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Global Health Officials On Edge Over Mystery Chinese Flu

Jan 7, 2019 CNN – A total of 59 cases of unknown viral pneumonia have been reported in the city of Wuhan, central China, with seven patients in critical condition, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission said in a statement on Sunday. All patients are being treated in quarantine and no deaths have been reported. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), symptoms of the pneumonia are mainly fever, with a number of patients having difficulty breathing,...

The Other Fake Meat: Impossible Foods’ Big Reveal

"A crappy product won't win over meat lovers."  With millions of feral pigs running wild in the U.S., do we really need 'Impossible Pork'? PLUS: Texas Reforms Feral Pig Law Jan 7, 2019 | By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer After a big year for its plant-based burger, Impossible Foods has something new on its plate. The California-based company unveiled Impossible Pork and Impossible Sausage on Monday evening at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas. It's Impossible Food's first foray beyond...

‘Wheel’ Health Update; Pat’s Daughter Takes Over For Vanna

Jan 7, 2019 Wheel of Fortune history was made on Monday, when longtime host Pat Sajak's daughter Maggie filled in at the letter board so Vanna White could step in and fill in as the host for Pat, 73, as he recovers from his emergency surgery for a blocked intestine in November. White, 62, hosted the show for the first time in December, following his surgery, returning to host again all this week, with Maggie, 25,...

Rehab Mogul Caught In $175M Scam; Sex Charges Pending

A drug and alcohol rehab operator faces a lengthy prison term for defrauding insurance companies of millions. No action against those who approved  the payments has been announced ...  Jan 7, 2019 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The founder of a Los Angeles sober-living facility is facing 20 years in prison for running a $175 million phony health care billing scheme. Christopher Bathum pleaded no contest Monday to 14 felony counts of grand theft, insurance fraud, identity theft...

Hollywood 2020: Shrimp Cocktail Is OUT, Sex With Children Is IN

After doing their part to fight global warming by dining on a vegan meal (starting with chilled golden beet soup, certainly NOT shrimp cocktail), the Hollywood elite sat down to listen to Ricky Gervais crack wise about the sexual abuse of minors. No one walked out ...   Jan. 5, 2020 NBC News – Before the envelopes came, the envelope was pushed. Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais didn't take much time during Sunday night's awards telecast to remind...

Pelosi Must Dial 9-1-1, Report “Dangerous” Trump: Prof

"As a coworker, she (Pelosi) has the right to have him (Trump) submit to an involuntary examination, but she has not. Anyone can call 911 to report someone who seems dangerous ... " – Dr. Bandy Lee House Democrats have heeded Yale professor Bandy Lee before; are they listening now? As impeachment proceedings go sidewise, Pelosi given a fresh option for hamstringing Trump Jan 4, 2020 Salon – A Yale psychiatrist who has warned of the dangers of...

200 Congressmen Petition Court To Toss Roe v. Wade

Washington (CNN) More than 200 members of Congress are urging the Supreme Court to reconsider -- if not overrule -- the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion nationwide. Thirty-nine Republican senators and 168 members of the House of Representatives, almost all of them Republicans, signed a so-called "friend of the court" brief filed on Thursday by the national anti-abortion group Americans United for Life in connection with a challenge to a Louisiana...

Court Rejects Fraud Case Against Dr Pepper

Jan. 2, 2020 Food Dive – The parent company of Dr Pepper (now part of Keurig Dr Pepper) did not intentionally mislead consumers to believe Diet Dr Pepper promises weight loss or healthy weight management, and the company did not violate California's consumer fraud laws, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled. Dive Brief: The parent company of Dr Pepper (now part of Keurig Dr Pepper) did not intentionally mislead consumers to believe Diet...

Alien Parasites Keep Showing Up In U.S.

"Somewhere between 11 million and 29 million people have in Latin America alone." – NIH Tapeworms: How to tell if you have one Dec 14, 2019 Dr. Manny Alvarez | Fox News A tapeworm is a parasite that you can get if you eat the infected and undercooked meat of an animal. So you could have gotten a tapeworm by eating something. It’s hard to know if you have a tapeworm on your own, but the most common...

Cops Issue Rabid Coyote Alert In State That Just Banned Coyote Hunts

You can't make this stuff up ...  In state that just banned organized coyote hunts, residents are being warned to look out for rabid coyotes  LYNNFIELD, MASS. (WHDH) - Massachusetts wildlife officials are urging the public to report any unusual animal behavior after a rabid coyote cornered a Lynnfield woman in her driveway earlier this week. The coyote, which was captured on Monday, later tested positive for rabies, according to Animal Control. Just 11 days ago:  State Bans "Cruel"...

Ginsburg’s New Year’s Resolution: ‘Remain Steadfast’ On Bench

Dec 20, 2019 PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was honored in Philadelphia Thursday night, where she was inducted into the National Museum of American Jewish History’s Only in America Hall of Fame. “She led the fight in the courts for gender equality,” said Nina Totenberg, a longtime friend of Ginsburg who also covers the U.S. Supreme Court for NPR. She described the 5-foot-one-inch legal firebrand as a woman who changed...

Why Anti-Vaxx Myths Persist

"A study examining vaccine related attitudes reveals that our beliefs are so resilient that we effectively immunize ourselves to the opinions of others." Immune to influence campus.kn – To vaccinate, or not to vaccinate? That is the question high on the list of polarizing issues of our time. It’s one of those fraught topics that we can’t seem to stop arguing about. Online forums receive a lot of blame for risking public health by highlighting what they call...

“Is HE Still Alive?” 2020 Celebrity Death Pool Released

This is DeathList 2020 |  Below is a list of 50 celebrities which the DeathList committee has selected for their likelihood to pass away during 2020. DeathList has a few rules: Candidates must be famous enough such that their death is expected to be reported by the media; Candidates cannot be famous solely for the fact they are likely to die imminently and only 25 candidates can reappear from the previous year’s list. 2019...

Will Aging Biden Promise to Be a One-Term President?

On Joe Biden's first day as president, he would at age 78 immediately become the oldest to ever hold the office.  Is Joe Biden simply too old to be our president?  Biden signals to aides that he'd serve only one term Advisers weigh the merits of a one-term pledge by the 77-year-old former vice president. Dec 11, 2019 Politico – Former Vice President Joe Biden’s top advisers and prominent Democrats outside the Biden campaign have recently revived a long-running debate...
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