Jan 5, 2020
CNN – A Walmart in Pennsylvania is facing a bedbug infestation after someone released the parasitic insects in a men's changing room, state police said.
A manager at the store in Edinboro found a closed pill bottle with live bugs crawling inside and reported it to authorities Thursday, police said in a release.
The bottle was found inside a boy's jacket which was for sale.
"We take this seriously and are looking into this," a...
US to start collecting DNA from people detained at border
HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government on Monday launched a pilot program to collect DNA from people in immigration custody and submit it to the FBI, with plans to expand nationwide.
The information would go into a massive criminal database run by the FBI, where it would be held indefinitely.
A memo outlining the program published Monday by the Department of Homeland Security said U.S. citizens and...
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,...
"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...
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,...
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...
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...
"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...
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...
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...
"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...
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"...
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...
"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...