New COVID-19 XEC variant circulating just before fall. What to know about it for Texas
A new COVID variant, XEC, has arrived just before fall. The new variant has sprouted from the Omicron variant that developed in late 2021. Though XEC is new, Prof Francois Balloux, director of the ...
Study supports COVID-19 origin theory linked to Wuhan animal market
A new peer-reviewed paper presents evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic started in a seafood market in Wuhan, China, where ...
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The Fed says its long-awaited rate cut is apolitical, even close to the presidential election
The Federal Reserve’s first key interest rate cut in four years coincides with another major four-year event: the ...
Health experts watch new COVID variant spreading through the U.S.
It's called XEC. The variant has been spotted around the world and in half of the United States. So far officials are not ...
What's next? Lenexa reacts to denied proposal for homeless services center
Johnson County has until December to decide how it will reallocate the COVID-19 relief funds set aside for the proposed shelter ...
Dedham nurse said she stole oxycodone to cope with patients dying of COVID
U.S. District Court Judge Julia E. Kobick sentenced Jaclyn McQueen, 44, of Dedham on Wednesday to three years of probation on ...
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NYC COVID adviser brags in secret recording about drug-fueled sex parties mid-pandemic: ‘Had to be sneaky’
New York City’s former COVID czar was caught on a hidden camera boasting about having drug-fueled sex parties mid-pandemic — and admitting New Yorkers would have been “pissed” if they had found out at ...
US ranks lowest in health care among high-income nations
The group said the U.S. can expand insurance coverage and reduce the complexities of insurance plans. The top three ...
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Health department officials worried about spike in whooping cough cases in Virginia
Virginia is seeing one of the biggest spikes: from 66 cases last year to nearly 400 cases in 2024, five times the rate.
Why divorced dads are 8 times more likely to take their own lives—and how we can change that
As Suicide Prevention Month spotlights mental health crises, experts reveal how targeted support and community awareness can ...
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Maternal deaths surged in Texas in 2020, 2021
The number of Texas women who died because of pregnancy or childbirth rose in 2020 and 2021 to the highest rate since the state started tracking maternal deaths in 2013.
New COVID-19 origins paper from controversial scientists: What to know
A new study of genetic samples from the Huanan Market in Wuhan, China, could point to an animal origin of COVID-19, but controversial figures support it.