Tag: people
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Is bird flu spreading in people? Without blood test results, officials can’t say.
A total of seven people who were in close contact with a bird flu patient in Missouri developed symptoms, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, but it remains unclear whether these represent cases of human-to-human spread of the virus. Antibody blood test results, which will come back later this month, officials said,…
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Shanola Hampton stars in ‘Found,’ bringing missing marginalized people into the light
After 11 seasons of playing the vivacious Veronica Fisher on the Showtime family dramedy “Shameless,” Shanola Hampton knew she wanted her next project to be as socially relevant as it was creatively fulfilling. She found exactly what she was looking for in the NBC missing-persons procedural drama “Found,” which returns for its sophomore season on…
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More younger people are getting colonoscopies, a new study suggests
After the recommended age to start screening for colorectal cancer was lowered to 45, there was a small but significant increase in screenings among younger people, according to a study published in the journal JAMA Network Open. The lower screening age was put into place in 2021 by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which…
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Virginia GOP Senate candidate suggests people tolerant of drag queens aren’t tough enough for the military
Hung Cao, the Republican Senate nominee in Virginia, disparaged people who are tolerant of drag queens by implying Wednesday that they are not tough enough to serve in the military. The remarks came during a televised debate against Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine when one of the moderators asked Cao about his previous comments tying what…
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Harris calls Trump’s tariff proposals a ‘sales tax on the American people’
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris called former President Donald Trump’s tariff proposals “a sales tax on the American people,” in an interview with MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle. President Joe Biden has also backed certain tariffs and done little to roll back ones Trump put into place while president, but Harris emphasized that tariffs should not…
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Colorado man found guilty of murdering 10 people at King Soopers supermarket in Boulder in 2021
A Colorado jury on Monday rejected an insanity defense and convicted the man who gunned down 10 people at a Boulder supermarket three years ago of murder. Ahmad Alissa, 25, was found guilty on all 55 charges, including 10 counts of first-degree murder, in the March 22, 2021, assault at King Soopers. He’s likely to be…
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North Carolina hospital company forgives debts of 11,500 people after NBC News report
In July, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, announced a medical debt relief program that all of the state’s 99 eligible hospitals agreed to participate in, forgiving medical debts dating back to Jan. 1, 2014, for Medicaid beneficiaries. In addition, medical debt considered uncollectible for patients whose income is at or below at least 350% of the…
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Sean Combs’ new home — a notorious federal jail — has a ‘way of breaking people,’ lawyers say
Sean “Diddy” Combs is used to living in multimillion-dollar mansions. His new home is a notorious federal jail in New York City known for extreme violence and abominable medical care. The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn was the scene of two fatal stabbings in two months over the summer. And in April, MS-13 gang members…