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A Missouri creek has allegedly led to a higher risk of cancer in neighboring residents. Coldwater Creek, a Missouri River tributary north of St. Louis, has been a known radioactive waste site since the 1980s. Researchers have now confirmed that exposure to the creek, which is said to be polluted with nuclear waste from the development of the first atomic …

An estimated 7.2 million Americans over the age of 65 are living with Alzheimer’s disease — that’s one in nine people over 65. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, dementia is a group of symptoms associated with a decline in memory, reasoning or other thinking skills. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, accounting for 60 to 80% of dementia cases. …

TOPLINE: Urgent care visits frequently result in inappropriate prescribing, with 12.4% leading to antibiotic fills, 9.1% to glucocorticoid fills, and 1.3% to opioid fills. Analysis of over 22.4 million urgent care visits revealed concerning patterns, including 40.8% of acute bronchitis visits resulting in inappropriate glucocorticoid prescriptions. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a cross-sectional study analyzing urgent care visits from January 1, 2018, …

The rate of sexually transmitted disease has risen significantly in the past decade. The CDC estimates that 1 in 5 Americans have an STD at any given time.  Chlamydia is the most prevalent STD, with more than 1.6 million new cases in 2023. The rate of sexually transmitted infections has risen significantly in the last decade, with close to 2.5 …

Amid the White House’s unrelenting pressure campaign on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, President Donald Trump has not only demanded that the central bank to cut rates but to lower them all the way to 1%. The federal funds rate currently sits at 4.25%-4.50%, meaning a reduction of that magnitude would require a drastic move that goes well beyond the …

New York CNN  —  As part of his campaign to get rid of Jerome Powell, President Donald Trump has blamed the Federal Reserve chair for costing the country “hundreds of billions of dollars” by not slashing interest rates. “You have cost the USA a fortune and continue to do so,” Trump wrote in a handwritten note to Powell that he …

Housing Market Sends Mixed Signals as Inflation and Mortgage Rates Inch Up  Realtor.com Mortgage and refinance interest rates today, July 18, 2025: Mortgage rates are slightly lower than last summer  Yahoo Finance US mortgage rates are once again on the rise  Baton Rouge Business Report Second straight mortgage rate uptick, home prices still too high for most buyers  WKBN.com Mortgage Rates Barely Budge Today …

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker safety records reviewed by TechCrunch. Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates that were almost 6x higher than the average for comparable space vehicle-manufacturing outfits and nearly 3x …

SpaceX employees are more likely to be injured while working at Starbase than any of its other manufacturing facilities, according to company worker safety records reviewed by TechCrunch. Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site that recently incorporated as its own Texas city, logged injury rates almost six times higher than the average for comparable space vehicle manufacturing outfits and nearly three …

Trump Wants Lower Rates. Firing Powell Could Push Them Higher.  The New York Times How an inflation uptick and Trump’s pressure complicate the Fed’s interest rate decision  PBS Why Trump’s push for a 1% Fed policy rate could spell trouble for US economy  Reuters Summers Warns of ‘Massive Inflation Psychology’ From Trump Rates  Bloomberg.com Trump Reacts to Inflation News With Fresh Demand  Newsweek Source link