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The quit‑smoking ads that helped millions are ending. A former smoker and experts fear what comes next.

CBS News – The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's "Tips From Former Smokers" ads are set to stop at the end of September. For 13 years, these tough and honest commercials told real stories about the harm of smoking and pointed people to free help at 1-800-QUIT-NOW. When the ads ran, calls to the quitline jumped, according to independent scientific research institute RTI International. Many people tried to quit and some stuck with...

Oceanside McDonald’s Manager ‘Illegally In U.S.’ For 10 Years: DHS

Christian Rodriguez was arrested by ICE agents on Aug. 21, the Department of Homeland Security says.

Trump’s swollen ankles spark flurry of speculation

At 79, he has surpassed Ronald Reagan’s age upon leaving the White House, raising fresh questions about whether the demands of the presidency are sustainable for someone nearing 80.

What Those Weird CVS ‘WARNING’ Signs Are All About

Time delay safe technology helps prevent pharmacy robberies and the potential for associated diversion of controlled substance medications by electronically delaying the time it takes for employees to open the pharmacy safe.

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...

Kennedy’s Crusade Against Food Safety Rule Threatens Supplement Industry

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he hopes to eliminate a “loophole” that allows companies to easily introduce new ingredients or chemicals into the American food supply.

Work Requirements and Red Tape Ahead for Millions on Medicaid

KFF HEALTH NEWS – Now that the Republicans’ big tax-and-spending bill has become law, new bureaucratic hurdles have emerged for millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid for health coverage. A provision in the new law dictates that, in most states, for the first time, low-income adults must start meeting work requirements to keep their coverage. Some states have already tried doing this, but Georgia is the only state that has an active system using work...

Trump freezes $200 million in UCLA science and medical research funding, citing antisemitism

LA Times – The Trump administration has frozen hundreds of science, medical and other federal grants to UCLA worth nearly $200 million, citing the university’s alleged “discrimination” in admissions and failure to “promote a research environment free of antisemitism.” The decision to pull funding comes after Atty. Gen.Pam Bondi and the Justice Department said this week that UCLA would pay a “heavy price” for acting with “deliberate indifference” to the civil rights of Jewish and...

Deep Staff Cuts at a Little-Known Federal Agency Pose Trouble for Droves of Local Health Programs

KFF Health News – A little-known federal agency that sends more than $12 billion annually to support community health centers, addiction treatment services, and workforce initiatives for America’s neediest people has been hobbled by the Trump administration’s staffing purges. The cuts are “just a little astonishing,” said Carole Johnson, who previously led the Health Resources and Services Administration. She left the agency in January with the administration change and has described the sweeping staff cuts as...

US to burn $9.7 million worth of USAID-purchased abortifacients

The US State Department spokesperson referred to the contraceptives to be destroyed as “certain abortifacient birth control commodities from terminated Biden-era USAID contracts.”

Too much moose meat and antlers caused a plane crash in Alaska that killed congresswoman’s husband

The NTSB’s report concluded that the cause of the crash was the excess weight and the “unapproved external load” of the antlers, which “degraded takeoff performance and flight characteristics” leading to a loss of control.

Planned Parenthood closes 5 Northern California clinics, citing Trump budget bill

SF CHRONICLE – President Donald Trump’s budget cuts to Medicaid have forced Planned Parenthood Mar Monte to shutter five clinics across Northern California and the Central Coast, including one in South San Francisco, the group said Thursday. The GOP-led federal spending bill that Trump signed into law earlier this month eliminated federal Medicaid funding for any type of medical care to organizations that perform abortions. Mar Monte is the largest Planned Parenthood affiliate in the country,...

Trump signs executive order aimed at making it easier to remove homeless people from the streets

CBS News, Washington — President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order making it easier for cities and states to remove homeless people from the streets and get them treatment elsewhere. The president's order asks Attorney General Pam Bondi to "reverse judicial precedents and end consent decrees that limit state and local governments' ability to commit individuals on the streets who are a risk to themselves or others," according to a White House fact sheet. It...

Hillary Clinton Was on Tranquilizers during 2016 Campaign, Gabbard Reveals

The report also noted that Russia sat on emails detailing Clinton’s 'psycho-emotional problems, uncontrolled fits of anger, aggression and cheerfulness'...

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