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Reportable Medical Events are documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System for the monitoring, control, and prevention of the…

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be "extremely active," weather forecasters at Colorado State University said Thursday. Out of 23 projected storms, five of 11 total hurricanes could become major, with winds above 178…

Washington —  The publisher of a small Kansas newspaper that police raided in August is suing officials involved in the act, accusing them of violating the newspaper's First Amendment rights. When police in Marion, Kansas, raided the…

For Release TuesdayApril 2, 2024 Firearm homicides have risen faster relative to the overall national trend in states such as Wisconsin, Delaware, and Minnesota, while firearm suicides have risen faster in Alaska, North…

ChatGPT creator says Voice Engine can replicate a person’s voice based on a 15-second audio sample.OpenAI has unveiled a tool for cloning people’s voices but is holding back on its public release due to concerns about possible misuse in…

MEXICO CITY —  Venezuelan migrants often have a quick answer when asked to name the most difficult stretch of their eight-country journey to the U.S. border, and it's not the dayslong jungle trek through Colombia and Panama with its…

At least 7.6 million existing AT&T account holders and 65.4 million former users hit by the breach, the company says.Personal information belonging to millions of past and present AT&T customers has been leaked online, including…

Washington/Los Angeles —  A California college is seeking the return, "no questions asked," of an iconic image of Chinese Communist Party founder Mao Zedong created by famed American artist Andy Warhol. Two weeks ago, Orange Coast…

US says crackdown by Hong Kong officials includes new national security law targeting treason, espionage and other crimes.The United States has said it will impose new visa restrictions on a number of Hong Kong officials responsible for…

A woman in the United States is rejoicing after a Texas appeals court on Thursday overturned her voter fraud conviction in a case that advocates say highlights efforts to disenfranchise Black people and other voters of colour in the…

Panama City —  Starting next month, the U.S. Coast Guard and Argentine Navy will begin conducting joint exercises aimed at combating illegal Chinese fishing in the Atlantic Ocean. Argentina, Chile and Peru have criticized…

A family statement said the four-term senator and vice presidential candidate died from complications after a fall.Joe Lieberman, Al Gore’s running mate during the hotly contested 2000 presidential election, has died at age 82 after…

Trump Media & Technology Group closes 16 percent higher, giving the company a market capitalisation of nearly $8bn.Shares of former Donald Trump’s social media company soared by as much as 59 percent on the first day of trading on…

Trump Media & Technology Group closes 16 percent higher, giving the company a market capitalisation of nearly $8bn.Shares of former Donald Trump’s social media company soared by as much as 59 percent on the first day of trading on…

Merchants have long accused the payment network of charging inflated ‘swipe fees’ when shoppers use their cards.Visa and Mastercard have reached an estimated $30bn antitrust settlement to limit credit and debit card fees for merchants in…

Francis Scott Key Bridge collapses after a container ship smashes into the four-lane span, plunging cars into the river.The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, has collapsed after a ship hit one of its support columns, and…

American and British authorities announced criminal charges and sanctions on Monday against seven hackers believed to be living in China and linked to the Chinese government. The operation was carried out by a hacking group called…

WASHINGTON —  The U.S. Congress early Saturday overwhelmingly passed a $1.2 trillion budget bill, keeping the government funded through a fiscal year that began six months ago and sending it to President Joe Biden to sign into law and…

Washington, DC – Describing the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza as a genocide, progressive Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called on the United States to suspend weapons transfers to Israel. In an impassioned speech on the…

In the United States, women’s reproductive rights, gained through half a century of feminist struggle, are rapidly being replaced with reproductive wrongs. In 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade – the landmark 1973 ruling that…

Texas has upped its fight to make a controversial new law — which would allow local authorities to arrest and detain migrants — enforceable. The law has been the subject of an ongoing legal battle, with the United States Supreme Court…

The United States Supreme Court has lifted a pause on a controversial law that allows Texas state authorities to detain and deport migrants and asylum seekers, a measure critics have dubbed the “show me your papers” law. The top court on…

Peter Navarro, a key adviser to the White House under former United States President Donald Trump, has turned himself in to a federal prison in Miami, Florida, to serve a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena. His…

The Russian presidential election was not expected to be a cliffhanger. The victory of incumbent President Vladimir Putin was very much ensured by the absence of registered candidates who could truly challenge his re-election. Yet it is…

Montreal, Canada – Marjorie Villefranche has never experienced anything like it. For the past six months, the head of Maison d’Haiti (Haiti House), a community centre in Montreal’s St-Michel neighbourhood, has received a wave of…

Washington, DC – The United States has issued its strongest public warning yet to Israel against invading the crowded city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, saying that such a ground operation would deepen the humanitarian crisis in the…

March 18, 2024 — Our first topic for Pennsylvania's 2024 Flood Awareness Week is FLOOD PREPAREDNESS.Flooding is the leading cause of weather-related event damage in the United States, costing an average of $5.2 Billion each year over the…

Launches come days after South Korea and the US wrapped up military drills Pyongyang sees as an invasion rehearsal.North Korea fired short-range ballistic missiles towards its eastern waters as United States Secretary of State Antony…

The digs against his Republican rival come as the US president deflects criticism that his memory is hazy and he appears confused.US President Joe Biden has joked about former President Donald Trump’s mental fitness during a speech at…

Lakeview, Ohio —  Residents in a swath of the central United States hit by deadly tornadoes were cleaning up, assessing damage and helping neighbors on Saturday. But it will be a long recovery from the storms that ripped through parts…

An ‘extremely dangerous’ suspect has been taken into custody in New Jersey following an hours-long effort to detain him.A suspect has been taken into custody in New Jersey after allegedly shooting dead three family members, authorities…

Twenty-one years ago today, an Israeli soldier drove an 80,000-pound (26,287kg) bulldozer over a 23-year-old woman from Olympia, Washington. Her name was Rachel Corrie, and she was part of an international team of peace activists who had…

The Wall Street Journal report also says the Food and Drug Administration is helping to investigate the Facebook owner.US prosecutors in Virginia are probing whether Facebook-parent Meta’s social media platforms facilitated and profited…

A judge in Georgia has ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can remain on former President Donald Trump’s election interference case, but only if she removes a deputy she had a personal relationship with. Questions…

TikTok faces a potential ban in the USThiago Prudêncio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images US politicians have voted to ban popular video-sharing app TikTok unless its owner, technology company ByteDance, sells…

US president’s remarks come as he is seeking to shore up support in key swing state of Pennsylvania.United States President Joe Biden has opposed the proposed sale of a Pittsburgh-based steel manufacturer to Japan’s largest steel…

Amid concerns over user privacy and national security, Mnuchin told US media that TikTok ‘should be owned by US businesses’.Former United States Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has announced plans to rally investors in the hopes of…

Milwaukee, Wisconsin —  U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday visited Wisconsin, a key swing state that he narrowly won in 2020, meeting with community members at a once shuttered but now thriving children's community center to sell…

The United States House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill that could eventually ban the social media platform TikTok in the country, in its latest salvo against both China and big tech. The bill received resoundingly…

pentagon —  The Pentagon has a funding shortfall of about $10 billion for U.S. military weapons needed to replace those already sent to Ukraine, a shortfall that requires additional money from Congress to fix, top Defense Department…

With humility and pride, this month I begin my tenure as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report. Since the launch of the MSMR in 1995, there have been three prior editors-in-chief. For the past five months,…

This report describes ivermectin prescription fill rates among U.S. active component service members over time during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. Information about the unsubstantiated benefits of ivermectin for…

Reportable Medical Events are documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System for monitoring, controlling, and preventing the…

We read with great interest the “Update: Cold Weather Injuries Among the Active and Reserve Components of the U.S. Armed Forced, July 2018-June 2023.”1 While the update provides valuable insight into the relative number of…

The Recruit Assessment Program is a cross-sectional, baseline survey of U.S. Marine recruits administered at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. This report presents RAP study procedures and survey content that was…

The Recruit Assessment Program is a cross-sectional, baseline survey of U.S. Marine recruits administered at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego. This report presents RAP study procedures and survey content that was…

Reportable Medical Events are documented in the Disease Reporting System internet by health care providers and public health officials throughout the Military Health System for monitoring, controlling, and preventing the…

This Surveillance Snapshot provides the first summary of the demographic composition of active component Space Force service members, as of November 2023. This Snapshot is intended to inform future MSMR illness and injury…

United States President Joe Biden has unveiled a $7.3bn budget proposal that underscores his efforts to pursue several progressive objectives while pushing for more funding to combat crime, restrict immigration at the southern border and…

President Joe Biden has said the United States will set up a temporary pier off Gaza to deliver humanitarian supplies to the besieged enclave as Palestinians begin to starve during Israel’s blockade of the strip. On Sunday, a US military…