Long championed as a leader in adopting digital technology, Sweden is set to ban mobile phones in schools beginning in the fall for the next academic year as part of a broad, international reversal on the use of screens in classrooms. Since 2023, the Scandinavian country’s center-right coalition government has… Read More
Flesh-eating cow parasite suddenly spreads at alarming rate
Two more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed, including one outside the main cluster in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping a pest that could potentially devastate the nation’s cattle industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday. The screwworm is actually a fly larva that eats… Read More
Flesh-eating parasite emerges in U.S. for first time in 60 years
The New World screwworm fly has reached south Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Wednesday, the first time in decades that the parasite with flesh-eating larvae has threatened the nation’s cattle industry and only the third time it’s appeared in the U.S. in that time. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins… Read More
Barack Obama’s final legacy wiped out by new $6 million fraud scandal
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, has been exposed to a rampant multi-million dollar fraud scheme that is projected to cost American taxpayers billions in 2026, according to a shocking independent report released Tuesday. And the findings could put a permanent stain on Barack Obama’s crowning achievement… Read More
Trump’s health checkup results released from hospital
President Trump is in “excellent health” and fully fit to serve as commander-in-chief, his physician declared Friday following the release of the president’s latest physical examination results. “President Trump remains in excellent health, demonstrating strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and overall physical function,” wrote U.S. Navy Captain Sean Barbabella, physician to… Read More
Ebola outbreak rages, forces this border to be slammed shut
Ugandan authorities on Wednesday ordered the closure of the border with Congo “with immediate effect” as suspected cases surge near 1,000 in its neighbor of a rare type of Ebola and as others emerge at home. The measure, which goes against World Health Organization guidance, underscored growing fears of contagion… Read More
Trump released from hospital!?
President Donald Trump had another medical exam on Tuesday, putting his health under renewed public scrutiny after he has worked to dismiss concerns over his age and stamina. The 79-year-old president spent more than three hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the White House described as… Read More
US-bound plane diverted to Canada after terrifying in-flight discovery
An Air France flight bound for Detroit was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Congo boarded a flight in Paris “in error” amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday. A spokesperson for the agency says the passenger “should not have… Read More
You’re fired! RFK, Jr. suddenly cleans house
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired the two leaders of an influential health group that determines when insurance must provide free preventive care, like mammograms and colonoscopies, for millions of Americans. In letters dated May 11, the Trump administration and RFK, Jr. notified the two doctors who chaired… Read More
Popular “junk” food goes full MAHA
Jell-O — long known for its bright rainbow of artificially colored gelatins — is getting a line of products made without synthetic colors or artificial sweeteners to meet increasing consumer demand for natural ingredients. Kraft Heinz Co. on Tuesday unveiled Jell-O Simply, a line of pre-made gelatin that the company… Read More