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Yale study: How OxyContin marketing led to death, disease years later

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:59 GMT

That OxyContin is highly addictive is well known, as is that Purdue Pharma’s intensive marketing of the opioid painkiller led to thousands of overdose deaths and the company’s bankruptcy in 2013.But a new study in the July 19 issue of Health Affairs, led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health, shows that the marketing of OxyContin also brought a rise in infectious diseases and fatal heart infections.Authors Julia Dennett, a postdoctoral associate, and Gregg Gonsalves, associate professor of epidemiology, say in the study that marketing of OxyContin, the Purdue Pharma brand name for extended-release oxycodone, led to an increase in hepatitis and deaths from infective endocarditis, a bacterial infection of the heart valves. “By comparing U.S. states that saw heavier OxyContin promotion with states that experienced less, the Yale study shows for the first time that this marketing caused long-term rises not only in overdose deaths but also in hepatitis diagnoses and deaths f...

Swifties: Friendship bracelets are okay at Levi’s after all

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:59 GMT

Friendship bracelets will be permitted at Levi’s Stadium for Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” stop in Santa Clara, Levi’s Stadium stadium officials announced Friday morning on Twitter, retracting a tweet sent out yesterday that sparked a social media storm from outraged Swifties.The news that the popular homemade bracelets wouldn’t be allowed came on the heels of stadium officials’ announcement that tailgating — or Taylgating, as fans call it — would also not be allowed outside the venue or even in the parking lot for the July 28 and July 29 concerts. Many fans both with and without the pricey tickets, had planned to do just that.Related ArticlesEntertainment | Levi’s Stadium sets off Swifties, bans tailgating — and now friendship bracelets too? Entertainment | Santa Clara makes Taylor Swift honorary mayor, renames the city ‘Swiftie Clara’ Entertainment | Why Taylor Swi...

Newly discovered sponge named after Monterey Bay National Marine Sancturary

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:59 GMT

By Toby Roca | Bay City NewsResearchers have published the scientific description of a newly discovered sponge, Megaciella sanctuarium, which they named in honor of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off the Central Coast of California.Professor Tom Turner, a sponge expert from the University of California Santa Barbara, discovered Megaciella sanctuarium and 11 other previously-unknown species of sponges in the fall of 2021 during a research cruise in the Carmel Pinnacles StateMarine Reserve, which is nestled within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.Turner named all 12 new species, several of which are considered rare or have very restricted distributions, as they were not found in similar undersea areas outside of Carmel Bay.Aside from Megaciella sanctuarium being named after the sanctuary, Turner named one sponge species after the indigenous Rumsen people of Monterey, one after the town of Carmel, and one after nearby Point Lobos.Turner had explored the area with Stev...

Mom of U.S. teen accused of trying to join Islamic State blames FBI ‘encouragement’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:59 GMT

By COLLEEN SLEVIN | Associated PressDENVER  — The mother of an 18-year-old who is accused of trying to become a fighter for the Islamic State group says her son has never had the motivation to follow through with things.Deanna Meyer testified Thursday that she does not think her son, Devin Meyer, would have taken action to travel to the Middle East were it not for the support of people he recently met who shared his views. That included FBI informants posing as Islamic State facilitators.“I bet my life he would never do that without that encouragement,” Deanna Meyer said in federal court in an unsuccessful attempt to convince a judge to allow her son to stay with her while he is being prosecuted. He was arrested Friday as he tried to board a plane to Turkey and has been charged with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization.Deanna Meyer was responding to a question from Magistrate Judge N. Reid Neureiter about whether her son, who has auti...

San Franciscans urged to play (or sing) 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco' Friday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:59 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- As the world -- and San Francisco in particular -- mourns the sad passing of Tony Bennett, the organizer of an event commemorating Bennett's greatest hit is planning a new tribute. In 2020, for the 50th anniversary of Bennett's iconic, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," David Perry coordinated the #SingOutSF event. SF restaurant named among most ‘legendary’ in the world The event, which occurred at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, saw social media users come together across the city of San Francisco to join together in singing the song. With Bennett himself participating, appearing on social media wearing a Giants jersey and urging San Franciscans to join in, the event became a viral moment that brought people together at a time they were being asked to remain apart."I am proud to see San Francisco come together and make a difference during this uncertain time," Bennett tweeted at the time. "Today at 12pm, we'll sing I Left My Heart in San Francisco to...

Key Scientist in Covid Origin Controversy Misled Congress on Status of $8.9 Million NIH Grant

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:59 GMT

Key researchers who testified before the House subcommittee investigating the origin of Covid-19 virus last week misled Congress about the nature of a multimillion-dollar grant that was pending at the time they joined a critical conference with Drs. Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci in February 2020, according to National Institutes of Health documents. The debate over the origin of the novel coronavirus has also evolved into a meta-debate over how the narrative supporting a natural emergence was initially crafted in the winter and spring of 2020. That inquiry focuses on a group of scientists who spoke confidentially with Collins and Fauci — then the heads of the National Institutes for Health and its sub-agency National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, respectively — in February and quickly began writing a paper that would set the tone for public understanding of the virus’s origin for a year or more. On the call, the scientists suggested they leaned toward a lab ...

A retired Canadian policeman has been charged with helping China intimidate someone

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:59 GMT

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A former member of Canada’s national police force has been charged with conspiracy over allegations that he helped China’s government intimidate a person, police said Friday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a news release that retired Mountie William Majcher is accused of helping the Chinese government identify the person targeted in the intimidation. They said that Majcher, 60, used his network of Canadian contacts to get intelligence or services that benefited China.The police agency described Majcher as being “from Hong Kong,” but did not immediately clarify whether that meant he currently resided in the Chinese territory. Police have not said who was the target of Beijing’s alleged intimidation campaign. Majcher is charged with conspiracy and preparatory acts for the benefit of a foreign entity, police said.The Chinese embassy in Ottawa didn’t immediately return a message seeking comment. Earlier this year the Canadian governmen...

Biden picks a female admiral to lead the Navy, officials tell AP. She’d be the first woman on the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:59 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden picks a female admiral to lead the Navy, officials tell AP. She’d be the first woman on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Source

Máximas goleadoras del Mundial Femenino 2023: datos y estadísticas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:59 GMT

Consulta quiénes son las máximas goleadoras de la Copa Mundial Femenina 2023 de Fútbol y quién va ganando la carrera por la Bota de Oro del campeonato como máxima artillera.En 2019, la jugadora estadounidense Megan Rapinoe ganó la Bota de Oro tras anotar seis goles y repartir tres asistencias. Su compañera de selección Alex Morgan logró la Bota de Plata tras empatar en la cantidad de goles y asistencias aunque en una cantidad mayor de minutos disputados. La inglesa Ellen White fue Bota de Bronce con seis goles y cero asistencias.La información de esta tabla se actualiza en vivo y en directo con el transcurso de los partidos jugados.Máximas goleadoras del Mundial Femenino de Fútbol 2023The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Solar panels on water canals seem like a no-brainer. So why aren’t they widespread?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:59 GMT

Back in 2015, California’s dry earth was crunching under a fourth year of drought. Then-Governor Jerry Brown ordered an unprecedented 25% reduction in home water use. Farmers, who use the most water, volunteered too to avoid deeper, mandatory cuts. Brown also set a goal for the state to get half its energy from renewable sources, with climate change bearing down. Yet when Jordan Harris and Robin Raj went knocking on doors with an idea that addresses both water loss and climate pollution — installing solar panels over irrigation canals — they couldn’t get anyone to commit.Fast forward eight years. With devastating heat, record-breaking wildfire, looming crisis on the Colorado River, a growing commitment to fighting climate change, and a little bit of movement-building, their company Solar AquaGrid and partners are preparing to break ground on the first solar-covered canal project in the United States.“All of these coming together at this moment,” Harris said. “Is th...