Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D–Calif.) has been humming in the background the Senate. She recently resigned from her leadership position on the Judiciary Committee, and she’s stayed out of headlines in the fight over President Joe Biden’s massive spending plans. But on Wednesday, when everyone’s eyes were on Biden, she quietly… Read More
Study highlights difficulty of stopping antidepressants
A study of British patients with a long history of depression highlights how difficult it can be to stop medication, even for those who feel well enough to try. Slightly more than half the participants who gradually discontinued their antidepressants relapsed within a year. By contrast, the relapse rate was… Read More
Skeptics united vs Big Tech over Instagram’s health effects
Political adversaries in Congress are united in outrage against Facebook for privately compiling information that its Instagram photo-sharing service appears to grievously harm some teens, especially girls, while publicly downplaying the popular platform’s negative impact. Mounting public pressure over the revelations have prompted Facebook to put on hold its work… Read More
Woman who survived Spanish flu, world war succumbs to COVID
She lived a life of adventure that spanned two continents. She fell in love with a World War II fighter pilot, barely escaped Europe ahead of Benito Mussolini’s fascists, ground steel for the U.S. war effort and advocated for her disabled daughter in a far less enlightened time. She was,… Read More
Major flea infestation shuts schools for cleaning
Two elementary schools in Oakland will be closed for the rest of the week due to an infestation of fleas that may have been caused by raccoons in the area, school officials said Wednesday. “The move comes after a major problem developed with fleas on campus,” the Oakland Unified School… Read More
YouTube silences controversial vaccine claims
YouTube has banned all controversial vaccine information from its popular video-sharing platform. The website will retroactively wipe existing videos that promote claims outside the mainstream scientific consensus. The ban on vaccine misinformation, announced in a blog post on Wednesday, comes as countries around the world continue to offer free immunizations… Read More
China kills 3 housecats that tested positive for COVID-19
A city in northern China has killed three housecats after they tested positive for COVID-19, according to a local media report Wednesday, as the country tries to contain new outbreaks. The authorities in Harbin, where 75 cases have recently been discovered, said the action was taken because there was no… Read More
Federal regulators ban swimming with Hawaii’s spinner dolphins
U.S. regulators on Tuesday banned swimming with Hawaii’s spinner dolphins to protect the nocturnal animals from people seeking close encounters with the playful species. Swimming with dolphins is a popular tourist activity in Hawaii. Several companies offer tours that take swimmers to areas frequented by dolphins with the aim of… Read More
Ivory-billed woodpecker declared extinct, along with 22 other species
Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: The U.S. government on Wednesday declared them extinct. It’s a rare move for wildlife officials to give up hope on a plant or animal, but government scientists say they’ve exhausted to… Read More
Lava from volcanic eruption reaches Atlantic
A bright red river of lava from the volcano on Spain’s La Palma island finally tumbled over a cliff and into the Atlantic Ocean, setting off huge plumes of steam and possibly toxic gases that required local residents outside the evacuation zone to remain indoors on Wednesday. The immediate area… Read More
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