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Health department intends to raise county appropriations
Alpena News Online - Michigan
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News Photo by Kayla Wikaryasz On Tuesday, the District Health Department No. 4 (DHD4) leadership team and health board met in Atlanta to provide updates to programs and finances. Part of the meeting was spent discussing the leadership team’s...
Atlanta affordable housing: City approves plan to revitalize rundown apartments
FOX 5 Atlanta - Georgia
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Atlanta wants to revitalize rundown neighborhoods and create more places for people to live. City Council on Monday approved a resolution to convert blighted apartment complexes into affordable housing. Councilmembers say it’ll help rehabilitate...
Healthier Ways To Power Up For The School Year On Tipsontv
MENAFN
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August 19, 2025
(MENAFN- ACCESSWIRE) ATLANTA, GA / ACCESS Newswire / August 19, 2025 / Summer is winding down and kids are going back to school, which is why the perfect nutritionist shares some tips for eating healthier. Frances Largeman-Roth is a nutritionist...
Atlanta hip-hop icon Jeezy tees off in partnership with Eastside Golf
Kiss 104 FM - Georgia
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August 20, 2025
ATLANTA — Atlanta hip-hop icon Jeezy is taking his signature style from the streets to the fairways. The multi-talented rapper and entrepreneur partnered with Eastside Golf, a popular lifestyle brand founded by Atlanta native Olajuwon Ajanaku, and...
America’s deadliest hurricanes: The top 10 storms that left lasting scars
Interesting Engineering - New York
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August 19, 2025
Hurricane Erin has captured attention for how quickly it grew and how wide its footprint has become. It formed on August 11, reached hurricane strength on August 15 as it neared the Lesser Antilles, and intensified to a Category 5 the next day...
People With Weight-Related Chronic Liver Disease Have a New Treatment Option
Everyday Health
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the injected weight loss drug Wegovy for a new use: treating adults with an advanced form of metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Wegovy is now approved to treat...
Shrimp Scare: Walmart Recalls Frozen Packs In 13 States After FDA Flags Radioactive Contaminants In Indonesian Supplier’s Shipping Containers
myMotherLode - California
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The Food and Drug Administration said U.S. Customs alerted the drug regulator regarding the detection of Cesium-137 in shipping containers of Indonesian supplier PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati. U.S. retail giant Walmart is recalling some frozen shrimp...
I know who will win Strictly 2025 – and it’s not Dani Dyer
The i paper
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August 20, 2025
Every year I make the argument that it doesn’t really matter who is on the Strictly Come Dancing line-up. That whether you know who they are is irrelevant, that it only matters what happens on the dance floor. But this year’s cohort is testing...
Radioactive Shrimp Possibly Sold At Walmarts Across America, FDA Warns: ‘Do Not Eat’
InfoWars
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August 19, 2025
The Food and Drug Administration is warning U.S. consumers not to eat certain frozen shrimp products sold at Walmart over concerns they contain radioactive isotope Cesium-137. In a press release Tuesday, the FDA said they were investigating...
Freight Therapy: A New Mindset for a Healthier Supply Chain
Logistics Management
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Logistics professionals are no strangers to pressure. Pressure to cut costs. To reduce dwell time. To pivot quickly. To deliver everywhere, faster—often with less. It’s a constant balancing act that many have come to accept as just part of the...
Former Maine CDC head Dr. Nirav Shah criticizes public health under Trump administration
FOX 23 - Maine
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PORTLAND (WGME) -- Former Maine CDC Director Dr. Nirav Shah is sharing his concerns about public health under President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. CDC employees, who were targeted with gunfire a...
Medicare Advantage member satisfaction declines as trust wanes
mHealthIntelligence
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Policy changes and uncertainty in the Medicare Advantage landscape have contributed to a decline in trust and member satisfaction, new data from J.D. Power shows. Medicare Advantage member satisfaction was scored 623 on a 1,000-point scale, down...
Jumping worms invade Vermont’s gardens
The Commons
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ROCKINGHAM-Rural gardeners and farmers have long known that the common earthworm (also known as the nightcrawler or fishing worm) is one of the best things for improving soil health. But in the case of the invasive jumping worm (also known as the...
Women’s Rugby World Cup: Squads, full schedule, how to watch – all you need to know
The New Zealand Herald
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August 20, 2025
Black Ferns v Japan, 1.00am, Sandy Park, Exeter Monday, September 8 Black Ferns v Ireland, 1.45am, Brighton Hove and Albion Stadium Black Ferns squad Forwards Loosehead prop Kate Henwood (36, Chiefs Manawa, Bay of Plenty, 10 Tests) Awhina...
Greene calls to abolish property taxes, reform health insurance
Just the News
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August 19, 2025
Georgia firebrand GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday called for the U.S. to abolish "property taxes" and reform the U.S. health insurance industry, claiming it has become unaffordable. The conservative lawmaker claimed that both topics...
Atlanta mayor, every city council seat up for election in 2025
Atlanta News First - Georgia
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August 20, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - On Tuesday, incumbent Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens officially kicked off his reelection campaign to fanfare on the steps of City Hall. Dickens made the announcement on the first day of the qualifying period for...
No. 24 Tennessee trying to build off CFP berth with new quarterback in Heupel's fifth season
El Dorado News-Times - Arkansas
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August 20, 2025
Josh Heupel has a new starting quarterback for his 24th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers, with Joey Aguilar coming through the transfer portal to earn the job for the season opener Aug. 30 against Syracuse in Atlanta. "He’s extremely comfortable in...
Americus Lions Club: we serve
Americus Times-Recorder - Georgia
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August 19, 2025
Published 4:39 pm Tuesday, August 19, 2025 By Kathleen Calcutt Americus Correspondent Lions Club International was founded in 1917 to serve the visually impaired. The Americus Lions Club was formed in 1927. According to the American Foundation for...
Woman, teen charged in deadly west Atlanta shooting
FOX 5 Atlanta - Georgia
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ATLANTA - Atlanta police say two people — a woman and a teenager — have been charged in connection with a deadly shooting in west Atlanta. What we know: Serita Zachary, 36, was arrested on Aug. 6, according to police. She is charged with murder,...
Woman charged in April shooting that killed toddler in southeast Atlanta
FOX 5 Atlanta - Georgia
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A toddler was shot and killed in southeast Atlanta on April 13, 2025. ATLANTA - Atlanta police said a woman has been charged in the shooting death of a 2-year-old child in southeast Atlanta. What we know: Cynkeythia Robinson, 36, faces charges of...