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According the World Health Organisation, the global diabetes cases have increased four-fold over past decades.Highlighting how sedentary lifestyles and poor food choices have fueled the diabetes epidemic, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in 2024, “We have seen an alarming rise in diabetes over the past three decades, which reflects the increase in obesity, compounded by the impacts of …

The Natick Board of Health announced Friday that all outdoor activities in town will end by 7:00 p.m., due to an elevated risk level to West Nile virus. The state Department of Public Health confirmed four cases of West Nile virus, and increased risk levels for Natick, Ashland, Framingham, Marlborough, Sherborn, Southborough, Sudbury, and Wayland. The statement advised residents to …

After a disappointing spring and summer, the housing market could start to heat up as fall approaches with the latest plunge in mortgage rates. Bond yields tumbled on Friday as the weaker-than-expected jobs report raised expectations for rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. The 10-year Treasury yield dived 10 basis points to 4.076%, the lowest since April. Meanwhile, the average …

An active case of tuberculosis was found at a Wake County high school, just several weeks into the new schoolyear, according to a Wake County spokesperson. Wake County, in an email, told WRAL that they were notified that a person with active tuberculosis was present at Leesville High School sometime last week. The county is working with the Wake County …

Democrats face high stakes in New Jersey and Virginia  Politico Democrats, GOP test their playbooks as Trump looms over elections in Virginia and New Jersey  AP News The sprint to Election Day begins in the Virginia and New Jersey governor’s races  NBC News Virginia and New Jersey Polls Signal Bad News for Republicans  Newsweek Trump not on ballot, but president front and center in …

The Netflix documentary “Unknown Number: The High School Catfish” tells the story of Lauryn Licari, whose own mother, Kendra Licari, anonymously cyberbullied her for over a year. Lauryn was 13 when she and her then-boyfriend, Owen McKenny, started receiving messages from an unknown number in October 2020. The messenger claimed that Owen planned to break up with Lauryn and didn’t …

Netflix’s new documentary Unknown Number: The High School Catfish proves that sometimes, the call really is coming from inside the house. And sometimes, the person on the other end of the line is — spoiler alert — your mom. The new documentary focuses on Lauryn Licari, a then-13-year-old high school student in Beal City, Mich., who, in October 2020, began …

Common Sense Media, a kids-safety-focused nonprofit offering ratings and reviews of media and technology, released its risk assessment of Google’s Gemini AI products on Friday. While the organization found that Google’s AI clearly told kids it was a computer, not a friend — something that’s associated with helping drive delusional thinking and psychosis in emotionally vulnerable individuals — it did …

Fed Gets Green Light for Interest Rate Cuts as Unemployment Rate Jumps to 4-Year High  Realtor.com Fed on track for string of rate cuts as labor market weakens  Reuters Bank of America now expects the Fed to cut rates after previously seeing no moves this year  CNBC Traders See Chance of Half-Point Rate Cut After Weak Payrolls  The Wall Street Journal Jumbo-rate-cut chatter is …

US unemployment rate near 4-year high as labor market hits stall speed  Reuters US hiring stalls with employers reluctant to expand in an economy grown increasingly erratic  AP News Is the Fed ready to go big? Analysts debate jumbo rate cut after soft jobs data  Fortune Payrolls rose 22,000 in August, less than expected in further sign of hiring slowdown  CNBC Labor Market Stalled …