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Mashup Score: 8NYC Finds Cases of Drug-Resistant Skin Infection Never-Before-Seen in US - 12 month(s) ago
The Centers for Disease Control released findings last week of two cases of a “drug-resistant” infection in New York.
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Peloton is recalling 2.2 million exercise bikes due to a risk of the seat post breaking, and owners are being told to “immediately stop using” the bikes until they can be repaired. The recall affects Peloton model PL01, sold from Jan. 2018 through this month. “Peloton has received 35 reports of the seat post breaking and detaching from the bike…
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Thought COVID was done with the surprises? Not yet, apparently. Those itchy, red eyes you have that you assumed were just the start of allergy season? It could very well be something called “Arcturus” instead. XBB.1.16, a subvariant of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus that has acquired that unusual stellar label, appears to be spreading quickly in some…
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Mashup Score: 0It Lasted Just 50 Seconds, Video Shows. But It Was Enough to Drive His Daughter to Take Her Life, NJ Dad Says - 1 year(s) ago
Silence from local prosecutors in one New Jersey county remained deafening for one family, and many supporters, Friday, as they awaited news on whether criminal charges would be filed against students in a school bullying case that has drawn national headlines, largely for one overwhelming reason: The 14-year-old girl at its center is dead. Friends and family of Bayville’s Adriana…
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Mashup Score: 5NYC Declares Monkeypox Outbreak Over - 1 year(s) ago
New York City declared an end to its mpox outbreak Wednesday, crediting a successful vaccination campaign and mitigation efforts with keeping transmission very low for two straight months, according to the health department. The city reported more than 3,800 cases of mpox, formerly called monkeypox, between May 2022 and December 2022, according to its disease outbreak summary. At least two…
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One of NYC’s biggest hospital systems will start transferring out sick babies and diverting ambulances as a nurses’ strike looms.
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Mashup Score: 0Face Recognition Tech Gets Girl Scout Mom Booted From Rockettes Show — Due to Where She Works - 1 year(s) ago
A recent incident at Radio City Music Hall involving the mother of a Girl Scout is shedding light on the growing controversy of facial recognition, as critics claim it is being used to target perceived enemies — in this case, by one of the most famous companies in the country.
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Mashup Score: 0Seen This Man? Brick Slinger Takes Aim at Hell's Kitchen Gay Bar - 1 year(s) ago
A gay bar in Manhattan recently targeted in a spate of attacks was hit again Saturday night when a brazen brick thrower took aim at the establishment’s front window. Video from the bar’s security camera captured the yet unidentified man walk up to VERS in Hell’s Kitchen and hurl a brick at its window. The bar’s owner says it’s become…
Source: NBC New YorkCategories: Latest Headlines, PediatricsTweet
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Strange as it sounds, the lighter-than-air element that gives balloons their buoyancy also powers the vital medical diagnostic machines. An MRI can’t function without some 2,000 liters of ultra-cold liquid helium keeping its magnets cool enough to work.
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For the first time in months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending masks in Central New York because of an uptick in COVID-19 cases and patients hospitalized with the virus. As of Thursday, the CDC identified nine counties in New York state that met the criteria, w which is based on new cases per 100,000 population, new…
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“A new skin infection seemingly never detected before in the US has been detected in at least two patients in New York City…The recently emerged infection found in NYC is described as a drug-resistant fungus that's caused severe skin infections” https://t.co/KgF3phPnLw