The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s panel of vaccine advisers voted Thursday in their first official move after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the committee’s previous experts and replaced them with his own picks. A majority of the committee approved updated recommendations for a …
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Biggest great white shark ever recorded by research group is “making moves along the Atlantic coast”
The largest male white shark ever tagged by the research group OCEARCH is close to the coast of North Carolina as it migrates northwards. Contender, a nearly 14-foot long adult great white male shark, was first tagged by OCEARCH in January 2025. He was first spotted off the coast of …
Read More »4 executions are scheduled in 4 different states this week, amid an uptick nationwide
Several executions are expected to take place in the United States this week, with two scheduled Tuesday and one each on Thursday and Friday. The executions were ordered in Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma and South Carolina. If all of the procedures are carried out as planned, the inmates’ deaths will bring …
Read More »Escaped zebra named Ed spotted in Tennessee, being tracked via drone by sheriff’s deputies
An escaped zebra named Ed has been spotted nearly a week after escaping its owners in Tennessee, officials say. Using a drone, Rutherford County sheriff’s deputies saw the zebra in a field near Christiana, about 40 miles southeast of Nashville. They continue to track the animal with the drone, the …
Read More »Asthma sufferers could be at greater risk if Trump cuts health program
Esther Bejarano’s son was 11 months old when asthma landed him in the hospital. She didn’t know what had triggered his symptoms — neither she nor her husband had asthma — but she suspected it was the pesticides sprayed on the agricultural fields near her family’s home. Pesticides are a …
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At the start of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, a pared-down National Weather Service is scrambling to deal with the realities of severe staffing gaps at the agency in charge of forecasting and preparing the public for weather-related disasters in every part of the country. Concerned meteorologists warn that the forecasts …
Read More »The mental health toll of wildfires can last longer than people realize, experts say. Here’s why.
The California wildfires have left many immediately shaken, but experts say the toll on mental health can last longer than people realize. Symptoms of trauma may emerge within days of the event, weeks or even months, Dr. Sue Varma, psychiatrist and author of “Practical Optimism,” said recently on “CBS Mornings Plus.” It’s not …
Read More »A teenager started hearing a strange pulsing noise, but her mild symptoms were signs of an alarming condition
When Lizzie Clark was 13, she started experiencing a strange ringing in her left ear. At first, she thought the tinnitus-like sound was a side effect from a cold. But the cold left, and the sound lingered, pulsing in time with her heartbeat. For months, the “strange pulsing noise” was …
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More women chose to have their tubes tied after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, a new study shows, and the biggest increases were in states that ban abortion. A research letter published Wednesday in JAMA examined insurance claims data from 2021 and 2022 for around 4.8 million women …
Read More »Stomach cancer symptoms and risk factors to know following Toby Keith’s death
Country music star Toby Keith has died at 62 after previously revealing he was undergoing treatment for stomach cancer. A statement on Keith’s social media and website announced early Tuesday that he “passed peacefully last night on February 5th, surrounded by his family. He fought his fight with grace and courage.” …
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