Celebrity Cruises norovirus outbreak leaves more than 175 sick

foxbusiness.com More than 175 people reported feeling sick with norovirus during a recent Celebrity Summit cruise to Bermuda, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says. The…

Your kids might be playing on toxic chemicals

newsweek.com The safety of recreational outdoor flooring is rarely discussed. But, according to scientists, your kids might be playing on a bed of toxic chemicals. Environmental…

As border crossings dip, Biden admin crows about the fiasco that never happened

politico.com The Biden administration on Tuesday took a victory lap, declaring that its immigration plan is “working as intended” nearly a month after a major shift in policy at the…

Man shot dead as toddler son slept in nearby room: Police

newsweek.com A Michigan man has been fatally shot while his 3-year-old son was sleeping in a nearby room, according to police reports. Ann Arbor police were alerted to reports of a…

Twenty Grim Realities Unearthed By Lockdowns

zerohedge.com Twenty Grim Realities Unearthed By Lockdowns Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Brownstone Institute, It’s common now to speak of the before times in contrast to the after…

Nikki Haley Blasted For Falsely Linking Teen Suicide To Transgender Students Playing Sports In CNN Town Hall

forbes.com Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley implied that increased suicide rates among teen girls were tied to transgender girls using locker rooms when asked to define…

NIH “12 Symptoms” Long Covid Study: Another Scientific Communications Debacle, or Worse?

nakedcapitalism.com On May 25 of this year, JAMA published Development of a Definition of Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (“Definition”), an “original investigation” whose authors…

Horror outbreak on cruise ship leaves over 150 passengers sick with virus

newsweek.com A norovirus outbreak on a cruise ship in late May left 152 passengers and 25 staff members sick, according to a CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)…

Opioid Prescriptions Outnumber People in These Counties

247wallst.com For over 25 years, opioid addiction has raged throughout the United States, transcending boundaries of race, income, and age to bring harm to Americans in both small towns…

There is no antifreeze in your Pop-Tarts, ice cream or cake mix

poynter.org Some social media users are warning against eating popular snacks, desserts and drinks, claiming one ingredient is cause for concern. A May 17 Instagram reel called out…

Bryan Kohberger's social media accounts under the microscope

newsweek.com Information on Idaho college student murder suspect Bryan Kohberger's social media history and online searches is being sought by investigators. New court documents include…

Is There a Covid Wastewater Spike in New York City?

nakedcapitalism.com With respect to “upticks” — Covid “upticks” going up, “plummets” going down — both Covid and the public health establishment (and the political class (and the press)) have…

'I Developed A Drug Problem': Two Women On Living With Undiagnosed ADHD

newsweek.com Catri Barrett and Samantha Pena live an ocean apart, but they have one big thing in common. Both had debilitating symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder for…

Is Covid ticking up? Viruses and other bugs could make a summer comeback, doctors say

nbcnews.com Covid threw the infectious diseases playbook out the window this past winter. Instead of the typical flu season, the U.S. endured a record mix of invasive strep infections,…

Sacrificing Sleep For Productivity Gave 'Brain Pain,' Says Elon Musk

benzinga.com Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who last year described himself as "fairly nocturnal," is known for his history of working through the night and even sleeping beneath his desk to meet…

Fact Check: Was Jamie Foxx left "paralyzed and blind" by COVID vaccine?

newsweek.com Information about Jamie Foxx's medical condition has been scarce, but some are now alleging that the actor has been left "paralyzed and blind" due to a COVID vaccine. In…

States With the Biggest Drops in Births Last Year

247wallst.com In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, many media outlets and researchers predicted that with all of those stay-at-home orders and work-stoppage mandates, couples…

Ticks die when they bite him. This man's immunity to ticks could pave the way for a tick vaccine

businessinsider.com Even if you haven't walked in tall grass recently, you can still get tick bites if you keep pets who spend a lot of time outdoors. Ladislav Kubeš/Getty Images Richard…

Why your daily run could cause more harm than good, according to a doctor

newsweek.com Whether it's early in the morning, or a post-work detox, heading out for a run can be a liberating workout to fuel the mind and body. When the runner's high kicks in and the…

Top US chemical firms to pay $1.2bn to settle water contamination lawsuits

theguardian.com DuPont and two related companies said they would pay close to $1.2bn to settle liability claims brought by public water systems serving the vast majority of the US…

TikToker ate McDonald's for 100 days, said he lost weight

insider.com Kevin Maginnis, 57 from Nashville, said he was going to eat McDonald's every day for 100 days. • He just hit the milestone, and claims to have dropped from 238 lbs to 179.5…

CDC: Upward of 9 million cut corners on drugs due to cost

axios.com More than 9 million American adults aren’t taking their medications as prescribed due to the cost, with those who are uninsured or disabled among the likeliest to cut…

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/2/2023

nakedcapitalism.com Malagasy Turtle-Dove, Rd Along Coast Between Table Mtn And St. Augustin, Mangrove Bay, Toliara, Madagascar. “Singing from tree top.” At least this dove sounds like a dove!…

States sue 3M, DuPont over toxic 'forever chemicals' found in drinking water

cnbc.com Just outside of Bangor, Maine — the hometown of renowned horror author Stephen King — more than 500 students, faculty and staff arrive at Hermon High School each day. But…

The 2021 baby boom didn't last

reason.com After years of consecutive declines, U.S. birthrates ticked up slightly in 2021. But that pandemic baby boomlet didn't extend into 2022, according to new data from the…

Boy, 4, dies after being mauled by pit bulls while out playing

newsweek.com A 4-year-old boy died after being attacked by three pit bull dogs in Mexico. The attack occurred last Friday evening at the family home in the municipality of Temósachic, in…

Millions of Americans are skipping doses because they can't afford their prescription drugs

businessinsider.com 1434365911/Getty Images About 8.2% of adults in the US didn't take a prescription drug as prescribed because of the cost. The problem was worse for people who don't have…

Biden taps former Obama admin official Mandy Cohen to lead CDC

axios.com Mandy Cohen, the former head of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, is expected to become the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and…

Man loses 60 pounds eating only McDonald's for 100 days

nydailynews.com A man who ate nothing but McDonald’s for 100 days and documented it on TikTok has lost almost 60 pounds. In an incongruous win for both portion control and fast food, Kevin…

Drug costs lead millions in the US to not take medications as prescribed, according to CDC

cnn.com Millions of adults in the United States are not taking their medications as prescribed because of costs, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control…

The mental health crisis is decimating America’s workforce

fortune.com Ever since I started working on mental health care 10 years ago, almost every individual I meet can speak to me, privately and intimately, about their mental health journey…

‘Disgusting’: Autism Advocates Decry Insinuations About DeSantis

politico.com But she recently found herself in the somewhat surprising position of pushing back against an emerging line of attack against DeSantis, something that’s been trotted out by…

Women more likely than men to skip or delay medications due to cost, CDC report finds

nbcnews.com Women are more likely than men to skip, delay or take less medication than was prescribed because of cost, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday.…

CDC Data Show 'Most Important Virus You’ve Never Heard Of' Surged This Spring

zerohedge.com CDC Data Show 'Most Important Virus You’ve Never Heard Of' Surged This Spring Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Human metapneumovirus, or hMPV,…

What is human metapneumovirus? What we know about HMPV, the respiratory illness with cold symptoms

euronews.com A virus that causes symptoms similar to that of a cold, the flu, and COVID-19 has seen an upsurge in the US. Here's what to know about HMPV. Runny nose, dry cough, sore…

FDA finalizes limit on how much arsenic can be in apple juice

cnn.com The US Food and Drug Administration has finalized guidance on the maximum amount of inorganic arsenic that can be in apple juice. The announcement that came Thursday…

Who is Mandy Cohen? Physician expected as Biden's next CDC director

newsweek.com President Joe Biden is set to select Dr. Mandy Cohen, former health secretary for North Carolina, to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to…

U.S. Population Flatlining As Birth Rate Stagnates In 2022

forbes.com Teenage birth rates in the U.S. fell to a record low in 2022, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday, as overall birth rates resumed a years-long…

White House set to tap Obama veteran Mandy Cohen to lead CDC

politico.com President Joe Biden plans to appoint former North Carolina health secretary Mandy Cohen as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, three people…

Georgia gun shop owner shutters store after mass shootings targeting children

nbcnews.com Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article A gun store owner near Atlanta said he is closing his store…

FDA approves RSV vaccine for older adults

axios.com The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Pfizer's vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus for people aged 60 and older, making it the second RSV shot…

A little-known lung infection that can cause severe symptoms and has no approved vaccine is stealing the spotlight from COVID

fortune.com A little-known respiratory virus is grabbing the limelight from Covid-19 and RSV after cases surged earlier this year, spurring companies to prepare their vaccines for a…

Expert shares 8 ways to protect your home from venomous snakes this summer

newsweek.com Snake season is now well and truly upon us across the U.S. As the mercury rises in early spring, these cold-blooded creatures begin to emerge from their winter dens and roam…

Inside the COVID Origins Raccoon Dog Cage Match

vanityfair.com On March 10, Peter Bogner was on an overnight flight from Washington, DC, to Singapore when his phone lit up with a message from WeChat, the Chinese instant messaging app.…

US births did not return to pre-pandemic levels in 2022

theweek.com There were fewer babies born in the U.S. in 2022 than before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The…

20 Signs You Are Probably Drinking Too Much Coffee

247wallst.com Most people don’t think of coffee — and the caffeine that packs its punch — as a drug, but it is, and it is possibly the most widely consumed drug in the world. In the…

Woman drops 140lbs naturally after ditching the scales

newsweek.com Lauren Acton was pre-diabetic, with high blood pressure and exercise-induced asthma, and tipped the scales at over 300 pounds—all by the age of 27. Her transformational…

Pregnant Woman Fatally Shot by Husband in Murder-Suicide: Police

newsweek.com A pregnant woman in Arizona was shot dead by her husband in a murder-suicide, according to police. Chandler Police Department (CPD) officers were alerted at 1 a.m. on May 31…

Morning Rundown: 'Trump Bucks' websites, Pentagon leaders cancel drag show and the rise of 'nature's Ozempic'

nbcnews.com Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article The debt ceiling deal advances to the Senate. Websites…

Americans are still having fewer babies than before the COVID-19 pandemic

fortune.com U.S. births were flat last year, as the nation saw fewer babies born than it did before the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.…

What to know about metapneumovirus

fortune.com If you experienced cough and cold symptoms this spring, you might not have had COVID or the common cold after all. You may have experienced human metapneumovirus—a…

FDA Approves Pfizer’s RSV Vaccine For Older Adults

forbes.com The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Pfizer’s vaccine to protect older adults from RSV, weeks after the agency greenlit the very first shot against the…

Teen killed by train was wearing noise-canceling headphones: Police

newsweek.com A teenager in upstate New York was fatally struck by a train while he wore noise-canceling headphones, according to police. Jakob McCloe, 17, of Port Crane, was struck by a…

FDA Approves Pfizer’s RSV Vaccine for Adults 60 and Older

nytimes.com Why It Matters: Older adults are at a higher risk. Each year, about 60,000 adults 65 and older are hospitalized with R.S.V. and about 6,000 to 10,000 die from the virus, the…

Teen birthrates hit another record low as progress starts to slow

nbcnews.com The teen birthrate in the U.S. reached another record low last year, with signs that there may not be much room left for improvement, the Centers for Disease Control and…

Food poisoning often caused by sick restaurant workers, CDC says

washingtonpost.com Food workers who clock in when sick cause a significant share of food-borne illness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new report, and many…

Foodborne illness outbreaks at restaurants often linked to sick workers, CDC finds

nbcnews.com Sick employees are major contributors to the spread of foodborne illnesses at restaurants and other food establishments, according to a Centers for Disease Control and…