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How to Stay Cool and Safe in a Heat Wave

The New York Times – Rising temperatures can put many at risk for heat-related illnesses. Here's guidance from experts on how to stay cool during the swelter. Keep cool, even if you don’t have air conditioning If you don’t have air conditioning, or if your AC has been on nonstop and you still feel hot, here are ways to cool your body and home: Spritz your skin with a mist of cool or room-temperature water. Block...

Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Here’s What The Research Says

KFF HEALTH NEWS – Kim Beckham, an insurance agent in Victoria, Texas, had seen friends suffer so badly from shingles that she wanted to receive the first approved shingles vaccine as soon as it became available, even if she had to pay for it out-of-pocket. Her doctor and several pharmacies turned her down because she was below the recommended age at the time, which was 60. So, in 2016, she celebrated her 60th birthday at...

Kroger is closing around 60 stores in the next year and a half

Kroger is set to close about 5% of its grocery stores — amounting to approximately 60 locations — over the next year and a half.

‘I feel like I’ve been lied to’: When a measles outbreak hits home

About 1 in 5 unvaccinated people with measles will be hospitalized.

Why is Morocco killing thousands of stray dogs ahead of the 2030 World Cup?

“Individuals armed with rifles go out into the streets, often at night, and shoot the dogs.”

More than 41,000 retirement-age Americans died of falls in 2023. Here are tips to help prevent it.

CBS News – More older adults in the United States are dying from unintentional falls, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics data brief out Wednesday, researchers found the death rate for falls in adults 65 and older increased with increasing age for both men and women. From 2003 to 2023, the rate increased more than 70% for adults ages 65 to 74,...

War, Inflation and Now Drought Are Hitting Global Food Supplies

Around the world, most people get their calories from three staple grains — rice, wheat and corn — which means that weather hazards to places where they are produced can have big repercussions for food security.

Parents of decapitated baby awarded $2.2 million against doctor after autopsy photos posted online

The couple’s attorneys said the case against the hospital is still pending.

NC Senate Republicans seek to define biological sex, dismiss gender identity nonsense

NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH NEWS – State lawmakers at the North Carolina General Assembly are pondering another bill that would affect transgender people. Senate Republicans added language to House Bill 805 that would recognize only two sexes in state government rules and public policies. The language echoes President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order that asserted this as the U.S. government’s position. The new provisions — which don’t yet appear in any official online versions of House...

What’s Included in an Annual Physical Exam?

Your annual exam doesn't just check how you are right now. It can play a critical role in preventing health conditions.

Efforts bring food safety into focus in the Caribbean

Foodborne diseases pose a significant threat to the wellbeing of Caribbean residents and visitors, impacting one in 49 people annually.

I’ve eaten Subway for decades. Today’s offering is a joyless abomination of its former glory

THE GUARDIAN – I’ve been eating Subway sandwiches for a quarter of a century. Mainly out of habit. 2001 Subway was something else: booth seating, ceiling fans with gold trim, leafy green house plants, faux brick and black-and-white New York cityscape wallpaper with a repeating Empire State Building frieze. Ahh. My go-to back then was a foot-long turkey sub on “hearty Italian” bread, cheddar cheese (there was only cheddar), lettuce, tomato and cranberry sauce with a...

Chef Andrew Zimmern Gives Emotional Tribute to ‘Trailblazer’ Anne Burrell: ‘Such a Beautiful, Gifted Soul’

Zimmern honored Burrell at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and asked the food community to step up in the wake of her death

McDonald’s Launches ‘Big Arch’ Burger in Major Market. Is It the New Big Mac?

The burger was unveiled with a massive marketing campaign.

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