NBC NEWS – The U.S. is experiencing more than four times as many whooping cough cases compared with last year — a spike that some experts attribute to post-pandemic vaccine fatigue. “With…
Month: September 2024
Superbug infections could kill 2 million a year in 2050
Los Angeles Times – A new report finds that unless officials take action to develop new medications, superbug infections could kill nearly 2 million people a year in 2050. Since the dawn…
Kentucky couple say they found body believed to be interstate shooting suspect after scouring the woods for days
CNN — When a gunman perched atop a cliff’s ledge opened fire on a dozen cars on Kentucky’s Interstate 75, wounding five people, it permeated surrounding communities with fear – and sent…
Alcohol May Be To Blame For Increase In Cancer Rates, Researchers Find
KFF HEALTH NEWS – Even though cancer death rates have fallen, moderate and light drinkers saw more cancer deaths than occasional drinkers. The New York Times: Deep Links Between Alcohol And Cancer…
The Mystery of Hezbollah’s Deadly “Exploding Pagers”
WIRED – An unprecedented wave of small blasts erupted across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 2,700 after the wireless pagers of Hezbollah members began exploding,…
Senate GOP stands up for life as Dems demand ‘right’ to treat viable human embryos as medical waste
Washington — Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked legislation that would protect access to IVF [a procedure in which “extra” human embryos may be frozen indefinitely, subjected to medical experimentation, or discarded as…
Sean “Diddy” Combs arrested, charged with sex trafficking in federal indictment
CBS NEWS – Sean “Diddy” Combs has been charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution, according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday. The charges were revealed after Combs…
Microplastics can get into brain tissue, study shows
NBC NEWS – Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open. Mounting research over the last…
She Ate a Poppy Seed Salad Just Before Giving Birth. Then They Took Her Baby Away.
THE MARSHALL PROJECT – Susan Horton had been a stay-at-home mom for almost 20 years, and now — pregnant with her fifth child — she felt a hard-won confidence in herself as…
Tommy Cash, Brother of Country Star Johnny Cash, Passes Away at 84
AMERICAN SONGWRITER – It’s a sad day for fans of country star Johnny Cash and his musically inclined family. Tommy Cash, Johnny Cash’s brother, has passed away at the age of 84,…