Many of President-elect Donald Trump’s candidates for federal health agencies have promoted policies and goals that put them at odds with one another or with Trump’s choice to run the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., setting the stage for internal friction over public health initiatives. …
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December, 2024
October, 2024
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31 October
FTC sends $2.5 million to Credit Karma customers it says were deceived by “pre
Credit Karma customers who were deceived by the credit service’s company’s alleged false “pre-approved” offers will get $2.5 million from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC on Thursday announced that it is sending payments to nearly 51,000 consumers who filed a valid claim with the commission before a March …
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September, 2024
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14 September
This Florida dad felt fit and healthy — until a doctor said he needed immediate surgery
For decades, Phil Passen was an active runner and boxer. He jogged dozens of miles per week and regularly took part in competitions, all while parenting his 9-year-old daughter and working in finance. He felt fit and healthy — so when his primary care physician at NYU Langone Health told …
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June, 2024
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26 June
Amazon surpasses $2 trillion stock market valuation for first time
Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $2 trillion in market value for the first time in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The push higher for Amazon’s stock market valuation comes a little more than a week after Nvidia hit $3 trillion and briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street. Nvidia’s chips are …
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21 June
At least 3 shot during repass service at Salvation Army center in south Chicago suburbs
BLUE ISLAND, Ill. (CBS) — At least three people were shot when gunmen opened fired during a service at a Salvation Army community center in Blue Island, Illinois, Friday afternoon, a suburb of Chicago. Blue Island police said a repass, or repast, service was under way Friday afternoon at the …
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20 June
Concierge medicine means better access to doctors for patients who pay, but disrupts care for many
“You had to pay the fee, or the doctor wasn’t going to see you anymore.” That was the takeaway for Terri Marroquin of Midland, Texas, when her longtime physician began charging a membership fee in 2019. She found out about the change when someone at the physician’s front desk pointed …
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May, 2024
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6 May
See the 2024 Met Gala’s best
NEW YORK — The 2024 Met Gala saw hundreds of celebrities dressed in their best outfits for fashion’s biggest night. Florals took centerstage on the green carpet as stars arrived for one of the most star-studded and secretive parties of the year. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s fundraiser is reserved …
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April, 2024
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9 April
Young girl who died during 2021 San Jose “exorcism” by family members fought for her life, court documents say
Court documents in the case of three San Jose family members charged in the alleged child-abuse death of a three-year-old girl during a brutal 2021 exorcism ritual at a makeshift church reveal the child fought to escape even as she declared her love for her mother, who was one of …
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March, 2024
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3 March
Passage: Iris Apfel, Richard Lewis and David Culhane
It happened last week … the deaths of three people from very different walks of life. Designer Iris Apfel died Friday. The New York-born Apfel, who once called herself a “geriatric starlet,” rose to fame in the 1950s and ’60s as an interior designer, including on a number of White …
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February, 2024
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8 February
What is Zyn? FDA OKs sales, but health concerns of the controversial nicotine pouches remain
It’s not a cigarette or vape, because there’s no smoke. And it’s not chewing tobacco, because there’s no tobacco or spitting required. It’s called Zyn, a brand of nicotine pouches that have gained popularity, especially among younger demographics. Some proponents of the pouches say it gives them a rush, while others …
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