Up to 134,395 cancer cases went undetected as COVID-19 restrictions kept seniors home during the first 10 months of the pandemic, according to an analysis of federal statistics published Thursday. Writing in JAMA Oncology, nine researchers analyzed trends in cancer diagnoses reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s U.S. Cancer Statistics between 2018 […]
The Labor Department is accusing a Tennessee-based janitorial company of hiring children as young as 13 to clean dangerous equipment in slaughterhouses. According to a Wednesday filing in federal court, the department found that Fayette Janitorial Service LLC employed at least 24 child workers to scrub the gear in Virginia and Iowa. Of the children, […]
Adverse reactions to COVID-19 shots were found in a massive eight-country study of 99 million vaccinated people, according to a study published Feb. 12 in the journal Vaccine. Myocarditis — inflammation of the heart muscle — and pericarditis — inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart — showed statistically significant higher adverse reactions than expected. […]
Most Americans rate President Biden‘s first term in office poorly, according to a new poll. A survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports sought to assess the public’s perception of Mr. Biden‘s presidency as either a success or a failure, a fundamental test with implications for his potential reelection bid. According to the poll results, a majority […]
WASHINGTON — The kind of systemic failures that enabled the high-profile prison deaths of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger and financier Jeffrey Epstein also contributed to the deaths of hundreds of other federal prisoners over the years, a watchdog report released Thursday found. Mental health care, emergency responses and the detection of contraband drugs and weapons […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico is trudging through reconstruction work after two devastating hurricanes and a string of strong earthquakes, and has spent less than 10% of more than $23 billion in available federal funds, according to a U.S. government report released Tuesday. The U.S. territory has “a substantial amount” of permanent projects […]
News By The Associated Press February 11, 2024 at 8:44am A U.S. Customs and Border Protection dog sniffed out something unusual in luggage from a traveler returning from Africa — mummified monkeys. The passenger returning from a visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo reported that the luggage contained dried fish, but an inspection at […]
Boeing reported another problem with fuselages on its 737 jets that might delay deliveries of about 50 aircraft in the latest quality gaff to plague the manufacturer. Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Stan Deal said in a letter to Boeing staff seen Monday that a worker at its supplier discovered misdrilled holes in fuselages. Spirit AeroSystems, […]
Former President Donald Trump’s hopes of winning back the White House will take a serious hit if he is convicted of a crime, according to a new survey. A Morning Consult/ Bloomberg swing state tracking poll released this week found that Mr. Trump has a 48% to 42% lead over Mr. Biden among registered voters. […]
Women had shorter pregnancies nationwide as preterm and early-term birth rates rose from 2014 to 2022 by 12% and 20%, respectively, according to federal data released Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the sharpest changes were among early-term births, particularly babies delivered at 37 weeks, and among late- and post-term births at […]
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