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Kamala Harris says American patriots didn’t take pains to make us ‘subject to the will of another despicable tyrant’Your support helps us tell the storyread moreMost polls show this election remains close. In a race this close, reporters are needed on the ground to talk to the people Trump and Harris are courting. Your support allows us to keep sending journalists to this story.The Independent is trusted every month by 27 million Americans from across the political spectrum. Unlike many other quality news organizations, we don’t lock you away from our reporting or analysis with a paywall. But quality journalism…
New program goal: Explore healing practices and other approaches practiced in indigenous communities around the world. Julie Smith Iliniemi (left), assistant professor of Indigenous health and director of community-based research at UND’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences, explores the beauty of New Zealand with young Māori guides who share her powerful stories and spirit. Explore the beauty. land. Photo courtesy of UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Written by Brian James Schill Julie Smith-Iriniemi, a Maori from New Zealand, explained: “We’re immersing ourselves, staying on the ancestral lands of our…
Written by Sarah Nigbor Thanks to two Ellsworth small business owners, staying healthy doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. Angie Whelan of YB Urban? CJ Pedersen and CJ Pedersen of Country Fit Nutrition are on a mission to provide affordable fitness options to the general public. “Gym prices are very high,” Whelan said. “As a yoga instructor, I’ve always had a hard time deciding how much to pay for a class.” Whelan, who sees yoga as part of a lifestyle rather than just a fitness option, has read about other yoga instructors feeling anxious and stressed when calculating the…
CDC recommends second dose of 2024-2025 coronavirus vaccine for people 65 and older and moderately or severely immunocompromised (October 23) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Mandy Cohen urges CDC Immunization Practices Advisory Committee members to get second doses for people 65 and older and those with moderate or severe immunocompromise. ACIP supported the recommendations recommended by Data from 6 months after the first dose of the 2024-2025 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. These updated recommendations also allow for flexibility in providing additional doses (i.e., 3 or more doses) for moderately or severely immunocompromised patients in consultation with…
Bivalent RSV prefusion F vaccine (Abrysvo) demonstrated 90% vaccine efficacy (VE) against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-related hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits in high-risk adults . IDWeek Annual Meeting held in Los Angeles. In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Sara Tartof, MD, MPH, of Kaiser Permanente in Pasadena, California, discusses key findings and the importance of real-world efficacy in supporting current vaccine recommendations for high-risk populations. Let’s talk about gender. Below is a transcript of her remarks. The study’s key findings are that the real-world VE of Abrysvo during the first 5 months of use for severe ARIs (acute respiratory…
Enhance your career prospects: 7 skills to invest in in the next 10 yearsgetty Have you noticed how quickly the professional landscape is changing? Just look around you. Technology is evolving at breakneck speed and is reshaping the way we work. 72% of companies have deployed AI to enhance at least one area of their business, and interestingly, 16% of organizations are fully remote. These numbers highlight how businesses are adapting to survive. However, simply recognizing these changes is not the answer. To succeed in this ever-changing environment, you must embrace these changes and adjust your skill set accordingly. To…
Imagine what it would have been like to be one of the first-ever electricians, or had a hand in building one of the first robots. Being among the “firsts” to touch and build new pieces of technology means putting your fingerprints all over history. Today, there are a whole slew of “firsts” that are likely slipping by unnoticed when it comes to tech, mostly because of the rate of change. According to the World Economic Forum, the pace of technological change is faster now than it ever was in the past — take for example the 66 years between humans…
The following article is brought to you by our partners at EA SPORTS.Hello everyone. Welcome to EA SPORTS FC™ 25 Switch Pitch Notes! I’m Kush Mathur, an assistant producer on the FC team. We’re excited to outline some of the key new features and updates coming to the Nintendo Switch™ system with EA SPORTS FC™ 25.Touchscreen zoom and touchscreen navigationWhen playing the game in handheld mode, you can use the pinch-to-zoom technique to manipulate the screen and zoom in and out.Touch the screen with two fingers.To zoom in, touch and lift your finger on the screen.To zoom out, touch and…
The one-two punch of the COVID-19 pandemic and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s return to the national stage has revived the perennial topic of vaccine denialism. There are many reasons why this skepticism remains so popular, some of which are more understandable than others. Recently, a friend of mine was making a fuss about vaccines. She had just vaccinated her daughter, but now the child developed unpleasant symptoms. My friend was sure of two things. The symptoms are a reaction to the vaccine, which is extremely dangerous and possibly fatal.No, there are three. This is proof that she made a mistake.…
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) – This week we look at five referendum questions on this year’s ballot. Question 2 of this year’s referendum concerns research and development bonds. It says… “To utilize private and federal funding, obtained through a competitive process and matched at least one-to-one, for research, development and commercialization in Maine. Do you support a $25 million bond issue to provide “life science and biomedical technology, environmental and renewable energy technology, information technology, forestry and agriculture advanced technology, aquaculture and marine technology, composite materials and Public and private institutions that support innovation in targeted areas such as advanced…