Oregon Medicaid applicants erroneously denied benefits due to software glitches, lack of training The Oregonian – Catherine Vanderzanden suffered a catastrophic stroke in August 2020 that left her paralyzed on her left side and unable to get out of bed on her own. At 85, she was forced to leave the home where she had lived with her husband of 63 years to move into an adult foster care center. Her family paid $5,000 a month for...

Florida man attacked with weed whacker over lawn work pay, report says

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man was attacked with a weed whacker after getting into a payment dispute with a lawn care worker. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said the worker mowed the victim’s lawn and demanded payment, but the victim said he didn’t have money that day and would pay him the following day. The sheriff’s office said the worker continued to say he wanted to be paid that day. The victim walked to a...

Florida putting squeeze on invasive snakes with ‘Python Challenge’ hunt

CNN – Deer, raccoons, possums and fox once flocked the Everglades. Nowadays, you’re lucky if you spot one mammal in the area, according to wildlife experts. Who’s to blame for this decline in wildlife? The invasive species known as Burmese pythons. To help combat this problem for Florida’s ecosystem, snake hunters are congregating for the Florida Python Challenge. The event, created by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, started in 2013. According to the commission, these reptiles...

McDonald’s worker shot over cold fries has died

NEW YORK POST – The Brooklyn McDonald’s worker who was shot in the neck in a spat over cold fries has died, cops announced Friday. Matthew Webb, 23, “succumbed to his injuries” after he was shot Monday outside the Bedford-Stuyvesant fast-food restaurant where he worked, the NYPD said. The attack “has been deemed a homicide,” the force said early Friday, stressing that “the investigation remains ongoing.” Michael Morgan, 20, has already been charged with attempted murder and...

Children potentially exposed to monkeypox at Illinois daycare, officials say

The Washington Post – A person who works at a daycare in Illinois has tested positive for monkeypox and potentially exposed children, who are at higher risk for severe outcomes from the virus, state officials announced Friday. Officials are screening children and others who were potentially exposed for symptoms, and the Food and Drug Administration is allowing the children to receive the Jynneos vaccine, which is authorized only for adults. The vaccine can prevent infection or...

Abortionists close up shop after Roe v Wade overturned

THE GUARDIAN – The number of clinics offering abortion in 11 US states that have implemented total or six-week bans in the month since the Supreme Court overturned abortion rights has dropped from 71 to 43, a new study shows. In the study released on Thursday, the Guttmacher Institute said that among the the 11 states, as of 24 July seven no longer had a single clinic providing abortion. Those states were Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri,...

No Burger For You: Woke Vegans, Climate Activists Target US Beef Producers

IN THIS POST: Billionaire-funded eco group quietly taking farmland out of production in rural America, seeks holdings "25% larger than Yellowstone" PLUS: Eating less food from animal sources is key to reducing the risk of wildlife-origin diseases and global warming, climate activists argue Fox News – The American Prairie (AP), a conservation project in Montana, has quietly scooped up more than 450,000 acres of land with the help of its billionaire donors and the federal...

White children are overdiagnosed, overtreated for ADHD

White children are especially likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during elementary school. That is the key finding from our recent peer-reviewed study.

More people died from selfies than sharks last year

THE TELEGRAPH – Last year’s death statistics show an increasingly disturbing trend. Deaths due to COVID are down, but fatalities due to selfies are on the rise. A selfie is a picture taken of oneself with a smartphone and usually in an extremely dangerous situation in order to attract followers on a social media platform. So, if you are starving for attention, selfies will temporarily satisfy this craving. Men are twice as likely to die from...

Doctored Images, Fake Data, Plagiarism: Scandals Rock Alzheimer’s, Cancer Research

MedPage Today – An investigation by Science Magazine tells how Matthew Schrag, MD, PhD, neuroscientist and physician at Vanderbilt, unearthed serious problems with research on a protein subtype of amyloid beta that has been a cornerstone of research and spending on Alzheimer's for over a decade. Schrag found that images accompanying highly cited Alzheimer's studies touting major breakthroughs for the field were very plausibly altered. Using the online platform PubPeer, where scientists flag mistakes in...

Dangerous Asian Bacteria Found In US

US health officials say they have found a rare but dangerous type of bacterium in soil and water samples in the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi. The bug, called Burkholderia pseudomallei, can make some people extremely sick if they become infected. Most healthy people who come into contact will not develop the serious illness called melioidosis, which can be treated with antibiotics. Medics are now on alert for any possible cases. Melioidosis can occur in people who have...

Sunday Is National Tequila Day. Are the alleged health benefits of tequila real?

MEDICAL NEWS TODAY – Currently, no research in humans suggests drinking tequila carries any health benefits. But the Internet houses various articles promoting the findings of preliminary studies in animals. And nearly all of these early studies assessed the potential benefits of compounds found in agave. According to a 2016 article, the potentially beneficial compounds in agave sugars break down during processing and convert into ethanol, the active ingredient in alcoholic beverages. "Compared to wines, beers, and...

Why Do We Fall for Fake News?

Belief in the legitimacy of mainstream media outlets is low, causing issues with our "information ecosystem."

One Year Ago Today, Joe Biden Said Vaccinated Cannot Get COVID

While we all wish Joe Biden a fast and full recovery from the coronavirus, let’s not forget it was exactly one year ago — one year ago to the day — that Biden told the country the COVID vaccination would protect you from being infected.

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