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Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez to go to space on next launch from Jeff Bezos' rocket company

The celebrities join three other women as the crew of the coming Blue Origin journey, which is set to launch this spring.

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Flu vaccine this season may be poorly matched, early CDC data suggests

13,000 people have died from the flu since October, according to the CDC

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Forces deep underground seem to be deforming Earth's inner core

Seismic waves suggest the planet's solid inner core is being pulled out of shape – and it has undergone these changes over just a few decades

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  • Source: Yahoo
  • 02/06/2025
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Deadly version of H5N1 bird flu spills over into Nevada dairy cattle

A version of the H5N1 bird flu virus that killed a person in Louisiana and severely sickened a teenager in Canada has now been detected in dairy herds in Nevada. The version, known as D1.1, is circulating in wild birds around the nation — causing massive die-offs in places such as Chicago, upstate New York and Ohio.

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  • Source: NY Post
  • 02/03/2025
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A dog’s inner world is far deeper than we realize: ‘They love their lives more than we love ours’

“A dog loves his life with everything he has because it is all he has,” writes Rowlands, in “The Word of Dog: What Our Canine Companions Can Teach Us About Living a Good Life” (Liveright/Norton).

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  • Source: NBC News
  • 01/31/2025
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FDA approves new type of nonopioid painkiller for acute pain

The drug, Journavx, from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, reduced pain after surgery in clinical trials. Experts hope it can lead to fewer opioid prescriptions.

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Kansas Reports Largest Tuberculosis Outbreak in U.S. History

Kansas is experiencing the largest recorded TB outbreak in U.S. history, with 67 cases

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  • Source: CNN
  • 01/28/2025
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Selena Gomez shares emotional message about nationwide immigration sweeps in now-deleted video

Selena Gomez on Monday posted — and quickly deleted — a video of herself reacting to the immigration enforcement sweeps launched by the Trump administration Sunday that resulted in over 1,000 arrests across the country.

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  • Source: AJC
  • 01/24/2025
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Protect your gut health while on antibiotics with these foods

While taking medicines to make yourself better, you can use food to skip some of the medicine’s worst side effects

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NFL Awards 2025: MVP, Offensive and Defensive POY, ROY, More Finalists Announced

The NFL announced Thursday the finalists for this season's individual awards, including Most Valuable Player and Player of the Year on offense and defense.

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Biden's last chance to tackle tobacco: Limiting nicotine levels in cigarettes

A Hail Mary toss of proposed tobacco regulation from the outgoing administration has the potential to make smoking nearly or totally nonaddictive, experts say.

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AI May Help Make IVF More Successful

AI might be able to boost the success rates of in vitro fertilization among hopeful families.

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  • Source: NY Post
  • 01/09/2025
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Biden FDA moves forward with rule to lower nicotine in cigarettes, a ‘gift’ to cartels, critic says

The Biden administration is moving forward with plans to mandate lower nicotine levels in cigarettes in the final days of President Biden’s term, according to a new report, which critics say could cause Americans to smoke more and fuel organized crime cartels.

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  • Source: Daily Mail
  • 12/26/2024
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Body found in wheel of United Airlines plane after it lands at Maui Airport

A dead body was found on the wheel of a United Airlines plane after it landed at Maui's airport in Hawaii on Christmas Eve. UA flight 202 took off from Chicago at 9.50am Tuesday and arrived in Maui at 2pm local time.

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Biden cancels student loans for 55,000 public service workers in final push

The Biden administration is canceling federal student loans for another 55,000 workers through an existing program known as Public Service Loan Forgiveness.