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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Diet drinks are associated with weight gain, new research suggestsPittsburgh Post-GazetteOnce heralded as sweet substitutes for sugar without as many belt-busting calories, people once couldn’t get enough sucralose and aspartame. But recently, people have started looking at the molecules with increasing suspicion, amid studies that linked …Artificial sweeteners: Where do we stand?NBC2 NewsDo low-calorie … Read more

CBS News Powerful opioid suspected in 10-year-old boy’s deathCBS NewsLast Updated Jul 18, 2017 9:12 PM EDT. MIAMI — A 10-year-old boy from a drug-ridden Miami neighborhood apparently died of a fentanyl overdose last month, becoming one of Florida’s littlest victims of the opioid crisis, authorities said Tuesday. But …10-year-old dies with heroin and fentanyl … Read more

Valley Public Radio Google-Backed Project Brings 20 Million Mosquitoes To FresnoValley Public RadioLast week it made national headlines: a company with ties to Google is releasing 20 million mosquitoes in Fresno. It might sound like a bad idea, but it’s actually part of an innovative plan that aims to stop the local spread of the … Read more

AL.com ‘Atypical’ form of mad cow disease confirmed in Alabama cowAL.comThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed an “atypical” case of bovine spongiform encephalopothy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, in an 11-year old beef cow in Alabama but emphasized that the animal never entered the …Alabama finds atypical mad cow case, no human threat … Read more

CNN His son tried the experimental treatment Charlie Gard’s parents wantCNN(CNN) An American father is speaking out about his child’s experience with an experimental treatment the parents of Charlie Gard are fighting for their baby to access. Arthur Estopinan said his son, Arturo, was diagnosed with the same rare disease that …Give Baby Charlie the experimental … Read more

CNN Baby dies of viral meningitis after deadly kissCNN(CNN) Mariana Sifrit, the infant girl who contracted viral meningitis caused by HSV-1 when she was less than a week old, died Tuesday morning, her mother posted on Facebook. HSV-1 is the same herpes virus that causes cold sores, and only rarely does it …18-day-old baby girl dies … Read more

CBS News Bobcat that attacked man and dog tests positive for rabiesCBS NewsPHOENIX — Authorities say a bobcat that attacked a large dog and bit a man in Arizona’s Anthem Country Club area last weekend has tested positive for rabies. The Arizona Game and Fish Department received a call Sunday night that a man was … Read more

St. Augustine Record Many people can’t tell when photos are fake. Can you?St. Augustine RecordThe original photo on the left was used in a study of whether people can tell if a picture has been manipulated. In the altered photo on the right, the man’s face has been flipped so that the shadow falls on … Read more

Albany Times Union 2nd case of tick-borne Powassan virus in Saratoga County, 3rd suspectedAlbany Times UnionMelissa A. Prusinski, research scientist and laboratory supervisor drags for ticks for sampling at Veteran’s Memorial Park after a second confirmed case of potentially deadly powassan virus has been diagnosed … more. Photo: SKIP DICKSTEIN, Albany …2nd case of Powassan … Read more