Month: June 2017

Washington Post Mall’s Reflecting Pool to be drained and refilledWashington PostThe Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a mainstay of the Mall and a 7 million-gallon mirror to two of Washington’s most iconic monuments, is to be drained. But only temporarily. About 80 ducklings have died there recently, likely because of a parasite …Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool … Read more

Patch.com Highly Contagious Dog Flu Spreading Through USPatch.comHUDSON VALLEY, NY — Dog owners in the Hudson Valley need to be aware that a new strain of dog flu has been making the rounds in the United States and seems to be spreading. A news report out of Georgia said that the flu was spread by … Read more

CNN Study links mosquito spray to delayed motor skills in babiesCNN(CNN) Naled — the main chemical ingredient in the bug spray used in Miami to ward off Zika-carrying mosquitoes — has an association with reduced motor function in infants, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Environmental …Chemicals used to combat Zika, agricultural … Read more

Allentown Morning Call Pennsylvania drug deaths hit high, DEA saysAllentown Morning CallThe number of drug overdose deaths in Pennsylvania rose dramatically last year even as law enforcement and public officials attempted to stem the opioid crisis through increased awareness and resources for treatment and prevention. More than 4,600 …Drug Crisis: New York Drug Dealers Laughed About … Read more

Albany Times Union New York veterans push for medical marijuana to treat PTSDAlbany Times UnionChief cultivator Chuck Schmitt examines a plant during the first harvest of cannabis plants by Vireo Health of New York has begun at Tryon Technology Park and Incubator Center Thursday Nov. 12, 2015 in Perth, … more. Photo: John Carl D’Annibale.Los … Read more

Mic Bald men warned to stay safe following ritualistic attacks in MozambiqueMicBald men are being hunted down and killed in Mozambique over the belief that their heads contain gold, NPR reported. Five men have been killed, according to NPR, all in central Mozambique. “Last month, the murders of two bald people led to the arrest … Read more

Bloomberg AbbVie Ordered by Jury to Pay $15 Million to Depakote VictimBloombergAbbVie Inc. must pay $15 million to compensate a California boy with a split spine for failing to properly warn his mother and her doctors that its Depakote drug could cause birth defects. Jurors in federal court in Illinois delivered the verdict for …AbbVie … Read more

Today.com Birth control pills recalled due to packaging errorToday.comOne lot of the Mibelas 24 Fe birth control pills has been voluntarily recalled by Lupin Pharmaceuticals because of a packaging error that puts placebo pills at the beginning of the pack rather than at the end, according to a Food and Drug …Recall: Birth Control PillsWebMDBirth … Read more