Medical
Syphilis cases in newborn babies reach 20-year high, CDC says
In 2017, the county reported 59,410 cases of chlamydia (a 1.6 percent increase compared to 2016), 24,157 cases of gonorrhea (9.5 percent increase), 4,403 cases of early syphilis (9.8 percent increase) and 44 cases of congenital syphilis (18.9 percent increase). [Full Article...]
Third monkeypox victim is healthcare worker who treated infected patient
The latest patient had been involved in caring for another case at Blackpool Victoria Hospital before monkeypox was diagnosed. Both patients are men who likely contracted the disease in Nigeria, which has now confirmed 115 cases in an outbreak that began a year ago. [Full Article...]
Protesters confront Jeff Flake after he announces Kavanaugh vote
Republicans had hoped to shift the Supreme Court further to the right and lock in for decades a more conservative approach to issues such as abortion, regulation and the environment. Flake said in a statement that Thursday's hearing left him "with as much doubt as certainty". Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont said it was like the potential witness had "effectively nailed a do not distu... [Full Article...]
Kavanaugh hearing runs red hot with partisan anger
Washington , Sep 26 (PTI) In another explosive accusation, a third woman came forward on Wednesday to charge Donald Trump's supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh with sexual misconduct, alleging that she was gang-raped at a party he attended in the early 1980s. [Full Article...]
American Bar Association: Delay Kavananugh Confirmation for FBI Investigation
Blasey Ford , wearing glasses and a sober dark blue suit, appeared nervous but poised as she sat at the witness table, consulting occasionally with her lawyer. He had a hard time, because he was very inebriated, and because I was wearing a one-piece bathing suit underneath my clothing. Paterson said she knows the importance of not being alone and being believed. [Full Article...]
Vikings ‘Focused On Everson’s Well-Being’ After Incident
Police said no gun was ever seen. A summary of the call from Minneapolis emergency communications center says hotel staff called to report a guest was causing a disturbance, was laying in the lobby and had threatened to assault hotel staff and was possibly under the influence of drugs or alcohol. [Full Article...]
New allegations against Kavanaugh submitted to Senate panel
He was having a hard time because he was inebriated... " "I believed he was going to rape me." ". He called the allegations against him a "calculated and orchestrated political hit". In the transcript released Wednesday, Kavanaugh denied an allegation that he assaulted a woman he was dating in 1998 while working for independent counsel Ken Starr that investigators said stemmed from an anonymous ... [Full Article...]
Trump says his past accusers influence his thinking on Kavanaugh
At a news conference in NY a day before Kavanaugh was set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee , Trump pledged to listen to the testimony of Kavanaugh's accuser and even said he was open to changing his mind about his nominee. [Full Article...]