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Flesh-eating bacteria on the rise due to climate change

Warmer coastal waters are driving an increase in cases of deadly flesh-eating bacteria. Dr. Sanjay Gupta spoke with one Mississippi woman who almost died from the disease.

CNN

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How Buc-ee's became a road trip destination

As Americans hit the highways for Labor Day weekend, Kris Van Cleave has a story about a place many will be stopping. It boasts the cleanest restrooms in the U.S.

CBS America

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ADHD meds often prescribed to young children too soon, study finds

A new study found that young children diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, are often prescribed medication too quickly. Elaine Quijano reports.

CBS America

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After resigning, CDC official says agency is being "weaponized"

A former top CDC official who resigned this week is blasting Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., saying his policies on vaccines "do not reflect scientific reality." Nancy Cordes has more on a tumultuous week at America's public heal...

CBS America

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What does it mean to be happy?

John Dickerson recently talked with Arthur Brooks, a best-selling author, whose new book "The Happiness Files" provides a different way to think about what makes us happy.

CBS America

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Breaking down COVID vaccine changes at major pharmacies

Upheaval at the CDC is now rippling into communities. CVS and Walgreens, the nation's two largest pharmacies, say they are limiting access to COVID vaccines in multiple states.

CBS America

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Should children get ADHD medication immediately after diagnosis?

Young children are increasingly being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and receiving medication before they even start school, a Stanford Medicine-led study shows. Dr. Yair Bannett joins CBS News with more.

CBS America

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Cholera cases surge in Sudan, outbreak centered in conflict-hit Darfur

Sudan is battling a deadly cholera outbreak, with the United Nations reporting more than 94,170 cases and over 2,370 deaths since last year. The epicenter is Darfur, a region already devastated by conflict, food shortages, and severe rai...

Al Jazeera

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Jim O'Neill appointed as temporary CDC director replacement

Jim O'Neill, the current deputy secretary of Health and Human Services and top aide to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been appointed as the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a source tells CBS News.

CBS America

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How to talk to kids about grief after the Annunciation school shooting

Parents across the U.S. are facing tough conversations with their children after the shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis. Dr. Gail Saltz, a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the New York Presbyterian Hospital, joins ...

CBS America

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Fired CDC director, top officials clashed with Kennedy on vaccines

Staff and protesters applauded former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Chief Medical Officer Debra Houry and other top officials while they departed the CDC campus in Atlanta, Georgia, after the White House fired CDC dire...

Reuters

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Finances of disabled people worse in the Balkans and Baltics

Almost one in four people with a disability in the EU struggles to make ends meet. At-risk-of-poverty rate is higher in the Baltic states and Croatia.

Euronews

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Jesse Hogan faces injury setback

Giants superstar Jesse Hogan has opened up about the brutal mental toll his foot injury has taken. Sidelined for the last three weeks, it's touch-and-go for the forward, but he's hoping to make an elimination final against the Hawks.

10 News First

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Dave Hughes hospitalised after injury in charity football match

Comedian Dave Hughes sustained serious injuries during a Legends charity match in Melbourne, resulting in hospitalisation. The event, which raised $1 million for prostate cancer, saw Hughes suffer five broken ribs and a punctured lung.

10 News First

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Prolonged wildfire smoke could pose increased health risks

As smoke drifts, chemical reactions can make it even more toxic. Scientists are working to pinpoint when and where health risks are the greatest — to try to build that into future forecasts.

CBC Canada

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Parents allege son was coached to suicide by ChatGPT in lawsuit

Sixteen-year-old Adam Raine died by suicide in April. Now his parents are suing OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman because its chatbot allegedly ‘provided detailed suicide instructions to a minor.’

CBC News

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Mother dies from septic shock after childbirth, family cites delayed care

A GTA family is calling for accountability and new hospital policies after a mother died earlier this summer, following childbirth. The family says staff at Mississauga's Credit Valley Hospital didn't act quickly enough to recognise and ...

CBC Canada

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More cases expected in deadly legionnaires’ outbreak in London, Ont.

Health officials on London, Ont., expect more cases of legionnaires disease to emerge over the next two weeks following a deadly outbreak this summer linked to a meat-processing plant cooling unit.

CBC Canada

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Measles outbreak kills 17 in Indonesia’s East Java

Local officials say the campaign will continue until September 14, as health experts warn measles can be fatal if left untreated.

Africanews

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U.S. limits new COVID-19 vaccines to high-risk groups

The new guidance marks a major shift from previous policy, which recommended annual COVID-19 shots for all Americans six months and older.

Africanews

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UNICEF warns of catastrophic toll on children trapped in Al Fasher

At least 600,000 people, half of them children, have been displaced from Al Fasher and surrounding camps in Sudan in recent months, according to UNICEF figures.

Africanews

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Aid cuts are putting emergency nutrition programmes in Africa at risk

Save the Children says severely malnourished youngsters are the most vulnerable with at least four countries expected to run out of emergency food pouches soon.

Africanews

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Children in Sudan ‘starving’ after 500 days of siege: UNICEF

UN agency warns children in North Darfur city remain cut off from aid and protection as fighting continues to rage.

Al Jazeera

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Malnutrition crisis worsens in northern Nigeria amid global funding cuts

Northern Nigeria is facing a worsening malnutrition emergency as global funding shortfalls strain humanitarian operations.

Al Jazeera

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New CDC director fired only weeks into the role

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez has been fired, the White House said, less than a month after being sworn in, and four senior officials have resigned amid growing tensions over vaccine policies and ...

Reuters