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10 Best Face Masks For COVID-19: N95, Cloth, …

KN95 masks have often been called the Chinese equivalent of N95s. Although filtration efficacy may be similar, fit, durability, and many … See more

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US prescription market hamstrung for 9 days (so far) by …

WEB165. Nine days after a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate took down the biggest US health care payment processor, pharmacies, health care providers, and …

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COVID survivors at increased risk of long-term …

WEBThe researchers didn't look at underlying health conditions that might be linked to those higher risks, but they noted that the more severe a patient's COVID case, …

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FTC fines Razer for every cent made selling bogus “N95 …

WEBIn November 2021, the Justice and Consumer Protection Agency of Hamburg, Germany sent Razer a letter telling the firm that it opened an inquiry about the Zephyr's …

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90% of US has a poor diet, and 25% doesn’t exercise

WEBThe pandemic is likely to have disrupted people's exercise, too, with gyms closing and disruptions to work and day care schedules. The recent survey results found …

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Alarming superbug from deadly eyedrop outbreak has …

WEBThe genetic sequences uploaded were of the carbapenemase-producing carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CP-CRPA) strain—and they were …

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Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after …

WEBSpillover — Cats suffer H5N1 brain infections, blindness, death after drinking raw milk Mammal-to-mammal transmission raises new concerns about the virus's ability …

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New, deadly bacteria may be lurking in US; CDC warns of …

WEBAdvertisement. In the three new cases occurring in two adults and one child, the symptoms ranged from cough and shortness of breath, to weakness, fatigue, …

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DEA to reclassify marijuana as a lower-risk drug, reports say

WEBThe US Drug Enforcement Administration is preparing to reclassify marijuana to a lower-risk drug category, a major federal policy change that is in line with …

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Rocket Report: Astroscale chases down dead rocket; …

WEBWelcome to Edition 6.42 of the Rocket Report! Several major missions are set for launch in the next few months. These include the first crew flight on Boeing's …

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Three women contract HIV from dirty “vampire facials” at …

WEBArs reported on the cluster last year when state health officials announced they were still identifying cases linked to the spa despite it being shut down in …

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Concern grows as bird flu spreads further in US cows: 32 herds in 8

WEBResearchers around the world are growing more uneasy with the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in US dairy cows as the virus continues to …

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We still don’t understand how one human apparently got bird flu …

WEBreader comments 45. The US Department of Agriculture this week posted an unpublished version of its genetic analysis into the spillover and spread of bird flu into …

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Study finds link between marijuana use and cardiovascular disease

WEBThe open-access study, published this week in Journal of the American Heart Association, found that people who used cannabis every day had 25 percent …

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Health care giant comes clean about recent hack and paid ransom

WEBHEALTH CARE PROVIDER, HEAL THYSELF — Health care giant comes clean about recent hack and paid ransom Ransomware attack on the $371 billion …

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Updated PC Health Check app will actually tell you

WEBAndrew Cunningham. 147. When it announced Windows 11 and its strict new hardware requirements, Microsoft also released a PC Health Check tool that would …

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The urban-rural death divide is getting alarmingly wider for …

WEBUSDA. The federal researchers compared NCM rates of prime working-age adults in two three-year periods: 1999 to 2001, and 2017 to 2019. In 1999, the NCM rate …

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Hospitals owned by private equity are harming patients, reports find

WEBLast week, the financial watchdog organization Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) released a report delving into the state of two of the nation's largest …

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Supreme Court decides not to block Texas law that age-gates porn

WEBThe US Supreme Court yesterday denied a request to block a Texas law that requires age-verification systems on porn websites. The Supreme Court denial leaves in …

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A critical analysis of the latest cellphone safety scare

WEB93. Last night, a fellow editor emailed me a link to yet another study purporting to show that cellphone use could be associated with cancer. This one was …

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History by lawsuit: After Gawker’s demise, the “inventor of e-mail

WEBIn 2016, Ayyadurai sued Gawker, which had published a biting and widely read article critical of his claims. Several months later, with Gawker in bankruptcy …

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Disinformation guru “Hacker X” names his employer: …

WEBRob Willis. 376. Robert Willis, the hacker who helped build a massive, US-based disinformation network and was profiled in a recent Ars Technica feature, has …

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