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Four States Pass Laws Allowing OTC Ivermectin, More States Pending Legislation
Pharmacy Times
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Four states passed laws allowing for over the counter (OTC) sale of ivermectin (Stromectol; Merck)—a drug that has been a topic of controversy and gained significant attention during the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid the passages, concerns are abound...
Your Fitbit Could Become Your Post-Surgery Best Friend
Gizmodo
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July 9, 2025
A Fitbit a day just might help keep your post-surgery woes at bay. Research today finds that wearable data can predict children’s risk of health problems following a removed appendix. Scientists in Chicago conducted the study, which equipped over...
Kourtney Kardashian called out over 'unprofessional' Lemme promo that leaves even daughter Penelope cringing: 'She literally hates working!'
Daily Mail
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July 11, 2025
Kourtney Kardashian Barker was called out over her 'unprofessional' Lemme promo she haphazardly shared via Instastory on Wednesday while 'a little jet lagged' on vacation with her family in the Italian village of Portofino. The 46-year-old Lemme...
Bad News For Employees Of THIS Company, More Than 2,000 Employees To Lose Jobs
Zee News
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New Delhi: NASA is preparing to lay off around 2,145 senior-level employees, according to internal documents cited by Politico. These positions are typically held by highly skilled professionals or those in top management roles. The cuts appear to...
How union organizing can change your life and the world: A conversation with Jaz Brisack
The Real News Network
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July 11, 2025
After getting a job as a barista at the Elmwood Starbucks in Buffalo, New York, Jaz Brisack became a founding member of Starbucks Workers United and helped organize the first unionized Starbucks in the US in December of 2021. In their new book,...
Are negative-calorie foods real?
Science Focus
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July 6, 2025
Negative-calorie or zero-calorie foods are controversial despite their popularity on diet websites. The idea is that our bodies use as much (or more) energy to digest a chosen fruit or vegetable as the energy it provides. But there's no scientific...
Trump admin adds climate change skeptics from UAH to the Department of Energy
WAFF 48 - Alabama
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July 9, 2025
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The Trump administration added three researchers who are known skeptics of climate change to the Department of Energy. Two of them work in the Rocket City. John Christy and Roy Spencer are research scientists at the...
Butting invests $61M in first US production facility and HQ in Baldwin County
WPMI - Alabama
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LOXLEY, Ala, (WPMI) — Butting, a global stainless steel pipe manufacturer, has announced plans to establish its North American headquarters and first United States production facility in Loxley, Alabama. The project will unfold in two strategic...
Ahold Delhaize appoints new CTO
Fresh Plaza
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July 11, 2025
France: Carrefour announces the signing of agreements for the sale of 9 stores in France, valued at c. €70 million Following the decisions of the French Competition Authority, approving Carrefour's acquisition of the Cora and Match banners in...
Florida Land Steward Update, July 11, 2025
UF/IFAS
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July 10, 2025
Florida panther, by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission REPORT FLORIDA PANTHER SIGHTINGS If you see a Florida panther—whether in person, on a trail camera, or by signs like tracks, scat, or scratches—please report it at...
Lowndes County natives honored at UWA
The Lowndes Signal - Alabama
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July 9, 2025
Published 6:00 pm Wednesday, July 9, 2025 1 of 2 Photo submitted | Shemeka Robinson Lowndes County natives are receiving honors while pursuing higher education at University of West Alabama’s (UWA). Shemeka Robinson of Letohatchee made the UWA...
Obituary for Friday, July 11, 2025
The Garden Island - Hawaii
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July 11, 2025
Dennis Lo January 1938 — May 2025 Dennis Lo, age 87, passed on May 30 with his daughter and son at his side, in Lihue, Kauai, HI. He was born in Koloa, Kauai, to So May and Ah Heong Lo. Dennis was the second of four brothers. Childhood activities...
Ozarks Notebook: An 1840s Hymnal Finds a New Voice in Northwest Arkansas
Daily Yonder - Kentucky
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July 11, 2025
An old tradition has a voice in the Arkansas Ozarks, where Sacred Harp, a hymnal for shape-note singing that has become known as a style all its own, has found followers two centuries after it was first printed in the 1840s. It’s not the only...
Some Hospitals Charge Commercial Insurers Much More Than Medicare
Managed Healthcare Executive
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July 10, 2025
Commercial insurers pay hospitals much more than Medicare in some areas than others, and a new study found that local market factors, including hospital dominance, help explain these growing price gaps. These findings, published in JAMA Health...
Rebuilding Pac-12 adds Texas State to secure key 8th football school
Northern Nevada Business Weekly
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July 11, 2025
SAN MARCOS, Texas — Texas State is joining the Pac-12, giving the rebuilding conference the eighth football-playing school it needed to maintain its status as an FBS conference. The Pac-12 and Texas State announced Monday that the Bobcats from the...
Jase Richardson, Cayden Boozer, Kameron Mercer and others react as Jaxon Richardson finalises his potential college destinations
Sportskeeda
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July 9, 2025
Jaxon Richardson, ranked No. 18 in the Class of 2026, has trimmed his list of top programs to ten. Richardson is now considering Alabama, Cincinnati, Creighton, Louisville, Miami, Michigan, Ole Miss, Seton Hall, USC and Villanova for commitment....
All the things Americans do agree about
Technical.ly
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July 4, 2025
Despite political dysfunction and rapid swings in national mood, Americans retain a strong belief in bottom-up power and their ability to shape society, a sentiment that fuels optimism even in difficult times. While the US produces a...
Alan Smith moves from interim to permanent president at Gadsden State
The Gadsden Times - Alabama
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Alan Smith, who has served has interim president of Gadsden State Community College, will fill the college's top leadership role on a full-time basis. Smith's appointment was announced in a July 9 news release by the Alabama Community College...
Trump's DOJ, FTC going after 'everyone' facilitating medicalized gender transitions for kids
Just the News
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July 9, 2025
Whistleblowers, state attorneys general and researchers have laid the groundwork for the feds to go after medical professionals who practice so-called gender-affirming care on minors for consumer and billing fraud, they told a Federal Trade...
Nationally certified: BJACH radiology specialist earns professional credential
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 9, 2025
Spc. Johnny Rainwater, a radiology specialist assigned to Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, passed the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists exam on July 2 in Shreveport—earning a nationally recognized credential that supports military...