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Pennsylvania health officials are on alert after testing identified West Nile virus in mosquitoes living there.  The mosquitoes were collected came from Wilkinsburg, Schenley Park, Mt. Washington, Beltzhoover, Mt. Oliver, and Hazelwood, areas around Pittsburgh.  While no infections have been detected in Pennsylvania in people, the virus has cropped up in 14 states already.  Health officials across the US, including …

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HARTFORD, Conn. (WKRC) — A company recalled bread that was sold in 12 states, including Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. According to the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Hartford Bakery, Inc. has issued a voluntary recall of six lots of its “Lewis Bake Shop Artisan Style 1/2 Loaf” due to the presence of undeclared hazelnuts. The recall affects products …

Hartford Bakery, Inc. is voluntarily recalling hundreds of loaves of its “Lewis Bake Shop Artisan Style 1/2 Loaf” since the product may contain undeclared hazelnuts, the company said in an announcement shared by the Food and Drug Administration.  “People with a nut allergy or severe sensitivity to hazelnuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume …

Shocked by Your Electric Bill? AI Is Spiking Prices 20% in These 13 States  PCMag America’s largest power grid is struggling to meet demand from AI  Reuters US utilities plot big rise in electricity rates as data centre demand booms  Financial Times The Software That Could Save the Grid  Heatmap News There aren’t enough AI chips to support data center projections, report says  Utility Dive …

Inflation has fallen considerably, but it is still too high for Federal Reserve policymakers’ tastes. And tariffs make the calculation even more complicated. “We’ve had goods inflation just moving up a bit,” said Fed Chairman Jerome Powell at a news conference last month. “We do expect to see more of that over the course of the summer. It takes some …

baibaz/Shutterstock When Americans think of healthy snacks, wheat crackers may come to mind — like Wheat Thins. Made mostly from whole grain wheat flour, this snack has 3 grams of fiber in every serving. On that front, Americans need all the help they can get – 95% of people from the United States are not …