LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Nine days after a tornado demolished his three-story office building in downtown Mayfield, Kentucky, Sonny "Hoot" Gibson was standing in the rubble when he thought he heard a faint meow. It instantly gave him hope that his office cat, Madix, who hadn't been seen since before the storms hit, was alive. Gibson said he had tried to find the solid black cat with yellow eyes that liked to greet customers of...

Florida Nurse Arrested for Kiddie Porn

NEWSWEEK – A Florida nurse is facing 86 criminal charges, accused of possessing child pornography while being investigated for hacking the computers of his former workplace, police said. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said during a Thursday press conference that 38-year-old Brandon James Diaz, a registered nurse, worked at Polk State College as an emergency medical services program coordinator. Diaz was found to possess 75 "very graphic" images of children and infants being sexually assaulted...

NIH-Funded Harvard Scientist Convicted As Chinese Secret Agent

Harvard University professor Charles Lieber was convicted of hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program. His trial is the latest bellwether in the U.S. Justice Department's controversial effort to crackdown on economic espionage by China.

Debunking COVID-19 Myths: Latest From Mayo Clinic

Misinformation continues to circulate about ways to prevent infection with the COVID-19 virus or treat COVID-19. Here's what the science says about vaccines, ivermectin, 5G and other hot topics.

Captive Missionaries All Healthy After Escape

AP – Captive missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by making a daring overnight escape, eluding their kidnappers and walking for miles over difficult, moonlit terrain with an infant and other children in tow, according to the agency they work for, officials said Monday. The group of 12 navigated by stars to reach safety after a two-month kidnapping ordeal, officials with the Christian Aid Ministries, the Ohio-based agency that the captive missionaries work for,...

EMTs Forced To Spend More Time Driving, Less Time Caring

Ambulance service officials worry that they might find themselves unable to respond to an emergency because their resources are tied up on long-haul transfers.

Could Oreo Cookies Solve New York’s Rat Problem?

New rat traps have caught the attention of Mayor-elect Eric Adams. In a radio interview this fall, he called the traps “amazing” and vowed to explore deploying them across the five boroughs once he is officially leading City Hall.

Big Problem With Costco Rotisserie Chicken

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – Whether you missed it or don’t much care about raising chickens, the current issue of Consumer Reports has a warning about those “super-tasty, super-popular and super-cheap” Costco rotisserie chickens. In a word, CR’s warning is sodium. “Costco’s rotisserie chicken has 460 mg of sodium per standard 3-ounce serving, one-fifth of the maximum amount that adults should consume in a day (2,300 mg)," according to CR’s January 2022 issue. Sodium-loaded rotisserie chicken is...

Seeking Refills: Aging Pharmacists Leave Drugstores Vacant in Rural America

Pharmacies were once routinely bequeathed from one generation to the next, but, in interviews with more than a dozen pharmacists, many said the pressure of running an independent drugstore have them pushing their offspring toward other careers.

Vaccinated California Employees Face Workplace Restrictions

In a move criticized by business groups and hailed by labor advocates, California's workplace regulators on Thursday extended the state's coronavirus pandemic regulations into next year with revisions that employers said could worsen the state's severe labor shortage.

NFLers Four Times More Likely To Die Of ALS

NFL players appear to be about four times more likely to die of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, than the general public.

Depression Linked To Vitamin Deficiency

Trinity College Dublin – New research examines the relationship between folate and vitamin B12 status and its associations with greater prevalence of depressive symptoms in a group of community-dwelling older adults. The study, published in the prestigious British Journal of Nutrition, shows that low vitamin B12 status is linked to depressive symptoms, but shows that folate is not associated with depression. The findings reveal pertinent information for older adults, public health and policymakers to...

6 Real Health Risks of Being Underweight

HEALTHLINE – There’s a lot of focus in the medical world on the health effects of being overweight, but what about the effects of being underweight? There are certain health risks associated with being underweight or having poor nutrition. These risks include: malnutrition, vitamin deficiencies, or anemia osteoporosis from too little vitamin D and calcium decreased immune function increased risk for complications from surgery fertility issues caused by irregular menstrual cycles growth and development issues,...

Ex-Prosecutor, 80, Begins Federal Prison Sentence In Sex-Toy Theft Case

A former Long Island prosecutor convicted of obstructing justice after a prisoner was beaten has begun serving a five-year federal prison sentence.

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