CBS News – Nationwide rates of emergency room visits for babies with Mycoplasma pneumoniae are on track to surpass rates for school-age children, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows, as doctors nationwide are grappling with a surge of "walking pneumonia" cases. The new figures come from the CDC's National Syndromic Surveillance Program, which gathers data on pneumonia-associated emergency room visits from U.S. hospitals. While cases had been higher in school-age kids...

California bird flu outbreak warrants a broader look at the risky ways we produce food

CalMatters – As a physician, I am closely following a bird flu outbreak that is hitting our Central Valley dairy farms hard, especially since the California Department of Health reports at least 21 human cases. This number seems to increase each week in our state, which has more dairy cows than any other. Bird flu has spread to at least 291 dairy herds in California. As a board-certified doctor in internal and lifestyle medicines, I support...

Trump Taps RFK Jr. As Secretary Of Health And Human Services: Here Are All The Conspiracies He’s Promoted

FORBES – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now primed to take over as Secretary of Health and Human Services, drawing renewed scrutiny to a string of false claims he has helped spread over the better part of the past two decades: Covid-19 targets certain races and gives others immunity: Kennedy Jr. was caught on camera in July telling fellow diners that “Covid-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people” and “the people who are most...

McDonald’s deadly E. coli outbreak has now sickened more than 100 people

People are advised to call their health care provider if they ate a McDonald's Quarter Pounder and have severe E. coli symptoms.

Tired of broken McFlurry machines? The Copyright Office has a fix.

THE WASHINGTON POST – Meredith Rose’s children wanted ice cream on the long drive to her parents’ house for Thanksgiving last year, so she stopped at a McDonald’s and ordered an Oreo McFlurry. A few minutes later, the attorney from Rockville, Maryland, learned that the restaurant’s ice cream machine was broken. Get a curated selection of 10 of our best stories in your inbox every weekend. That disappointing moment for her children — something Americans nationwide have...

Vance Tells Rogan: Teens Become Trans to Get Into Ivy League

Appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast, Senator JD Vance also said that liberal women celebrate their abortions and that Donald Trump would win the “normal gay guy vote.”

Ordering Mcdonalds in 1990 vs Today

SOURCE The Real Reason Fast Food Is So Expensive Fast food prices are high because demand for fast food remains really high, despite those higher prices. By guest author Jon Miltimore July 9, 2024 CATALYST – I recently drove to the local KFC and ordered a 12-piece meal to go. The price was just under $50 (tax included). Fortunately, I had a coupon that saved me some money, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel...

Mayo Clinic Minute: 3 tips to avoid Halloween hand injuries

Mayo Clinic News Network – There are plenty of frights to go around on Halloween, but a hand injury probably isn't one you'd expect. "Interestingly, it's the fourth busiest holiday for hand injuries," says Dr. Sanj Kakar, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic hand and wrist surgeon. Dr. Kakar says almost one-third of those Halloween hand injuries are among kids ages 10 to 14. And most of them happen when people are carving pumpkins. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute "It's primarily...

Archdiocese of Los Angeles Agrees to Pay $880 Million to Settle Sex Abuse Claims

THE NEW YORK TIMES – The Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the nation’s largest, has agreed to pay $880 million to 1,353 people who say they were sexually abused as children by Catholic clergy. The settlement, which experts said was the highest single payout by a diocese, brings Los Angeles’s cumulative total in sex abuse lawsuits to more than $1.5 billion. The settlement was announced on Wednesday in a joint statement by lawyers for the plaintiffs and...

7-Eleven is closing more than 400 locations

Several hundred “underperforming” 7-Eleven locations across North America are closing, the convenience store announced.

The chemicals in your cleaners

CNN – Cleaning products may contain volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, which include hundreds of different chemicals, says Dr. Natalie Johnson, associate professor of environmental and occupational health at Texas A&M University School of Public Health. Volatile organic compounds are gases that can be emitted from solid or liquid products, according to the EPA. These chemicals can cause problems such as eye, nose and throat irritation and damage to the liver, kidney and central nervous system,...

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