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How does plastic pollution affect health? | Explained
The Hindu
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August 16, 2025
The story so far: Around 180 countries have failed to find consensus on an internationally binding legal agreement that sought to restrict plastic pollution. Talks in Geneva remained deadlocked on the issue late this week. While there is already a...
Local wellness spa owner facing drug trafficking charges; DA says forged prescriptions originated from owner’s business
The Cullman Times - Alabama
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August 16, 2025
Published 7:22 pm Saturday, August 16, 2025 The owner of a local wellness spa is facing a list of charges, including drug trafficking, after an investigation by the Cullman Police Department. Whitney LeAnn Cheatham, 33, owner of Infusion Wellness...
Ghana Airforce Helicopter Crash – An urgent call for an assessment of Ghana’s entire Aviation health
MyJoyOnline
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August 16, 2025
The recent Ghana Air Force (GAF) helicopter crash, which claimed the lives of eight distinguished Ghanaians, has brought renewed urgency to conversations about aviation safety in the country. While investigations are ongoing and the nation...
Straus News wins 15 awards from National Newspaper Association
Warwick Advertiser - New York
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Every year, newspapers across the country submit their best work in the National Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. Winners were announced last month for the 2024 competition. Eleven of the awards were for articles, reporting and...
Applied Nutrition founder wants to bulk up firm's £330m fortune by changing the face of women's fitness - with the help of fellow Scouser Coleen Rooney
This Is Money
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August 16, 2025
Tom Ryder is aghast. I've just told the founder of sports supplements group Applied Nutrition about recently running a 10km in my fastest time for years without drinking any water during the race or taking any special products beforehand. He asks...
Valley health expert weighs in on stepdad's viral push-up punishment video
KPNX 12 News - Arizona
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August 16, 2025
The viral video of a stepfather punishing his stepson with exercises divides opinions. PHOENIX — You’ve probably seen the video. It has gone viral on social media with millions of views. The video shows a stepfather making his stepson do push-ups...
One in Three Americans Live in a Health Care Desert. Here’s What You Need to Know
The Good Men Project - California
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August 16, 2025
For many Americans, the first concern when it comes to health care access is a financial one. It isn’t news that we have one of the most expensive health care systems in the developed world. But for those living in more than 80% of U.S. counties,...
LOCAL: Sports calendar from Aug. 19-24
Pipestone County Star - Minnesota
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August 16, 2025
INFORMATION Here’s the sports calendar for the next few days. (Contributed graphic from Vector Stock) CALENDAR Tuesday, Aug. 19 Girls Tennis 11 a.m., Yellow Medicine East at Pipestone Area, PAS Courts 2 p.m., MACCRAY at Pipestone Area, PAS Courts...
Mower County determines ‘unauthorized access’ to protected health information
KTTC - Minnesota
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August 16, 2025
MOWER COUNTY, Minn. (KTTC) – Mower County announced Friday it had determined there was “unauthorized access to and acquisition of” protected health information, related to individuals who received services from the County Health and Human Services...
Island Challenge: Creating a foundation for Generational Health
The Voice
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August 16, 2025
Key stakeholders and organsiers of Island Challenge at the media launch Sandals Resorts International through its philanthropic arm – Sandals Foundation has collaborated with several corporate entities and supportive individuals to host the...
Fidel Castro’s centenary will shed more new lights on the legendary Caribbean leader’s global standing
The Voice
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August 16, 2025
Chronicles of a Chronic Caribbean Chronicler By Earl Bousquet The late Cuban President Fidel Castro would have been 99-years-old this past Wednesday August 13. Born on August 13 in 1926, he led the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and served as Prime...
Jordan Peterson taking time off to fight new health setback, according to his daughter
National Post
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August 16, 2025
She says her father, a sometimes columnist for National Post, has been diagnosed with a condition known as chronic inflammatory response syndrome, or CIRS, and that it results in an immune deficiency that inhibits identifying and detoxifying...
UDA MP slams governors over frequent medicine shortages in hospitals: "Kenyans are dying"
TUKO
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August 16, 2025
Mwala MP Vincent Kawaya argues that the county governments have bungled some aspects of the devolved health function The lawmaker seeks to pursue legislation that will mandate the national government to directly procure drugs for the counties...
Local sports: Cross country season begins with late-night competition
Monroe Evening News - Michigan
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LIVONIA – Several Monroe County Region cross country teams stayed up late to open their seasons in the Livonia Lamplighter Invitational on Friday, Aug. 16. “It's not often we get to line up for a race at what should be past our bedtime at 10...
Yunus regime cancels operational plan for graft-plagued health sector, putting everything in disarray
Weekly Blitz
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August 16, 2025
Yunus regime cancels operational plan for graft-plagued health sector, putting everything in disarray Bangladesh’s already fragile healthcare system has been pushed to the brink of collapse under the Yunus-led interim regime, which has abruptly...
Local Notes: Mass times, lawn bowls and charity concert
The Roscommon Herald
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August 16, 2025
STROKESTOWN HERITAGE WEEK EVENT Are you interested in researching your family tree? As part of Heritage Week 2025 Roscommon Libraries are offering free genealogy clinics where you will be guided through accessing available resources. On Friday 22...
Beware the bad advice: With huge profits on the line, our wellness pin-ups have changed
WAtoday
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August 16, 2025
But something has shifted at a cultural level. In many ways, the nuances and subtleties of our views were lost during the COVID pandemic when debate about health advice became more polarised. An unlikely “horseshoe” alliance was formed between...
Local business owner arrested for multiple felonies related to forged prescriptions
The Cullman Tribune - Alabama
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August 16, 2025
CULLMAN, Ala. – A local business owner is facing multiple felony charges related to forged prescriptions. Whitney LeAnn Cheatham, 33, of Cullman, owns Infusion Wellness and Spa, where a search warrant was executed on Aug. 11, 2025. The Cullman...
Nihm Customs Center destroys seven tons of expired, prohibited goods & medicines
Yemen News Agency SABA
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Sana’a - Saba: The Nihm Customs Center in Sana’a Governorate destroyed seven tons of prohibited and expired goods and medicines. Fahd Al-Qahtani, Director of the center, stated that the destroyed items included smuggled medicines, electronic...
Repeated visits to Athabasca apartment land local woman five month sentence
Town and Country Today
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August 16, 2025
ATHABASCA – An Athabasca-based woman who broke into a local business, as well as an apartment building, will be in jail until nearly Christmas after a court appearance last week. In the Athabasca Court of Justice Aug. 11 Shauna Lee, 51, pleaded...