insert_link Weather Nerd The 2022 Wildfire Outlook Appears Bleak Typically, the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) starts its North American wildfires profile in the summer or even fall. However, as climate change increasingly has a more significant impact, the concept of disaster seasons has been disappearing. Two significant winter fires in Colorado and California, along with dozens of smaller fires, have led to statistics that far exceed what typically happens at this point in the year. As such, the […] todayApril 25, 2022
insert_link Health & Wellness What all Women need to know about SCAD Two women who suffered from sudden heart attacks triggered by a little-known medical condition shared their terrifying stories on Good Morning America last Friday, in order to raise awareness for one of the major causes of heart attacks in women under 50. In her GMA/ABC News interview, Trisha Sullivan, a schoolteacher from upstate New York, said of her sudden heart attack, "They say life can change in a minute ... […] todayDecember 15, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness CDC says NO Safety Problems seen after nearly 5 million children getting COVID vaccines With nearly 5 million children ages 5 to 11 now vaccinated against Covid-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says real-world monitoring finds vaccines are safe for young children. Crucially, the CDC hasn't identified any concerns with the temporary heart inflammation known as myocarditis, a potential side effect of mRNA vaccines seen in rare circumstances in teenagers and young adults. "We haven't seen anything […] todayDecember 13, 2021
insert_link Tech Made Simple What caused Amazon’s outage? Will there be more? A major outage in Amazon’s cloud computing network Tuesday severely disrupted services at a wide range of U.S. companies for hours, raising questions about the vulnerability of the internet and its concentration in the hands of a few firms. It was certainly a wake-up call for our ever-increasing dependence on all things tech. Robotic vacuum cleaners wouldn't start. Doorbell cameras stopped watching for package thieves, though many of those deliveries […] todayDecember 10, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness Pfizer says effectiveness of COVID Antiviral Pill is ‘beyond our wildest dreams’ A pill to treat COVID-19 from Pfizer significantly cut the risk of hospitalization and death in a clinical trial, the company has announced. The New York Times reports that on Friday, Pfizer stated its pill to treat COVID-19, Paxlovid, in a clinical trial was shown to reduce the risk of hospitalization or death by 89 percent when it was given within three days of the onset of symptoms. ABC News […] todayNovember 8, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness New “Game Changing” Test can detect Early Tumor Recurrence in solid Cancers ABC News reports that a new cutting edge blood test seeks to change the game in cancer management. Signatera, a "tumor-informed" blood test developed by Natera, can detect circulating tumor DNA in the bloodstream for certain types of cancers. "What makes the tumor DNA different is that it has certain mutations that actually lead to the uncontrolled cell growth that became the cancer," Solomon Moshkevich, the general manager of oncology […] todayJune 14, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness Groundbreaking Obesity drug just approved by the FDA A new weight-loss treatment is being heralded by some health experts as "groundbreaking," and a potential "game changer" in the growing epidemic of obesity. ABC News reports that Semaglutide, an injectable drug made by the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk, was approved Friday by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for patients struggling with chronic obesity. "We don't use those terms lightly," Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine professor Dr. Robert […] todayJune 8, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness Could Covid-19 reactions be linked to “Vaccine Anxiety?” ABC News reports that a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that some COVID-19 vaccine reactions, including fainting, dizziness and nausea, were due to anxiety -- and not the shots themselves. The report, published last week, looked at clusters of events reported to the CDC in dozens of people who received the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine at five mass vaccination sites in early April, before […] todayMay 5, 2021
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