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Tick season has arrived. Protect yourself with these tips
FORT COLLINS, Colorado (AP) — Tick season is starting across the U.S., and experts are warning the bloodsuckers may be as plentiful as ever. Another mild winter and other favorable factors likely means the 2024 tick population will be equal to last year or larger, some researchers...
In her feminist punk music, Kathleen Hanna tells it all. In her memoir, there's more to the story
Few artists have a neat origin story, but Kathleen Hanna, the feminist punk pioneer and celebrated frontwoman whose rallying cry of “girls to the front” inspired generations, may have a pretty convincing one. While in college in the late '80s, Hanna signed up for a writers'...
FDA brings lab tests under federal oversight in bid to improve accuracy and safety
WASHINGTON (AP) — Makers of medical tests that have long escaped government oversight will have about four years to show that their new offerings deliver accurate results, under a government rule vigorously opposed by the testing industry. The regulation finalized Monday by the...
What to know about Bell's palsy, the facial paralysis affecting Joel Embiid
Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell's palsy, a condition that can strike out of the blue and cause muscles on one side of a person's face to become weak or paralyzed, distorting expression. Here’s what to know about the mostly temporary...
