Business A Shadowy Industry Group Shapes Food Policy Around the WorldThe New York Times - Andrew JacobsWhen the Indian government bowed to powerful food companies last year and postponed its decision to put red warning labels on unhealthy packaged food, officials also sought to placate critics of the delay
Equifax Equifax Doesn’t Want You to Get Your $125. Here’s What You Can Do.The New York TimesEquifax had one job — keep its vast trove of personal financial information on millions of Americans secure. In 2017, the company failed spectacularly at that job when a hack compromised the information
Health The Temporary Memory Lapse of Transient Global AmnesiaThe New York Times - Jane E. BrodyThis article has been revised to reflect the following correction: An earlier version of this article misidentified Dr. Carolyn Brockington's medical specialty. She is a vascular neurologist, not a vascular
Security Secure Your Digital Life in 7 (Easy) DaysThe New York Times Stop dragging your feet and take control of your online security. Get a weeks worth of simple, straightforward steps you can take to lock down your digital accounts and protect your online privacy.
Brooklyn Bridge The Critters Doing $114 Million in Damage to Brooklyn’s PiersThe New York Times - By WINNIE HUNo signs, fences or entreaties can keep these vandals away from the sprawling waterfront park at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. They relentlessly attack the timber pilings that hold up the pristine basketball
Vaping After vaping-related illness, teen now has lungs like 'a 70-year-old's'CNN - By Jacqueline Howard and Michael Nedelman, CNN(CNN) — Adam Hergenreder's vaping habit almost killed him. Late last month, the 18-year-old student athlete in Gurnee, Illinois, was hospitalized after using e-cigarettes for more than a year and a half.
Authentication Why You Need a Password Manager. Yes, You.The New York Times - Andrew CunninghamYou probably know that it’s not a good idea to use “password” as a password, or your pet’s name, or your birthday. But the worst thing you can do with your passwords — and something that more than 50 of
Technology Nursing Homes Are a Breeding Ground for a Fatal FungusThe New York Times - By ANDREW JACOBS and MATT RICHTELMaria Davila lay mute in a nursing home bed, an anguished expression fixed to her face, as her husband stroked her withered hand. Ms. Davila, 65, suffers from a long list of ailments — respiratory failure,
A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of SecrecyThe New York Times - By MATT RICHTEL and ANDREW JACOBSLast May, an elderly man was admitted to the Brooklyn branch of Mount Sinai Hospital for abdominal surgery. A blood test revealed that he was infected with a newly discovered germ as deadly as it was Doctors
Candida Auris Minuscdc.gov Cases are categorized by the state where the specimen was collected. Most probable cases were identified when laboratories with current cases of C. …
Opinion Physician, Regulate YourselfThe New York TimesOn Jan. 1, 2020, a new Medicare policy is scheduled to go into effect that will eventually require doctors to use a computer algorithm to vet imaging tests to determine “appropriateness.” If the tests,
The Garden Decoder: Should You Get a ‘Soil Test’?Gardenista - Fan Winston Gardening is a lot like parenting. You can follow directions and advice (from this website or that book or some expert) all you want, but you won’t …
Opinion Five myths about the Great DepressionThe Washington Post - By Robert F. BrunerIn his address to the 1932 Democratic National Convention, Franklin D. Roosevelt called the 1920s “a period of loose thinking, descending morals, an era of selfishness.” More recently, economist Mark argued
Business All 4 Crew Members Trapped on Overturned Cargo Ship Are RescuedThe New York Times - Derrick Bryson Taylor, Niraj Chokshi and Mihir ZaveriAll four crew members trapped inside a cargo ship off the coast of Georgia have been rescued, the Coast Guard said on Monday evening, ending a 40-hour effort that began when the 656-foot vessel overturned.
Geese This astronaut raised geese to study their hearts. The birds stole hers.The Washington Post - By Ben GuarinoBefore Jessica Meir became a NASA astronaut who will blast into space from Russia this month, she made a career of studying animals that live at extremes. She followed elephant seals and emperor penguins
Lifestyle A sick child couldn’t leave his house. So strangers came to his window by the dozens to entertain him.The Washington Post - By Cathy FreeFirst, Quinn Waters’s two uncles showed up at the front window to have a water balloon fight and help cheer up the 3-year-old. Two days later, a family friend arrived with his guitar to sing to Quinn the
Play buttonLinda Ronstadt ‘Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice’ Review: And What a Voice It IsThe New York Times - By A.O. SCOTTIf you were listening to the radio in the mid-1970s — AM or FM; pop, country, R&B or AOR — at some point you were probably listening to Linda Ronstadt. Kids these days, with their curated playlists and
Opinion The American Medical System Is One Giant WorkaroundThe New York TimesThe nurses were hiding drugs above a ceiling tile in the hospital — not because they were secreting away narcotics, but because the hospital pharmacy was slow, and they didn’t want patients to have to
Health CVS purchase of Aetna gets final approvalFOX Business - Ken MartinCVS Health's nearly $70 billion acquisition of health insurer Aetna was given final approval by a Federal judge after a condition set by the Justice Department was achieved. The merger was allowed on Aetna
Policing Dire Straits 'Sultans of Swing:' Alchemy Live & Isolated Guitar Trackiheart.com - Tyson An audio track of Mark Knopfler's isolated guitar from 'Sultans of Swing' has been making the rounds on the internet the past couple of weeks. If you …
Cats Clavamox Drops Side Effectslivestrong.com - Rae Uddin Clavamox Drops (amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium) is a prescription medication indicated for the treatment of bacterial infections in cats and …
Science Another study warns drinking soda and energy drinks daily may be deadlyslashgear.com - Brittany A. Roston Another study has found that drinking soft drinks — including soda and energy drinks — on a regular basis may have a major impact on one’s long term …
Exercise Why It’s Never Too Late to Start ExercisingHealthline • A new study finds that even if you’ve never worked out before, you still have the same ability as a world-class athlete to build muscle.• But experts …
Vegetarian Vegetarians might have higher risk of stroke than meat eaters, study saysCNN - By Nina Avramova, CNN(CNN) — Non-meat diets have soared in popularity with many people ditching beef, pork and chicken in pursuit of health and environmental benefits and concerns about animal welfare. However, a new study
Pound Cake Cream Cheese Pound CakeSouthern Living We would have never thought it possible, but we just made pound cake even more indulgent and delicious than ever. Enter, Cream Cheese Pound Cake. …
Animals Dogs Are Not Here for Our ConvenienceThe New York TimesI’ve never lived with a dog with testes or ovaries. My pups all came from shelters, whose policies have often been to desex a dog before adoption if possible. I never knew Pumpernickel as a fertile young
News Almost 100 dogs had nowhere to go during Hurricane Dorian. A woman in Nassau took all of them in herselfCNN - By Scottie Andrew, CNN(CNN) — Nearly 100 dogs in Nassau were going into Hurricane Dorian homeless, so one dog lover took them all in herself. Chella Phillips is sheltering 97 dogs inside her home in the Bahamian capital during
Opinion Should Work Be Passion, or Duty?The New York TimesIt’s worth noting on a national holiday extolling the value and dignity of labor that Americans are uniquely obsessed with work. Could any other nation come up with a product like Soylent, a meal substitute,
Play buttonLiberal View We, the peoples of the Amazon, are full of fear. Soon you will be tooThe Guardian - Raoni MetuktireFor many years we, the indigenous leaders and peoples of the Amazon, have been warning you, our brothers who have brought so much damage to our forests. What you are doing will change the whole world will
Recipes Quiche Supreme - Printer Friendlyallrecipes.com - prissycat "This quiche recipe is the best! It is easy to make and tastes SO delicious! Freezes well after it is baked. Use ham, bacon or sausage, or any …
Susan Ottinger U.S. Orders Freeze of Foreign Aid, Bypassing CongressThe New York Times - By EDWARD WONG
Susan OttingerRussia Probe Mueller warns of election interference, GOP blocks security billsAxios - Rebecca Falconer,
Susan OttingerAbigail Disney Abigail Disney just gave a searing indictment of American capitalismVox - Alexia Fernández Campbell
Susan Ottinger The British King Whose Corpse Exploded During His Funeralmentalfloss.com - BY Mental Floss UK
Susan Ottinger Stunned farmer finds flock of sheep in her home thanks to overzealous sheepdog puppyThe Telegraph - By Mike Wright
Susan Ottinger Scott Pruitt Is the Hypocritical Liar That Trump Deservesnewrepublic.com - Emily Atkin
Susan Ottinger 'Fossil Fuels Have Lost.' The Problem Is Trump Doesn't Know It Yet.ecowatch.com - Oil Change International
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Susan Ottinger New Frog Species Discovered In Middle Of New York Cityhuffingtonpost.com - Mother Nature Network
Susan Ottinger Russian rocket manufacturer insists it is not to blame for failed Antares launchThe Guardian - Alec Luhn
