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Higher Olive Oil Intake Reduces Risk Of Heart Disease

Replacing margarine, butter, mayonnaise and dairy fat with olive oil was associated with lower mortality risk

Health Officials Shut Down Florida’s Nastiest Restaurants

(WPLG) – Below is a list of places ordered shut by inspectors with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation last week. As of this publication, Flavor Sushi and Wayback Burgers have not yet been allowed to re-open. All the other places mentioned were allowed to re-open following an ordered clean-up and re-inspection. ***CHEF CHEN, MIAMI: ORDERED SHUT 2/7/22 – 44 VIOLATIONS FOUND “Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed 50 +...

Don’t Nurse That Moscow Mule

HELENA, Mont. — The popular cocktail known as the Moscow mule supposedly gets some of its flavor from the frosty copper mug it’s served in — the shiny metal oxidizes slightly and enhances the drink’s aroma and effervescence. Flavor, however, is not the only thing the copper cup imparts. A study published in the January/February issue of the Journal of Environmental Health found that copper leaches into the drink made of ginger beer, lime juice,...

Sen. Rand Paul Hopes Canada Trucker Protest Spreads To US

Louisville Courier Journal – Sen. Rand Paul has watched the protests in Canada over coronavirus restrictions shut down several blocks in Ottawa for weeks and bring traffic along key nearby crossings to a halt. Now, he's ready to roll out the welcome wagon for the protesters in the U.S. In an interview Thursday, the senator said "it'd be great" if the protests spread to Washington, D.C.. The protests in Canada, referred to as the "Freedom Convoy" by...

Norway Lifts Almost All Remaining COVID Restrictions

Norway says it is lifting almost all remaining COVID restrictions as it doesn’t see a major health threat to citizens any more, even though the omicron variant is still spreading in the Nordic nation.

Don’t Let Your Super Bowl Party Draw A Penalty Flag

“No matter who you’re rooting for, foodborne illness is a dangerous opponent we face during the game,” says Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

Dems on the Verge of Admitting COVID Response Was All a Big Lie

Headline USA – With their approval flagging as the election season begins in earnest, Democrats finally planned to abandon (for now) the draconian measures and divisive rhetoric that they have used during the pandemic, temporarily ignoring the guidelines that they spent the past years insisting was “science.” The White House insisted Wednesday it is making plans for a less-disruptive phase of the national virus response. But impatient states, including Democratic New York, made clear they...

The Real History of School Vaccine Mandates

KAISER HEALTH NEWS – The rapid spread of omicron across the nation — and the finding that vaccines continue to provide strong protection against severe disease — brings covid-19 one step closer, perhaps, to truly earning its place on the list of diseases that have been tamed by vaccines. These include polio, measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox, all of which most kids must generally be vaccinated against before they enter school or day care....

Remdesivir Review: “Enormously Useful” Or Deadly?

SHOTS by NPR – In late December, as the omicron variant surged, the roster of early COVID-19 treatments was looking slim. Newly authorized pills for COVID-19 were in short supply. Several monoclonal antibody drugs didn't seem to work. Then an older drug, remdesivir, emerged as an effective option. Over the past year and a half, the drug — sold in the U.S. under the brand Veklury --had been used in hospitals to treat very sick patients...

Germany Eyes Easing COVID Rules

The German government is working on plans to relax coronavirus restrictions after the peak in new cases has passed, likely by the end of February.

One Airline Is Done With Mask Scofflaws

NEW YORK (AP) — Any person convicted of a disruption on board a flight should be added to the national "no fly" list, Delta Air Lines told the U.S. Department of Justice. In a letter to the Justice Department Attorney General Merrick Garland dated Thursday, Delta CEO Ed Bastian said there should be "zero tolerance" for any behavior that affects flight safety. Bastian noted that while such incidents of bad behavior represent a small fraction...

Willie Nelson’s Farm Aid Endorses Mandatory COOL for beef

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – If you’ve attended a concert or contributed money to Farm Aid, chances are you’ve received a pitch in the past week to reinstate Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling for beef. Farm Aid, led by the legendary Willie Nelson, supports the American Beef Labeling Act (S.2716) to reinstate beef’s Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (M-COOL). Farm Aid is looking for political action to pass S.2716. “Have you ever noticed “Product of the U.S.A.”...

What’s Really Behind the Nursing Shortage?

"The overwhelming majority of nurses are burnt out, underpaid, overworked, and under appreciated ... " NURSES.ORG – If the past two years have taught the world anything, it's that nurses are NOT okay. The truth is that despite the 7 pm cheers, the commercials thanking nurses for their dedication and selflessness, and the free coffee from major retailers – the overwhelming majority of nurses are burnt out, underpaid, overworked, and under appreciated. With millions of nurses...

New Option For Unvaccinated Americans

If greenlighted by the FDA, Novavax's shots could be the first COVID-19 doses available in the U.S. based on a kind of "protein subunit" technology that has been used for decades in other routine vaccinations.
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