Mother Jones – In April, at the TED conference in Vancouver, BC, I watched a woman pull a variety of mushroom powders from her purse, scoop them into a thermos, and add hot water from a nearby tea station to make an earthy beverage. Intrigued, I asked about her favorite health practices, and she started describing a recent trip to Costa Rica to get plasmapheresis. “It’s when they take your old plasma out, and they...

Female Athletes Don’t Want You To Look, But They Can’t Stop You

CNN – When women first competed in Olympic track and field events in 1928, they wore loose t-shirts and wide shorts, sometimes cinched with a belt. Those breezy, decidedly non-aerodynamic silhouettes wouldn’t fly today (quite literally) as contemporary female sprinters, hurdlers and long-jumpers don tight performance spandex and high-cut briefs that purport to reduce drag and lessen chafing. But how high of a cut is too high? That question surfaced — loudly — when Nike revealed...

Urgent Care or ER? With ‘One-Stop Shop,’ Hospitals Offer Both Under Same Roof

KFF Health News, JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Facing an ultracompetitive market in one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities, UF Health is trying a new way to attract patients: a combination emergency room and urgent care center. In the past year and a half, UF Health and a private equity-backed company, Intuitive Health, have opened three centers that offer both types of care 24/7 so patients don’t have to decide which facility they need. Instead, doctors there decide...

Customs officers in Arizona seize largest amount of fentanyl pills in agency’s history

Fentanyl, a strong synthetic opioid that is about 50 times more potent than heroin, was involved in almost 70% of overdose deaths last year.

“Non-Binary” Nonsense Fails In Family Court

Harrison Tinsley has won custody of his 4-year-old son Sawyer, whose mother tried to force him into a make-believe "non-binary identity" by making him wear dresses and makeup.

The pathogens that could spark the next pandemic

The World Health Organization has updated its list of most dangerous viruses and bacteria.

William L. Calley Jr., Convicted in My Lai Massacre, Is Dead at 80

It took nearly a year and a half — and persistent efforts by a few soldiers and an independent investigative journalist, Seymour M. Hersh, who later won a Pulitzer Prize for his disclosures — for investigations to grind forward and the My Lai story to reach a stunned world.

‘Be Cautious’: US Chocolate and Cocoa Tests Reveal Unsafe Lead Levels

Heavy metal contamination in consumer foods remains a serious global issue.

Boar’s Head recalls more than 7 million pounds of deli meats

Food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes may not look or smell spoiled but can still cause serious and sometimes life-threatening infections.

California Lawmakers Debate Sending Local Health Inspectors Into Immigration Facilities

KFF Health News – Covid-19, mumps, and chickenpox outbreaks. Contaminated water, moldy food, and air ducts spewing black dust. These health threats have been documented inside privately run immigration detention facilities in California through lawsuits, federal and state audits, and complaints lodged by detainees themselves. But local public health officers who routinely inspect county jails and state prisons say they don’t have the authority under state law to inspect detention centers operated by private companies, including...

Ancient Diseases Still Persist In Iraq, Palestine

Suspected Hemorrhagic Fever case reported in Iraq's Nineveh Shafaq News – Health officials in Nineveh reported a suspected case of hemorrhagic fever in a young man, bringing the total number of cases in the region to 12 since the beginning of the year 2024. A source from the Nineveh Health Department told Shafaq News Agency on Sunday that a 20-year-old man from the Al-Ayadiyah sub-district, west of Mosul, is currently receiving treatment at Al-Shifa Hospital...

“I Rebuke You in the Name of Jesus” — Meaning Behind Sonya Massey’s Final Words

Massey's father, James Wilburn, said his daughter's final words were a "premonition" of her being allegedly killed by police.

200,000 pounds of liverwurst and deli meats recalled over positive Listeria test, possible link to 33 hospitalizations and two deaths

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – Boar’s Head Provisions Co., Inc. of Jarratt, VA., is recalling all liverwurst product produced by the establishment that is currently available in commerce because it may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The company is also recalling additional deli meat products that were produced on the same line and on the same day as the liverwurst and, therefore, may...

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