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Opioid Crisis Cost The U.S. Nearly $1.5-Trillion In 2020
Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic toll of the opioid addiction and overdose crisis in the US reached nearly $1.5 trillion in...
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- 51 minutes ago
- 2 min
Indonesia Suffers 2nd Worst Soccer Tragedy As Stampede Kills 174
At least 174 people were killed and some 180 hurt at a soccer match in Indonesia as panicked fans were trampled and crushed trying to flee..
By The Financial District
- 1 day ago
- 2 min
Farmers Howl As Virus Kills 100,000 Cattle In India; 2-M More Sick
A viral disease has killed nearly 100,000 cows and buffaloes in India and sickened over 2 million more.
By The Financial District
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
Slovenian Chemist Makes Gluten-Free Food For Celiac Disease Sufferers
It’s often said that baking is just chemistry. Katarina Cermelj took this more literally than most when she completed her inorganic...
By The Financial District
- 7 days ago
- 1 min
Fire Hits World's Biggest Produce Market In Paris
A billowing column of dark smoke towered over Paris on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, from a warehouse blaze at a massive produce market that...
By The Financial District
- Sep 25
- 1 min
COVID Zaps Pfizer CEO For Second Time
Pfizer Inc. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Albert Bourla said on Saturday he had tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time.
By The Financial District
- Sep 23
- 2 min
Sexual Harassment Rife In Japan's Showbiz, Media Industries, Poll Shows
A survey on actors, models, artists, musicians, film production staff and others in the field of cultural arts in Japan has unearthed...
By The Financial District
- Sep 21
- 1 min
Beyond Meat Exec Proves He's A Carnivore By Biting Man's Nose
An executive of a vegan food products company has been charged with felony battery and making a terroristic threat after a fracas outside...
By The Financial District
- Sep 20
- 2 min
Chinese Doc Tells Compatriots: To Avoid Monkepox, Don't Touch Foreigners
An official of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) has issued a most unscientific approach in preventing the...
By The Financial District
- Sep 15
- 2 min
Young Japanese No Longer Want To Get Hitched, Survey Shows
A record 17.3% of men and 14.6% of women aged between 18 and 34 said they have no intention to marry, a Japan-wide survey has shown.
By The Financial District
- Sep 15
- 2 min
Americans Say Health Care System Failed Them In AP-NORC Poll
Public satisfaction with the US health care system is remarkably low, with fewer than half of Americans saying it is generally handled well.
By The Financial District
- Sep 6
- 2 min
70 Chinese Cities Locked Down, 300-M Affected Before Xi's 3rd Term
More than 70 Chinese cities have been placed under full or partial COVID lockdowns since late August, impacting more than 300 million...
By The Financial District
- Sep 4
- 2 min
Another NHK Reporter In Tokyo Dies From Overwork
The October 2019 death of a man in a management-level position at public broadcaster NHK was caused by excessive workload and long working..
By The Financial District
- Sep 2
- 2 min
First Treatment Option For Generalized Pustular Psoriasis Flares In Adults Gets FDA Nod
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the first regulatory authority to approve spesolimab as a treatment option for generalized...
By The Financial District
- Sep 1
- 2 min
Onion Can Help Slash Blood Sugar Levels By Half
Scientists have pinpointed a common vegetable that can lower high blood sugar levels by 50 percent and reduce cholesterol levels as well.
By The Financial District
- Sep 1
- 2 min
Steroids Used For Asthma, Allergy Treatment Linked To Brain Decline
Taking oral or inhaled glucocorticoids, a type of steroid used to curb inflammation in asthma and other autoimmune disorders, may be...
By The Financial District
- Aug 31
- 2 min
China COVID-19 Outbreak Hits 42 Cities, Affecting More Than 100-M People
China has placed hundreds of millions of its citizens under renewed lockdown after fresh outbreaks of COVID-19 hit 42 cities and the...
By The Financial District
- Aug 31
- 2 min
Samsung, Gates Foundation Develop New Toilet For 450-M Poor People
Electronics giant Samsung and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have developed a concept toilet that can manage human waste without...
By The Financial District
- Aug 31
- 2 min
Drinking Tea May Cut Deaths Due To Heart Disease, Study Suggests
Tea can be part of a healthy diet and people who drink tea may even be a little more likely to live longer than those who don’t, a large...
By The Financial District
- Aug 30
- 2 min
Staphylococcal Poisoning Cases In Spain Traced To Mushrooms In Olive Oil
Two cases of staphylococcal food poisoning linked to mushrooms in olive oil in glass jars from the brand El Agricultor have been reported...
By The Financial District
- Aug 25
- 1 min
Magic Mushrooms, Psychotherapy Cut Heavy Drinking: U.S. Study
Adding psychedelics to psychotherapy helped treat adults' heavy drinking problem more than psychotherapy alone.
By The Financial District
- Aug 25
- 2 min
Hundreds Of Taiwanese Trafficked In Cambodia Held By Chinese Gangsters
Hundreds of Taiwanese are among unknown numbers of victims being held captive and forced to work in telecom scam networks by human...
By The Financial District
- Aug 25
- 2 min
Amazon Unit Whole Foods Sued Over Bogus 'No Antibiotics' Beef Claim
Whole Foods Market was sued on Tuesday by three consumers and an animal welfare nonprofit in a lawsuit accusing the Amazon.com Inc. unit...
By The Financial District
- Aug 24
- 2 min
TikTokers Right In Claiming Energy Drinks Are Bad For The Heart
Young people don’t normally get heart disease, but Sage Weeber, a healthy 24-year-old, was diagnosed with angina, a crushing chest pain...