An Amber Alert saved Nicole Christine’s life — but not in the traditional sense. Prior to being startled by a blaring notification on her phone, indicating that the local authorities were on the hunt for a distressed minor, the Charlotte, North Carolina-based millennial was relaxing at home alone on Oct. 18, waiting for her live-in … Read more
The modern world is invading the Amish countryside. A former member of the famously plain-living community had the internet in quilt stitches over a story of how the national phone emergency alert on Oct. 4 got his friends back home in major trouble. Eli Yoder, who is ex-Amish, took to TikTok earlier this week to revealed … Read more
Someone at the Minneapolis Star Tribune is very jaded with their job. Lee Hodges won the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in the Minneapolis suburbs over the weekend by an impressive seven strokes, but whoever sends out the mobile alerts for the local newspaper was not all jazzed up about the accomplishment. The outlet … Read more
Cases of leprosy — an infectious disease that’s been around since ancient times — have increased dramatically in Florida, and health experts fear the infectious disease is now endemic in the Sunshine State. Central Florida accounts for nearly one-fifth of all cases in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), … Read more
Women with an average risk of breast cancer should get screened every other year starting at age 40 — 10 years earlier than previously recommended, according to draft guidance issued Tuesday by the US Preventive Services Task Force. “New and more inclusive science about breast cancer in people younger than 50 has enabled us to expand our … Read more
Up to 25% of middle and high school students are abusing prescription stimulants such as Adderall amid a national shortage of the ADHD drug, according to a sobering new study published Tuesday in Journal of the American Medical Association. University of Michigan researchers analyzed survey answers from schools across the country to assess the use … Read more
As the US Adderall shortage continues, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report on Thursday that noted a boom in prescriptions for the stimulant between 2020 and 2021. The CDC found that prescriptions for stimulants like Adderall – a drug made from amphetamine salts, used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – … Read more
The Drug Enforcement Administration has issued an urgent public safety alert regarding the animal tranquilizer xylazine — warning it is now being used as a cheap cutting agent for fentanyl in 48 states. The medication — known on the street as “tranq,” “tranq dope” and “zombie drug” — is approved by the Food and Drug … Read more
Keep your eye on this disturbing developing story. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say 68 patients in 16 US states have been diagnosed with a rare bacterial infection likely caused by preservative-free eyedrops. The health organization says a rare strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is resistant to antibiotics, has resulted in the death … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a “serious public health alert,” warning of a nationwide spike in “extensively drug-resistant” shigellosis. The highly contagious bacterial infection attacks the intestines and causes inflammatory, sometimes bloody diarrhea, according to the CDC’s “emergency and preparedness response.” There are about 450,000 shigellosis infections every year in the US, … Read more
The new Fox procedural “Alert: Missing Persons Unit” features a novel twist — a divorced couple (played by Dania Ramirez and Scott Caan) hunting for missing people each week. “I think what I love the most is that we get to show a different kind of couple,” Ramirez, 43, told The Post. “We’re not together. … Read more
Public health officials in North Dakota issued a rabies alert Tuesday after learning someone brought a captive raccoon inside a bar in the small town of Maddock. The North Dakota Department of Health & Human Services is advising anyone who may have been bitten or had contact with the raccoon’s saliva to speak with a … Read more
MADDOCK, N.D. (AP) — A woman walked into a North Dakota bar carrying a raccoon, leading health officials to warn those who had contact with the animal about possible rabies exposure. Bartender Cindy Smith said she was serving drinks at the Maddock Bar last week when a local resident brought in the animal during happy … Read more