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NIH Faces New Scrutiny Over $225 Million in Dog and Cat Research Funding
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (259+ words) The National Institutes of Health is facing renewed scrutiny after the White Coat Waste Project reported that more than $225 million in NIH funding for dog and cat experiments has been awarded, renewed, supplemented or extended since February 2025. The watchdog group…...
Toxic Substances Smeared on Apartment Exterior Walls Shocks Residents
16+ hour, 32+ min ago (347+ words) Residents in a Busan apartment complex are up in arms after discovering that toxic chemical products were used without even minimal safety barriers to remove stains from the exterior walls. With residents having caught and denounced workers for the exact…...
Kansas Faces Growing Demand for Nurses as Workforce Trends Reshape Healthcare Needs
11+ hour, 19+ min ago (186+ words) Aging populations, rural care gaps, and workforce shortages drive demand for nursing education and career advancement across the state. One of the most pressing issues is the retirement of experienced nurses. According to the workforce reports, approximately one-quarter of Kansas…...
Application for Disability Denied
11+ hour, 20+ min ago (26+ words) Overwhelming evidence cavalierly dismissed Last week, I posted about my friend Cheryl’s sundry miseries in the aftermath of chemotherapy. April Fools’ Times …...
National report offers grim prognosis for rural hospitals, including some in Oklahoma
15+ hour, 29+ min ago (290+ words) OKLAHOMA CITY — More than half of Oklahoma’s hospitals don’t have enough money coming in to cover their expenses, and some may be near a breaking point, according to a new report that finds 18 may not survive much longer and 45 are…...
Iceberg Lettuce Cyclospora Outbreak Ends as the Largest on US Record with 12,883 Illnesses and Two Deaths
15+ hour, 48+ min ago (833+ words) The CDC has declared the multistate Cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce over, closing the largest cyclosporiasis outbreak ever recorded in the United States at 12,883 illnesses across 21 states. The agency's final update on the iceberg lettuce outbreak added Virginia as…...
Woman dies of complications from measles in western Pennsylvania
19+ hour, 24+ min ago (286+ words) The coroner’s office of western Pennsylvania’s Jefferson County reported that a 40-year-old woman died on Saturday from complications associated with measles. The commonwealth has seen an outbreak of the highly-infectious disease, adding to a resurgence of measles in the United…...
40-Year-Old Woman's Death Linked to Suspected Measles as Pennsylvania Cases Reach 676
16+ hour, 9+ min ago (685+ words) A 40-year-old woman from Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, died Saturday from complications associated with measles, county Coroner Greg Furlong confirmed. It is the third measles-related death reported in the state this year and the first outside Lancaster County. Furlong said the…...
Medicare Open Enrollment Period
18+ hour, 3+ min ago (361+ words) Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 7:00 PM Medicare's Open Enrollment Period (OEP) takes place October 15 through December 7. This is the one time each year when ALL people with Medicare have an open enrollment period to make changes to their Medicare Advantage health and…...
TGA's major Retatrutide warning after Aussie suffers torn oesophagus:???Uncontrollable"
16+ hour, 42+ min ago (477+ words) Australians are being warned against using unapproved injectable weight loss products after a man was hospitalised with a torn oesophagus from a product sold as retatrutide. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) said on Monday that the consumer suffered "uncontrollable vomiting…...