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Sex between men, not skin contact, is fueling monkeypox

NBC NEWS – The claim that skin-to-skin contact during sex between men, not intercourse itself, drives most monkeypox transmission is likely backward, a growing group of experts say. A registered nurse administers an intradermal monkeypox vaccine at a vaccination site on Aug. 15, 2022, in Miami. Since the outset of the global monkeypox outbreak in May, public health and infectious disease experts have told the public that the virus is largely transmitting through skin-to-skin contact, in...

Karma Comes Back on STD Super-Spreader after Getting Monkeypox

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Shelter Sickness: Migrants See Health Problems Linger and Worsen While Waiting at the Border

KAISER HEALTH NEWS, CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — Two days after arriving at a temporary migrant shelter at the border with the U.S. in June, Rosa Viridiana Ceron Alpizar’s 9-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son fell ill. Most of the kids in the converted gym had stomach issues after being served a meal of sausage and beans, she recalled. Alpizar’s daughter quickly got better, but her son didn’t. José had a fever and diarrhea and was throwing up....

5 Surprising Causes of Memory Loss

If you have difficulty remembering things, your mind may make the leap to Alzheimer’s disease — but that’s not the only cause of memory loss.

7 Surprising Things About Airplane Cabin Temperature

AvGeeks – Ever felt a tad chilly on a flight? Or maybe just a little warm? Either way, at some point in your flying career you may have wondered how we set the cabin temperature. Well, wonder no more: today we’ll reveal the ins and outs of how we strive to keep you comfy at 30,000 feet. How We Do It Inflight temperature is set via a digital panel that you might notice at the entrance to...

Idiot Tourists Ruin Everything

CNN – The Norwegian government euthanized its celebrity walrus Freya on early Sunday morning, after warning the public to stay away from her. “The decision to euthanize the walrus was made based on an overall assessment of the continued threat to human safety,” said Frank Bakke-Jensen, the director general at the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, in a news release. Freya became a social media sensation this summer, Rune Aae, who teaches biology at the University of...

Regulations worsened the baby formula shortage

ACTON.ORG – Had U.S. baby formula producers not been protected from foreign competition, there would have been many more options available to parents when one lab became contaminated. And a 70-year-old wartime act would have remained a trivia question. Every day we’re bombarded with puzzles that the economic way of thinking can help solve. One of the more recent examples of this is the infant-formula shortagethat plagued an industry already confounded by pandemic-related supply chain...

“Deeply Moronic” Analyst Exits CNN

New York (CNN Business) – Jeffrey Toobin said Friday that he will depart CNN, where he served most recently as chief legal analyst, putting an end to a 20-year run at the network. Toobin, who was last on air August 4th, added, "Love all my former colleagues." Toobin was a mainstay on CNN's programming for years, appearing on the network's programming during some of the most monumental moments in American current events and politics. "Toobin was fired...

What poliovirus in London, New York City sewers really means

MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK – Polio, also known as poliomyelitis, is caused by the poliovirus. The contagious virus can infect a person's spinal cord and cause paralysis. The virus has been detected in the sewers of London, and in sewer systems in New York, including New York City. Health officials are urging unvaccinated residents in those communities to get immunized or get boosters if already vaccinated. "The single case that we have in the U.S. appears to be vaccine strain...

Polio virus found in New York City wastewater

NEW YORK (AP) — The polio virus has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday. The presence of the poliovirus in the city’s wastewater suggests likely local circulation of the virus, the city and New York state health departments said. State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett said the detection...

“Walgreens filled our streets with opioids” – Judge

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Walgreens can be held responsible for contributing to San Francisco’s opioid crisis for over-dispensing highly addictive drugs for years without proper oversight and failing to identify and report suspicious orders as required by law. San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said the pharmacy chain “continually violated what they were required to do under the federal Controlled Substances Act,” failing to track opioid prescriptions, preventing pharmacists...

Myths and facts about aging

HEADLINE HEALTH – You know what they say ... "you can't teach an old dog new tricks." But the fact is, that's not even true for dogs! Both people, and man's best friend, are fully capable of learning, growing, and thriving at any age HelpGuide.org, nonprofit guide to mental health & wellness has put out a list of four common myths about aging. Myth: Older adults are set in their ways and can’t learn new things. Fact: Seniors...

Chicken Council objects to naming Salmonella as adulterant

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) decision to declare Salmonella as an adulterant in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products is not welcomed by the regulated industry. “NCC (National Chicken Council) is concerned about the precedent set by this abrupt shift in longstanding policy, made without supporting data, for a product category that has only been associated with one outbreak since 2015. It has the potential to shutter processing plants,...

PA Man Dead, Strangled By His Own ‘Pet’ Snake

(CNN) Police officers shot a man's pet snake after they arrived at a Pennsylvania home to find the reptile wrapped around its owner's neck, rendering him unconscious. The 27-year-old man, Elliot Senseman, died Monday in a hospital due to an "anoxic brain injury," the Lehigh County Coroner's Office and Forensics Center said in a statement. The snake died from its injuries, Upper Macungie Township Police Department Lt. Peter Nickischer told CNN. Nickischer said two police officers responded...
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