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USDA Recommends Changes to School Lunches Aimed to Reduce Sugar and Sodium

02/04/2023 Ms. G 0

For the first time since 2012, (the Ghost of Michelle Obama), the school lunch program will see some major changes to promote healthier eating habits. On Friday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack publicly announced schools across the country MORE

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Abbott under criminal investigation over baby formula crisis

01/21/2023 Rachel Kennedy 0

A handful of congressional Democrats have encouraged federal probes into Abbott’s handling of the contamination of formula products, which ultimately triggered a major recall and shut down a key plant located in Sturgis, Mich. last MORE

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Is “Blue Monday” Really the Saddest Day of the Year?

01/16/2023 PMSwithESP 0

The third Monday of January is said to be the saddest day of the year as folks grapple with holiday debt, failed New Year’s resolutions and dreary days. Known as “Blue Monday,” it falls on MORE

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Scientists are Creating a Vaccine Against Fentanyl

12/17/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

Researchers hope the vaccine, which blocked the drug from entering rats’ brains, could help reduce overdoses in humans A research team led by the University of Houston has developed a vaccine targeting the dangerous synthetic MORE

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PSA: Do I Have COVID-19, the Flu, or RSV? What Other Yuckiness is Floating Around?

12/10/2022 Ms. G 0

The United States has seen an uptick in COVID-19, the flu, and RSV since the Thanksgiving holiday. In fact, “the country is currently red-hot with lots of fevers, sore throats, and coughs popping up from MORE

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Daylight Saving Time: Is This the Last Time We Fall Back?

11/05/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

Sunday: Spring Forward, Fall Back. . . This weekend, I’ll be waking up to one of my favorite days of the year: a government-sanctioned 25-hour Sunday. Forget birthdays, forget my anniversary; heck, forget the magic MORE

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Covid-19 Vaccine Study Links Side Effects With Greater Antibody Response

10/25/2022 Surley 0

People who reported experiencing side effects to the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines such as fever, chills or muscle pain tended to have a greater antibody response following vaccination, according to new research. The researchers MORE

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A GMO Purple Tomato Is Coming to Grocery Aisles. Will the US Bite? 

09/15/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

The purple tomato is considered a genetically-modified organism (GMO) because it’s made with recombinant DNA technology, in which genes from another organism are added. The purple tomato may mark a turning point for genetically modified MORE

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Child dies from suspected case of brain-eating amoeba in Nebraska, the state’s first 

08/18/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

The child may have contracted the infection while swimming in a river. A child in Nebraska is suspected to have died from a rare case of brain-eating amoeba, health officials said Wednesday. If confirmed, it will MORE

Climate Change

Monkey Pox: Facts, Fictions and Unknowns So Far

08/11/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

CDC: US Case Count: 10,392 Total confirmed monkeypox/orthopoxvirus cases as of August 10, 2022 As monkeypox cases mount and the disease spreads, some people might have déjà vu — here comes another potentially life-disrupting virus. MORE

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The Far Right Is Going After Antidepressants 

07/28/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

Right-wing parents are moving on from pearl-clutching over LGBTQ children’s books to (spins wheel) worrying if kids are being prescribed antidepressants without their knowledge A recent study calling into question the long-held theory that depression MORE

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Missing Americans: America Was in an Early-Death Crisis Long Before COVID 

07/24/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

Even before the pandemic began, more people here were dying at younger ages than in comparably wealthy nations. The current mortality crisis was long in the making. In terms of mortality, America’s peer countries—many of MORE

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New York reports nation’s first polio case in nearly a decade

07/21/2022 Clancy 0

Reported by Politico earlier today, a case of polio has been diagnosed in Rockland County (a NYC suburb), according to the New York State Department of Health and the CDC. From the article: “The case MORE

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More local monkeypox cases — the CDC’s warnings for your summer plans 

07/13/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus is part of the same family of viruses as variola virus, the virus that causes smallpox. Monkeypox symptoms are similar to MORE

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FDA Weighs the First Application for Over-The-Counter Birth Control Pills

07/11/2022 PMSwithESP 0

For the first time, a pharmaceutical company has asked the FDA for approval to sell a birth control pill over the counter in the U.S. The process is expected to take approximately 10 months. The MORE

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The Quest for a ‘Tick Map’ Continues as Tick Numbers and Lyme Disease Cases Increase

07/09/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

Scientists scramble to forecast where and when the disease-carrying ticks pose the most danger. In the 1970s, an epidemic of mysterious arthritis-like symptoms began spreading among children in the lushly wooded area around Lyme, Connecticut. Scientists MORE

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Hot Dog Eatery Offers Free Milkshake for Proof of Vasectomy

07/09/2022 PMSwithESP 0

A hot dog joint in Nashville is raising awareness of men’s health and supporting male birth control by announcing a unique deal to men who show proof of a vasectomy: a free milkshake of choice MORE

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Retailers Start Rationing Emergency Contraceptives as Demand Spikes

06/28/2022 Ms. G 0

Retailers across the country have now seen a spike in demand for emergency contraceptives following the Extreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and certain states outlawing abortion. Although CVS stated they currently have ample MORE

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Formula Shortage: Why don’t you just “breast feed. It’s free and available on demand.”

05/17/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

In recent weeks, a nationwide baby-formula shortage has left parents scrambling to find enough food to feed their children. More than 40 percent of the usual formula supply is out of stock following supply-chain issues and a MORE

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A Baby Formula Shortage Leaves Desperate Parents Searching for Food

05/11/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

Across the country, many mothers say they are rationing food for their babies as they search for more formula. Some are driving several hours, only to find more empty shelves. Online, private sellers are gouging MORE

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Lone Star Tick Bite Can Cause Red Meat Allergy

05/02/2022 PMSwithESP 0

A tick local to the South is spreading into the East and Midwest and its bite can put a bite into your love of red meats. Meet the Lone Star Tick. The tick doesn’t spread MORE

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Doctors are prescribing time in nature to heal physical and mental health

04/30/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

Much has been said about the healing power of nature. Now, some medical professionals in Canada, Japan, Scandanavia and the US are increasingly prescribing it. Doctors are instructing their patients to wander park trails, feel MORE

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Kamila Valieva failed her drug test. Blame her coaches.

02/13/2022 Rachel Kennedy 0

The big question surrounding 15-year-old Kamila Valieva is whether or not she’ll be allowed to skate in the Olympic women’s individual event. The International Testing Agency (ITA) said that Valieva, who helped the Russian women win the MORE

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New FDA-approved eye drops could replace reading glasses for millions

12/10/2021 Clancy 0

CBS News reported that a new FDA-approved eye drop hitting the market could change the lives of millions of Americans with age-related blurred near vision, a condition affecting mostly people 40 and older. Vuity, which MORE

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Viagra (sildenafil) promising Alzheimer’s candidate drug

12/07/2021 Clancy 0

Using data from insurance claims along with genetics, researchers at the Cleveland Clinic found that Viagra (sildenafil) shows high promise as a drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease (source article: The Guardian). First, the researchers used MORE

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