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  • County health officials urge complete JYNNEOS vaccine series for Mpox protection [Monkey Pox]

    05/12/2026 9:09:16 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 8 replies
    www.nbcsandiego.com ^ | May 12, 2026 | City News Service
    The county has reported 12 Clade II cases this year, mostly among people who were not fully vaccinated. All involved men between ages 17 and 52, no Clade I cases have been reported in San Diego County. Bottle of Vaccine for booster shot for Smallpox and Monkeypox MPXV. San Diego County public health officials Tuesday urged people at greater risk for mpox to get both doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine as cases rise statewide and globally, including reports of the more severe Clade I strain. The county has reported 12 Clade II cases this year, mostly among people who were...
  • BREAKING: The World Health Organization Is Advising Everyone To NOT Take Ivermectin To Treat Hantavirus

    05/12/2026 8:03:40 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 25 replies
    100 Percent Fed Up ^ | May 12, 2026 | Staff
    You can’t make this stuff up folks… The World Health Organization (WHO) is now actively advising everyone to NOT take Ivermectin to treat the Hantavirus — because it totally doesn’t work, just like we told you to not take it for COVID or Cancer, so definitely don’t take it ok? Got that? Luckily Forbes even fact-checked it for you and told you it’s true and you should definitely not take Ivermectin for Hantavirus: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2026/05/07/no-ivermectin-is-not-proven-to-treat-hantavirus/ Other medical professionals also quickly rejected Bowden’s claims: Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, an internal medicine professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, said there is...
  • Jason Collins, NBA’s First Openly Gay Player, Dead at 47

    05/12/2026 6:03:51 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 18 replies
    New York Post ^ | May 12, 2026 | Christian Arnold
    Jason Collins, the first openly gay player in the NBA, died following a “valiant” battle with Stage 4 glioblastoma, his family announced Tuesday. Collins was 47. The ex-Nets player and 13-year NBA veteran had revealed his diagnosis in December in a piece published by ESPN. Stage 4 glioblastoma is one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer.
  • West Virginia Was Ravaged by the Opioid Crisis. Things Are Finally Turning Around

    05/12/2026 7:06:00 PM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 5 replies
    National Review ^ | Apr 15, 2026 | Brittany Bernstein
    West Virginia has for years led the nation in several unfavorable categories, having recorded both the highest rate of per-capita drug overdose deaths and the highest number of babies born with drugs in their system of any state. But in July, the Mountain State finally made it to the top of a positive list, recording the largest reduction in fatal overdoses over a 12-month period of any state in the country... It was welcome news for the state that has long been considered ground zero for the American opioid abuse and overdose epidemic... Experts who spoke with National Review attributed...
  • 🚨 OH NO! L.A. Mayor Karen Bass just unveiled “FREE TEETH FOR METH HEADS” 🚨

    05/12/2026 6:29:40 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 16 replies
    Twitter / X / ^ | May 12, 2026 | Jesse Watters
    🚨 OH NO! L.A. Mayor Karen Bass just unveiled “FREE TEETH FOR METH HEADS” 🚨 “They don't have teeth, why? Because meth rots your teeth. You can't succeed without teeth” … WHAT?!? 🤣 7:51 PM · May 12, 2026 · 24.5K Views VIDEO AT LINK...............
  • Trump eyes MAGA-friendly fentanyl win in China

    05/12/2026 4:57:00 PM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 7 replies
    Politico ^ | 05/12/2026 | Alex Gangitano and Phelim Kine
    Fentanyl — along with trade and the Iran war — is one of the key items on Trump’s agenda during his long-anticipated two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping... Since his first term, Trump has prioritized pushing China to take serious action to curb the flow of precursor chemicals from China to Mexican cartels that process them into fentanyl... U.S. drug overdose deaths have declined sharply since their peak three years ago. Still, nearly 40,000 people died from synthetic opioids, which include fentanyl, in 2025, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... “President Trump has made it clear...
  • Low-Calorie, High-Protein Ketogenic Diet Versus Low-Calorie, Low-Sodium, and High-Potassium Mediterranean Diet in Overweight Patients and Patients with Obesity with High-Normal Blood Pressure or Grade I Hypertension: The Keto–Salt Pilot Study

    05/12/2026 4:54:14 PM PDT · by ProtectOurFreedom · 20 replies
    MDPI ^ | May 20, 2025 | Matteo Landolfo, Lucia Stella, et al
    AbstractDietary interventions are the first-line treatment for overweight individuals (OW) and individuals with obesity (OB) who have high-normal blood pressure (BP) or grade I hypertension, particularly when they are at low-to-moderate cardiovascular risk (CVR). However, current guidelines do not specify the most effective dietary approach for optimising cardiovascular and metabolic outcomes in this population.This study aimed to compare the effects of a low-calorie, high-protein ketogenic diet (KD) versus a low-calorie, low-sodium, and high-potassium Mediterranean diet (MD) on BP profiles assessed via ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM). It also evaluated changes in anthropometric measures, metabolic biomarkers, and body composition measured by bioelectrical...
  • ‘Unprecedented’ global effort gives new name to polycystic ovary syndrome – and new hope to millions of women

    05/12/2026 2:45:16 PM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 8 replies
    The Guardian ^ | 12 May 2026 | Natasha May, Donna Lu and Nicola Davis
    After more than a decade of global consultation, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) – a condition that affects one in eight women – has been renamed. The hormonal disorder, estimated to impact 170 million women worldwide, will now be known as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS). The name change was published in the Lancet and announced at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Prague on Tuesday…The renaming was spearheaded by the endocrinologist Prof Helena Teede, the director of Melbourne’s Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation… The first thing Maddy Mavrikis was told by her GP when she was diagnosed with...
  • Brandon Clarke, Memphis Grizzlies player, dies at 29

    05/12/2026 1:09:28 PM PDT · by Pontiac · 16 replies
    Fox 9 News ^ | May 12, 2026 | Catherine Stoddard
    Brandon Clarke, forward for the Memphis Grizzlies, has died. He was 29 years old. It is unknown exactly when, how or where Clarke died. What they're saying:"We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of Brandon Clarke.Brandon was an outstanding teammate and an even better person whose impact on the organization and the greater Memphis community will not be forgotten. We express our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones during this difficult time," the team shared in a statement on its official X account on Tuesday. Brandon Clarke, forward for the Memphis Grizzlies, has died. He was 29 years...
  • Pills

    05/12/2026 6:56:54 AM PDT · by Heartlander · 24 replies
    Joshua Stylman Substack ^ | May 11, 2026 | Josh Stylman
    PillsYou Didn't Get Sick. You Got Enrolled.Pills to wake, pills to sleepPills, pills, pills every day of the week Pills to walk, pills to thinkPills, pills, pills for the family- St. VincentIs the world losing its mind, or is everyone just on something? I look around and I sincerely can’t tell anymore. Your kid can’t sit still, so the doctor writes a script before asking what he eats or how many hours he stares at a screen. He’s not broken. He’s a seven-year-old boy.Your buddy can’t get it up, so he reaches for the blue pill instead of putting down...
  • Horrific video shows factory worker being pulled to his death into giant industrial shredder (Vietnam)

    05/11/2026 1:04:45 PM PDT · by Libloather · 52 replies
    NY Post ^ | 5/11/26 | Chris Bradford
    A Vietnamese factory worker was killed after falling into a giant industrial shredder, with a horrific video showing the moment he was sucked into the machine. Ro Mah J, 34, was standing inside a large container feeding material into the machine just after 6 a.m. Thursday when his tool suddenly got stuck, local outlet Dan Tri reported. He frantically tried to yank his tool out of the shredder before being dragged into the machine at the Chanh Tay Gia Lai Joint Stock Company plant, disappearing out of shot. Seconds later, a spurt of water shot out of the container.
  • Relentless tinnitus drove Amber crazy. No treatments worked... until a routine appointment led to this simple fix that stopped the ringing instantly.

    05/11/2026 7:14:34 AM PDT · by Moltke · 50 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 11 May 2026 | LUKE CHAFER
    (...) Then, during a routine trip to her dentist, everything changed. Amber’s dentist realised she was suffering from a poorly aligned jaw that was putting strain on the muscles and joints around her face. Using specialist mapping technology, her teeth and bite were precisely analysed before she went through a near three-hour procedure involving tiny adjustments to the surfaces of her teeth to reduce the pressure. The results, she says, were almost immediate. ‘Straight after the first treatment, the whooshing sound – like a washing machine – had gone,’ says Amber. ‘There’s still a faint sound now, but it’s more...
  • We Know How the Hantavirus Outbreak Occurred on That Cruise Ship

    05/10/2026 9:17:16 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 40 replies
    Townhall ^ | 05/10/2026 | Matt Vespa
    The hantavirus cruise continues to stay on everyone’s mind as many of us prepare for the possibility of experts enforcing mask mandates and quarantine protocols. I don’t think it will come to that, but those who disembarked from a cruise ship that left Argentina last April are being monitored for exposure to a rare strain of the pathogen, which can be transmitted from person to person. Hantavirus “Patient Zero” has been identified as Leo Schilperoord, a 70-year-old Dutch ornithologist who visited a landfill in Argentina, containing rodents potentially carrying the Andes virus strain. pic.twitter.com/6EHWy2RH5u— Interesting AF (@interesting_aIl) May 9, 2026Usually,...
  • Do pregnancy tests have Plan B pills in them?!

    05/10/2026 6:09:21 PM PDT · by Morgana · 6 replies
    Do pregnancy tests have Plan B pills in them?! video 47 seconds... the answer for those who don't want to watch it.. " so that's a moisture absorbing tablet very much like the ones you get in a new coat or new shoes please do not eat it it's not plan B and if you eat it call your doctor "
  • Scientists successfully transfer longevity gene and extend lifespan

    05/10/2026 4:21:50 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 30 replies
    https://www.sciencedaily.com ^ | May 10, 2026 | University of Rochester
    Summary: Scientists at the University of Rochester pulled off a remarkable experiment: they transferred a longevity-related gene from the famously long-lived naked mole rat into mice, and the mice ended up healthier and lived longer. The special gene boosts production of a substance called high molecular weight hyaluronic acid, which appears to protect against cancer, reduce inflammation, and support healthier aging. The modified mice showed stronger resistance to tumors, healthier guts, and lower levels of age-related inflammation.
  • North Korean constitution now requires nuclear missile strike if Kim Jong Un is killed by foreign power

    05/10/2026 1:52:40 PM PDT · by Libloather · 16 replies
    NY Post ^ | 5/10/26 | Emily Crane
    North Korea’s constitution now calls for an immediate retaliatory nuclear missile strike if leader Kim Jong Un is killed by a foreign power. The change, believed to have been adopted earlier this year, was made soon after Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was wiped out in the US-Israeli strikes, the Telegraph reported. “If the command-and-control system over the state’s nuclear forces is placed in danger by hostile forces’ attacks … a nuclear strike shall be launched automatically and immediately,” the revised Article 3 of North Korea’s nuclear-policy law now reads. The revision, likely agreed on by the Supreme People’s...
  • Men without chests:why do Christian conservatives find it so hard to understand the importance of testosterone decline?

    05/10/2026 9:58:31 AM PDT · by JusPasenThru · 30 replies
    American Greatness ^ | May8, 2026 | Raw Egg Nationalist
    In a strange way—or in fact a not-so-strange way—conservative Christians who deny the importance of what’s happening to men today on a biological level mirror the attitudes and rhetoric of left-wingers, radical feminists, and men-haters, who label testosterone a poison or “toxin” we should be glad is disappearing. For the radical misandrists, a group that includes many men too, the suffering and plight of men today is a necessary evil on the road to a fairer, more equal society. And not even a form of evil, because many of them enjoy seeing men suffer. It’s a punishment for hundreds of...
  • North Korea Adopts “Dead Hand” Nuclear Doctrine in Constitution

    05/10/2026 7:50:08 AM PDT · by MarlonRando · 22 replies
    JD Rucker Blog ^ | 5-10-26 | Samara sterling
    North Korea has formally amended its constitution to mandate an automatic nuclear strike if leader Kim Jong Un is killed or the regime’s command structure comes under attack. This chilling “dead hand” policy, enacted in the shadow of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s assassination by U.S.-Israeli strikes, reveals the regime’s paranoia and the inescapable logic of deterrence in a world of tyrants.
  • As Annual Medicaid Spending Approaches $1 Trillion, How Much Of It Is Legitimate?

    05/10/2026 6:35:18 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 63 replies
    Manhattan Contrarian ^ | 8 May, 2026 | Francis Menton
    Medicaid is the joint federal/state program that provides free medical care to the poor and near-poor in the U.S. Who could be against that? A website called Statista collects data on various subjects of interest and presents them in useful charts. One subject is the total federal plus state spending on the Medicaid program by year since inception of the program back in the 1960s through the latest year of 2024. Here is that chart: Looking at the chart, a few things leap out. One is rapid and unbroken growth year after year from the beginning up to the most...
  • WATCH: Trump Responds to Journalist Asking if He Will Rejoin WHO Over Hantavirus

    05/10/2026 3:50:02 AM PDT · by Adder · 29 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | 05/09/26 | Cassabdra McDonald
    President Donald Trump was asked by a reporter on Friday whether he would reconsider rejoining the World Health Organization in light of the ongoing hantavirus outbreak aboard a cruise ship. The question came as Trump was speaking to the press on the South Lawn of the White House while departing for an event in Sterling, Virginia. A reporter pressed the President on the hantavirus situation, beginning with asking if he had an update on the virus. “We have it,” Trump responded. “We have very good people looking at it. It seems to be okay. They know the virus very well....