Experts weigh in on how many push-ups the average person should be able to do
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Experts weigh in on how many push-ups the average person should be able to do

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Experts at the Mayo Clinic are determining once and for all how many push-ups the average man and woman should be able to do by age bracket — and the answer may surprise you. The push-up pros said the classic exercise is a good measurement of muscular strength and endurance…

The world’s dirtiest cruise ships named and shamed in shocking CDC report: ‘Maggots and grime’
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The world’s dirtiest cruise ships named and shamed in shocking CDC report: ‘Maggots and grime’

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It’s not always smooth sailing for these luxury cruise ships. The world’s dirtiest cruise ships are brimming with grime — from beer tap sludge to maggot infestations — according to a new reporter from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency’s Vessel Sanitation Program, which scores cruise ships for cleanliness…

Hurricane Francine aftermath could lead to rise in bacterial infections in South, CDC warns
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Hurricane Francine aftermath could lead to rise in bacterial infections in South, CDC warns

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The Center for Disease Control is warning those affected by Hurricane Francine of the possible risk of contracting Melioidosis after the storm passes.  Melioidosis is a bacterial infection caused by bacteria called Burkholderia pseudomallei, or B. pseudomallei, the CDC said. It develops after people or animals make contact with contaminated soil, air or water. The risk for infection increases after hurricanes, heavy…

Boar’s Head sales plunge across NY supermarkets after listeria outbreak
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Boar’s Head sales plunge across NY supermarkets after listeria outbreak

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Supermarkets and delis across New York have seen sales of Boar’s Head meats plunge as much as 30% following a deadly listeria outbreak that has been linked to the iconic cold cut brand, The Post has learned. New York has been especially hard hit as the state health department investigates…

Joe Biden, Kamala Harris push rent control — a great way to destroy cities
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Joe Biden, Kamala Harris push rent control — a great way to destroy cities

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Few policies raise economists’ ire as much as rent control. “In many cases,” Swedish economist Assar Lindbeck famously said, “rent control appears to be the most efficient technique presently known to destroy a city — except for bombing.” Nonetheless, President Biden, along with Vice President Kamala Harris, recently proposed a…

Damning report finds US pandemic ‘failures began at the top’ and led to state overreach
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Damning report finds US pandemic ‘failures began at the top’ and led to state overreach

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Doctors have released a damning new report on America’s “failures” during the COVID pandemic, revealing that keeping schools closed for a longer period than necessary and forcing people to mask outside led the country to experience “eye-wateringly high” death rates compared to other first-world nations. Duke University professor Gavin Yamey…

Thank the government’s failure against fentanyl for America’s shortest life expectancy in 25 years
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Thank the government’s failure against fentanyl for America’s shortest life expectancy in 25 years

ByNews Polite

It’s one thing when government raises your taxes, suffocates your business with regulations or censors your tweets. It’s far worse when government is to blame for actually shortening your life. US life expectancy dropped to 76.4 years, the lowest in a quarter-century, according to new federal data. Americans should be…

Life expectancy lowest since 1996 because of COVID, overdoses: CDC
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Life expectancy lowest since 1996 because of COVID, overdoses: CDC

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Life expectancy in the United States is at its shortest since 1996, dragged down by an increase in COVID and drug overdose deaths, according to federal data. Coronavirus caused the third-most deaths in the US in 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, with only heart disease…

Pushwoosh Russian Software Disguised as American Discovered in US Army, CDC Apps

Pushwoosh Russian Software Disguised as American Discovered in US Army, CDC Apps

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Thousands of smartphone applications in Apple and Google’s online stores contain computer code developed by a technology company, Pushwoosh, that presents itself as based in the United States, but is actually Russian, Reuters has found. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States’ main agency for fighting…