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It’s Almost Flu Season. Should You Still Get a Shot, and Will Insurance Cover It?

PolitiFact – For parents of school-aged children, the fall to-do list can seem ever-growing. Buy school supplies. Fill out endless school forms. Block off parent-teacher nights. Do the kids’ tennis shoes still fit? Somewhere, at some point, you might remember flu shots. Get your flu shot. Get their flu shots. Or should you? Can you? Is that still a thing? Amid political chatter about vaccines and the government entities that oversee them, it’s understandable to wonder where...

Try This When Your Doctor Says ‘Yes’ to a Preventive Test but Insurance Says ‘No’

“My son was diagnosed with congenital CMV, a virus that can cause hearing loss. As part of this diagnosis, he will be required to have routine hearing tests every few months until he is 10 years old. I reached out to you because I wanted to know why my son’s hearing tests weren’t covered by our insurance and why we needed to pay for it.” — Anna Deutscher, 29, from Minnesota, writing about her infant...

Beloved TV Judge Frank Caprio, Known for His Compassion, Dies at 88

The late judge became a beloved Rhode Island figure.

Dementia in cats mimics human Alzheimer’s, researchers find

CTVNews.ca – A new study has found that humans and cats develop dementia in similar ways, offering what scientists say are new opportunities to research conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. The study by a team of U.K. neurological and veterinary researchers examined the brains of 25 cats donated to science after their deaths, including eight that previously showed signs of cognitive dysfunction syndrome (CDS), also known as feline dementia. Brain scans of older and CDS-affected cats showed the build-up...

Childhood Immunization; Glyphosate; Suicide & Crisis Lifeline – Today’s Top Health New

KFF Health News Original Stories Guns, Race, and Profit: The Pain of America’s Other Epidemic Firearm violence is killing Americans at the scale of a public health epidemic. The suffering is concentrated in Black neighborhoods damaged by segregation, disinvestment, hate crimes, and other forms of racial discrimination. (Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam, 8/19) The National Suicide Hotline For LGBTQ+ Youth Went Dead. States Are Scrambling To Help. LGBTQ+ youth lost dedicated support on the 988 Suicide & Crisis...

Former Russian Miss Universe contestant, 30, dies after elk smashes through windshield

Russian model Kseniya Alexandrova was married just four months before fatal elk collision on highway

Dementia Follows a Different Course in Men

"The burden of dementia is not borne equally by women and men."

Florida schedules execution for man who killed estranged wife’s family, set house on fire

FOX NEWS – A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife's sister and parents before setting their house on fire 35 years ago will be put to death next month, which could extend the Sunshine State's record number of executions to 12. David Pittman, 63, is set to be executed on Sept. 17 under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday. Pittman was convicted in 1991 and sentenced to death on...

Dementia Often Mistaken for Normal Aging, Leading to Years of Delay

It often takes years for people with dementia to be diagnosed, especially those with early-onset forms.

McDonald’s CEO Plans Major Price Changes

McDonald's brought back the Snack Wrap last month. The item was so popular that it even led to a lettuce shortage in some McDonald's locations.

Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham Make Announcement After Cryptic Posts

E! Online – Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham are bringing the band back together—sort of. The bandmates, who performed as Buckingham Nicks before joining Fleetwood Mac in 1974, announced Aug. 13 that they will be releasing a remastered version of their 1973 album this September. “Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks’ 1973 album arrives September 19,” a description included in the YouTube video for their single, “Don’t Let Me Down Again,” read, “with newly remastered sound for...

Invasive worm that can make pets sick prompts warning in Maine

CBS NEWS – A state agency in Maine is warning residents about an invasive species that can sicken your pet. The Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife posted last week about a "hammerhead worm" that's been sighted several times over the past few years. The worms, also known as land planarians, earn their name from their heads that are reminiscent of a hammerhead shark. They are native to southeast Asia but have been in the U.S....

Health officials say venison was likely cause of 4-year-old girl’s death

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – The death of a 4-year-old Tennessee girl in May has been determined to be from E. coli O157:H7 in venison. The girl was one of two patients diagnosed with infections from the pathogen. Both had consumed venison from the same processing facility in Puryear, TN, according to a report from the Tennessee Department of Health. The Tennessee girl and a patient in Texas were infected with identical strains of the pathogen. The...

Colorado on alert after dead cat tests positive for the plague – weeks after Arizona man died from disease

A Colorado cat died from the plague several weeks after an Arizona man died from the same disease.

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