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Cashews offer many health benefits, but eat them in moderation
Wicked Local - Massachusetts
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Cashews are one of the most popular and sought-after nut varieties in the world. Market research shows the global cashew market being valued at more than $8 billion in 2022, but it's expected to grow further still - reaching more than $11 billion...
DoH–Abu Dhabi and Children’s National Hospital Launch Cell and Gene TherapyExcellence Programme
MedEdge MEA
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July 7, 2025
Marking a significant step towards enhancing access to advanced cell and gene therapies for children in the UAE, the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), the regulator of the healthcare sector in the Emirate, has signed a strategic Memorandum...
Exploring the Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-NET Properties of Zidian Zhenxiao Granule in IgA Vasculitis: A Network Pharmacology and Proteomic Study
Dove Medical Press
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July 7, 2025
Introduction Immunoglobulin A vasculitis (IgAV), also referred to as Henoch-Schönlein purpura, is a systemic small-vessel vasculitis primarily affecting children, with an incidence rate ranging from 3 to 55.9 per 100,000 children, demonstrating...
Eat locally grown Arkansas produce for better nutrition
The Sentinel-Record - Arkansas
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July 7, 2025
Arkansas has a wide variety of delicious, locally grown produce. Buying and eating local foods is not only better for the environment and your wallet, but it is better for your taste buds as well. Locally grown foods are picked at their peak and...
21-Year-Old College Student Killed as Bystander While Interning in D.C., Police Say
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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July 3, 2025
NEED TO KNOW Eric Tarpinian-Jachym has been identified as the 21-year-old congressional intern shot and killed in Washington, D.C. Tarpinian-Jachym was a senior at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst The intern was caught in a spray of...
UMass Amherst senior interning on Capitol Hill killed in D.C. shooting, authorities say
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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A rising senior at UMass Amherst who was working as a congressional aide for a Kansas Republican was killed in a triple shooting in Washington DC Monday night, according to police. Investigators do not believe Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, of Granby,...
D.C. Man Sentenced for Selling Fentanyl That Killed Two Gay Men
Metro Weekly
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June 30, 2025
Fentanyl dealer charged – Illustration: Todd Franson D.C. resident Jevaughn Mark was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for selling fentanyl disguised as ketamine (“Special K”) to two gay men who died after using the drug. Mark, 33, also...
Trump’s Health Care Overhaul Poised to Strip Coverage From Thousands in D.C.
The Washington Informer
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July 2, 2025
As House Republicans seek to put the finishing touches on the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” or what Democrats call Donald Trump’s “One Big Ugly Bill,” which narrowly passed the Senate, roughly 11.8 million adults and children nationwide will now be...
Hard Bargaining Gone Bad: D.C. Cir. Upholds NLRB’s Bad-Faith Finding
National Law Review
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July 2, 2025
The U.S. Court of Appeals’ decisions reviewing National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) orders continue to roll in. Most recently, on June 27, 2025, the D.C. Circuit upheld an NLRB ruling that George Washington University Hospital (“Hospital”)...
Intern for Rep. Ron Estes killed in Northwest D.C. shooting
Roll Call
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July 2, 2025
Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, an intern in the office of Rep. Ron Estes, was shot and killed in Northwest D.C. on Monday night, Metropolitan Police and the Kansas Republican confirmed. Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, was a Granby, Mass., resident who joined Estes’...
Prevalence, Etiological Patterns and Factors Associated with Bacteraemia Among Febrile Children with Sickle Cell Anaemia in Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
Dove Medical Press
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July 7, 2025
Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder caused by a mutation in the β-globin gene, a single base substitution changes from GAG to GTG, leading to the replacement of glutamic acid with valine at the sixth position of...
Transit union’s D.C. local slams 'dangerous' driverless trains plan
People's World
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July 2, 2025
Unionized workers who drive and work on D.C.’s Metro subway trains picketed in protest of the subway management’s idea to make those trains driverless, June 26, 2025.| Mark Gruenberg/People's World WASHINGTON—Calling it a dangerous idea that could...
Baker City protesters call on Rep. Bentz to vote ‘no’ on D.C. megabill
The Rogue Valley Times - Oregon
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July 2, 2025
Published 2:10 pm Wednesday, July 2, 2025 By Jayson Jacoby | Baker City Herald 1/4 Swipe or click to see more A group gathers in Baker City's Court Plaza on July 2, 2025, to protest potential federal cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. (Lisa...
Pharmaceutical prices are health discrimination
Independent Australia
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COVID exposed how laws around medicine can prioritise profit over patients — is it time to rethink access to medicine as a human right? Gerry Georgatos reports. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC reawakened longstanding tensions between intellectual property...
PG County Man Sentenced to 18 Years for Operating Pill Mill from His Washington D.C. Medical Clinic
Southern Maryland News Net
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June 27, 2025
Ndubuisi Joseph Okafor, M.D., 65, of Upper Marlboro Ndubuisi Joseph Okafor, M.D., 65, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 18 years in prison for illegally distributing prescriptions for narcotics in exchange for...
Person rushed to hospital after being rescued from Potomac River near the Key Bridge in DC
WJLA 7 - Washington D.C.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — A person was rescued from the Potomac River, not far from the Key Bridge in D.C., on Saturday. D.C. Fire and EMS reported that witnesses saw an individual enter the water and not resurface. A search operation was...
Health Insurers Silence on Vaccination Coverage Amid ACIP Schedule Review
Times News Global
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Major health insurers are remaining tight-lipped about their plans for covering childhood vaccinations as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) announces a review of its vaccination schedule. This announcement...
Class is in session at DC's rodent control academy
WUSA 9 - Washington D.C.
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July 11, 2025
There's no doubt that D.C. has a rodent issue, but it also has a robust rodent control program. WASHINGTON — Class is in session as the District tackles a major problem. We're talking about the city's rodent control academy. The city's health...
Hear from the candidates on the special election ballot for the Ward 8 DC Council seat
WTOP - District Columbia
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July 11, 2025
Ward 8 residents have started casting ballots to select their next D.C. Council member. Among them is Trayon White, whose expulsion led to the special election. White was expelled from office as he awaited trial on a federal bribery charge. He was...
Editorial: Relocating HUD from D.C. to Northern Virginia will come at a cost
The Virginian-Pilot
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July 1, 2025
It’s certainly possible that the relocation of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development personnel to Virginia could be a boon to the commonwealth. Gov. Glenn Youngkin argued as such in making the announcement last week that HUD staff would...