The bill is so ambig- uous and so vague that doctors cannot be cer- tain what medical circum- stances would be consid- ered 'necessary to preserve the life of the mother,'" Fal- lin said. "While I consis- tently have and continue to support a re-examination of the United States Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade, this legislation can- not accomplish that re-ex- amination." The bill's sponsor, Re- publican Sen. Nathan Dahm, said the measure was aimed at ultimately overturning the U.S. Su- preme Court's 1973 deci- sion that legalized abortion nationwide. Dahm said he was considering whether to try to override the gov- ernor's veto, which would require a two-thirds ma- jority in each chamber, a threshold it did not meet in the House when it first passed. The bill passed on a 33-12 vote in the Senate with no debate on Thurs- day; it passed 59-9 in the 101-member House on April 21. "Of course I'll consider it," Dahm said. "I'm weigh- ing my options." The bill would have made it a felony punish- able by up to three years in prison for anyone who per- forms an abortion, includ- ing doctors. State law al- ready makes it a felony for anyone who's not a doctor to perform an abortion, and Dahm's bill would have removed the exemption for physicians. The bill, which abor- tion-rights group Center for Reproductive Rights said was the first of its kind in the nation, also would restrict any phy- sician who performs an abortion from obtaining or renewing a license to practice medicine in Okla- homa. SOCIAL ISSUE Oklahoma governor vetoes bill criminalizing abortion ROBERT BURNS — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Army Gen. Joseph Votel speaks to reporters at a base in Taji, Iraq, on Friday where Iraqi soldiers are being trained by Australian and New Zealand military forces. By Robert Burns The Associated Press TAJI, IRAQ The top Amer- ican general for the Mid- dle East said Friday he is confident that Iraq is on course to defeating the Is- lamic State, but his words were spare and cautious, his tone notably muted. Gen. Joseph Votel, the new head of U.S. Central Command, spent the day consulting with U.S. and Iraqi military officials and visiting a base north of Baghdad that is training Iraqi army combat units. "They are getting bet- ter," he told reporters later, referring to his broad as- sessment of Iraq's prog- ress after the stunning collapses in 2014-15 that ceded large swaths of terri- tory to the Islamic State in the north and west. "That said, there is still a lot left to do." Noting the Iraqis' re- cent battlefield successes, including the recapture of Ramadi late last year and their retaking this week of Rutba, a strategic cross- roads in western Iraq, Votel said he sees momen- tum developing and Iraqi confidence rising. "I think their readiness is improving," he said, add- ing, "I think they're get- ting a better handle on the challenges that they face." The backdrop to this assessment is a persistent question not voiced ex- plicitly by Votel but sug- gested by his careful de- scription of progress in rebuilding the Iraqi army. The question is: If, as U.S. commanders expect, Iraq eventually pushes IS off its territory, will a divided government in Baghdad be capable of sustaining that success and warding off yet another collapse? The question recalls what happened after Presi- dent Barack Obama pulled all U.S. forces out of Iraq in December 2011. In the view of many U.S. officials, the Iraqi forces who the US had trained for several years were allowed to at- rophy amid sectarian mis- management in Baghdad. When Islamic State fight- ers swept into Mosul in June 2014, the Iraqi forces collapsed. Votel, who has headed Central Command for about seven weeks, came to Iraq to get an up-close look at the U.S.-led inter- national campaign against the Islamic State. At its core, that campaign de- pends on the Iraqi security forces generating enough skill, firepower and gump- tion to recapture and hold the vast stretches of terri- tory that the Islamic State still controls. That in- cludes Mosul, the north- ern stronghold that is con- sidered key to collapsing IS in Iraq. Votel said the Iraqis need to do what it takes to continue the momentum they have gained lately. The next big move is supposed to be in Mo- sul, although U.S. officials don't believe the Iraqi se- curity forces are ready for an all-out assault there yet. US says Iraqi forces retake town of Rutba MIDDLE EAST 2016 Tehama County Health and Wellness Guide & Directory A reference guide to North State medical professionals and related medical services available to Tehama County residents. 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