A former Connecticut public school employee accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy was arrested again for allegedly messaging an underage girl, breaking the conditions of her release, police said. Connecticut State Police arrested Alyson Cranick, 42, again last week on two counts of first-degree violation of conditions of release …
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An outbreak of whooping cough (pertussis) has been reported on Long Island, New York, according to health officials. On Dec. 30, 2023, Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. Gregson Pigott released a statement noting that the county’s health department is tracking a growing number of pertussis cases. Of the 108 cases …
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Dozens of middle-school children in the southern Illinois town of Girard were taken to hospitals on Monday with nausea and dizziness possibly brought on by a carbon monoxide leak from a furnace, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. An employee who answered the phone at Girard City Hall – 25 miles south …
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An 11-year-old Ohio girl delivered the phone call of a lifetime, as she told her dad she was finally getting the heart transplant she’d been waiting for. Ava Cooper, who was born in 2014 with several heart defects, underwent her first open-heart surgery at just six days old, SWNS reported. …
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A top health official has suggested breaking up the combination measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. In response to President Donald Trump’s recent statement warning about pregnant women’s use of Tylenol, Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill wrote the following in an Oct. 6 post on X. …
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“Trump derangement syndrome” has spiraled to pathological levels, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during the White House’s monthly Cabinet meeting Thursday, pointing to a recent trend of pregnant moms protesting President Donald Trump by taking Tylenol — despite warnings the medicine could be tied to …
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday signed an executive order banning THC-containing beverages, gummies and other “intoxicating hemp.” Retailers in the Buckeye State will be required to remove all gummies, beverages, cookies and other products containing THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) — the main psychoactive compound found in the cannabis plant — from …
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Globally, sepsis infection is the leading cause of death in children, taking more than 3.4 million lives per year, according to the Sepsis Alliance — and 85% of these deaths occur before age 5. Sepsis among children is a very difficult and elusive problem for physicians to diagnose and treat, …
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The trans-identification trend among young people appears to be losing momentum. Recent data taken from college campuses shows a sharp decline in the number of Gen Zers identifying as transgender over the past three years. Eric Kaufmann, a professor of politics at the University of Buckingham, conducted his own analysis …
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President Donald Trump on Thursday announced efforts to expand access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) by making such treatments more affordable. The move includes two priorities: lowering drug prices and making IVF treatment more affordable for women seeking to conceive but who struggle to afford the expensive procedure. “In the …
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