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China Pork Giant Runs Squalid North Carolina Hog Farms

'Smells like a decomposing body.' US judge condemns ‘appalling conditions’ on farms run by Chiana-owned industrial pork giant | Pork producer Smithfield has settled with North Carolina residents who sued over stench, flies, and truck traffic Nov 20, 2020 The Guardian – A US judge has issued a blistering condemnation of industrial farming practices. The judgment comes as one US meat giant finally settles after a six-year legal battle with plaintiffs who sued the company over the stench,...

Giuliani “100% Better” After Receiving Same Drug Cocktail As Trump

‘The minute I took the cocktail I felt 100% better’ 10 Dec 2020 The Guardian – Rudy Giuliani, the public leader of a quixotic effort by Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 presidential election, was released from hospital on Wednesday evening after being treated for Covid-19. Giuliani received “exactly the same” treatment that Trump received during his own hospitalization in October, the former New York mayor said, apparently including a drug cocktail of monoclonal antibodies that...

In Becerra Pick, Harris-Biden Put Politics First

"That Becerra’s deepest experience is political makes some observers wary." In Becerra, an HHS nominee with political chops but no real health experience December 8, 2020 Kaiser Health News – Xavier Becerra is set to be a pandemic-era secretary with no public health experience. Whether that matters depends on whom you ask. Becerra built his career in the U.S. House of Representatives before becoming California’s attorney general, and some wonder whether his political and legal skills would...

Irresistibly Cute: BBB Warns On Pet Sales Scams

Online puppy scams rising sharply in 2020, BBB warns Dec 2, 2020 Better Business Bureau – The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically increased demand for pets as people seek adding a pet to the family to ease the loneliness and tension of prolonged time at home. Many feel that they now have more time to train a puppy. With this rising demand has come a spike in pet scams, in which an online search ends with a would-be...

Ellen DeGeneres Announces She Has Covid-19

CNN – Ellen DeGeneres announced on Thursday that she has tested positive for Covid-19. The popular talk show host tweeted the news from her verified Twitter account: "Hi Everyone. I want to let you all know that I tested positive for Covid-19. "Fortunately, I'm feeling fine right now. Anyone who has been in close contact with me has been notified, and I am following all proper CDC guidelines. "I'll see you all again after the holidays. Please...

PA Gov. Tests Positive For Covid

Dec 9, 2020 POLITICO – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, though he said he does not have symptoms and will continue to work. Wolf announced his diagnosis in a tweet Wednesday, in which he said he had tested positive during a routine Covid test. Wolf is isolating at home according to guidelines by the Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His wife, Frances, was also tested for the disease...

GOP Rep. Elected Speaker, Dies Of COVID A Week Later

Concord, NH (CBS) – Longtime New Hampshire State Rep. Richard “Dick” Hinch died suddenly Wednesday, just a week after being elected Speaker of the House. UPDATE: AP – An autopsy determined that the cause of Hinch's death was COVID-19. Seventy-one-year-old Hinch, a Republican from Merrimack, was elected to his seventh term as a state representative in November. He had previously served as House Republican Leader (2018-2020), and House Majority Leader (2015-2018). New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said he...

Xavier Becerra: ‘Health Care Is a Right’

"Xavier Becerra "has sued the Trump administration dozens of times on health care, birth control, immigration, climate change, and more" Dec 7, 2020 Kaiser Health News – Joe Biden has tapped California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Becerra, who would be the nation’s first Latino HHS secretary, has taken some ground-breaking positions on health care, especially since he became attorney general in 2017. He has sued the Trump...

Chuck Yeager Dies On Pearl Harbor Day

"Living to a ripe old age is not an end in itself. The trick is to enjoy the years remaining." – Chuck Yeager Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97 Shot down 13 German planes on 64 WWII missions, including five on a single mission Dec 08, 2020 The Associated Press – Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the...

Kamala’s Radical Plan For Your Health Care

Kamala is no moderate on health care | First published October 7 ... worth a fresh look as January 20 draws near | OPINION, Fox Business – On the same day last month both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris suffered the same revealing slip of the tongue. They each referred to the coming "Harris-Biden administration." There’s no mistaking that Harris has openly assumed the role of heir-apparent to Biden. The 78-years-old former vice president is bound to be...

MLB Umpire Arrested In Sex Ring Bust

Fox News – Major League Baseball umpire Brian O’Nora was one of the men arrested in Ohio in a sex sting operation over the weekend. O’Nora, 57, of Youngstown, was arrested along with 13 other men in Liberty Township. The local police department conducted the sting with the Mahoning Valley Human Trafficking Task Force. O’Nora and the men were charged with third-degree misdemeanor soliciting and first-degree misdemeanor possession of criminal tools. TMZ Sports was the first to link...

Courthouse Error Could Make Bill Cosby A Free Man

CNN – Judges on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court questioned and expressed skepticism about the use of five "prior bad acts" witnesses in Bill Cosby's criminal trial during an appeal hearing on Tuesday. Cosby, 83, is more than two years into a 3-to-10-year sentence at a prison outside Philadelphia for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, a former Temple University employee, at Cosby's home in 2004. The three assault charges in the case centered on Constand's testimony....

Why Are Seniors Getting So Many STDs?

"Diagnosis rates for herpes simplex, gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia, hepatitis B and trichomoniasis rose 23 percent in patients over age 60 between 2014 and 2017 ..." Researchers find increased sexual risks in adults over 45 Nov 24, 2020 Psychology Today – Negative consequences, stemming from sexual activity, due to stigma, socioeconomic disadvantages, and lack of sexual resources, are not limited to the younger set. Researchers for the SHIFT Project have found an increase in sexually transmitted infections in...

1,061 Immigrant Children In US Custody Tested Covid Positive

Dec 4, 2020 CNN – There have been 1,061 lab-confirmed Covid-19 cases among unaccompanied migrant children in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, a federal agency run by the Department of Health and Human Services. Of the 1,061 cases, 943 children have recovered and been moved from medical isolation, according to the agency. Currently, 118 children have tested positive and remain in medical isolation, though none of the children have required hospitalization. The latest figures are an...

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