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Sharon BarbourHealth correspondent, BBC North East and CumbriaSupplied Baby Saskia had the typical measles rashNowhere in the north-east of England and Cumbria has the childhood measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rate of 95% needed to achieve the “herd immunity” at which point disease does not spread, latest figures show.Middlesbrough has the lowest rate in the region at 82.5%, but up from 77.9% the previous year.The mother of one child – too young to have the MMR but who could have been protected by herd immunity – said the experience of her having measles at the age of seven months…

Snoop Dogg is responding to the backlash he’s received after he criticized the LGBTQ representation in Disney‘s 2022 animated movie Lightyear. The Grammy-winning rapper and hip-hop icon recently wrote in the comments of a Hollywood Unlocked Instagram post, which featured Ts Madison calling him out, “I was just caught off guard and had no answer for my grandsons.” “All my gay friends [know] what’s up, they been calling me with love. My bad for not knowing the answers for a 6-yr-old. Teach me how to learn. I’m not perfect,” Snoop added. Last week, the “Gin and Juice” rapper shared on the It’s Giving Podcast that he was taken by surprise…

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Doctors have found a drug that is better than aspirin at preventing heart attacks and strokes, in a discovery that could transform health guidelines worldwide.For decades, millions of people have been advised to take aspirin to reduce their risk of experiencing a serious cardiovascular event. A daily low-dose aspirin makes blood less sticky and helps prevent heart attacks and strokes.But now a new study, presented at the world’s largest heart conference, has found that clopidogrel, a commonly prescribed blood thinner, is more effective – and with no extra risk.The stunning discovery was revealed at the European Society of Cardiology congress…

Watching the leaves change from vibrant summer greens to the garnets, golds, and ambers of fall was once more of a passive experience. If you happened to live in a place where the foliage transformed, lucky you. But if not, the shift in the natural world simply wasn’t part of your seasonable routine. These days, leaf peeping has become an essential fall activity, whether you’re looking to snap the perfect social media shot, immerse yourself in as many autumn traditions as possible, or just love the great outdoors. In fact, a 2024 study revealed that 65 percent of Americans want…

Donald Trump has said he will issue an executive order to mandate identification for all US elections, a move likely to be challenged in court as unconstitutional.“Voter I.D. Must Be Part of Every Single Vote. NO EXCEPTIONS! I Will Be Doing An Executive Order To That End!!!,” the US president said on Truth Social late on Saturday.Trump also claimed he wants to ban all voting by mail except for those who are very ill or in military service.The US constitution grants primary authority to regulate elections to the US states, while empowering Congress to enact election laws or regulations. It…

Andrew Ferguson, the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Trade Commission, recently expressed concern that “Alphabet’s administration of Gmail is designed to have partisan effects.” In a letter addressed to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Ferguson pointed to a recent story in the New York Post describing complaints by Targeted Victory (a consulting and PR firm that’s worked with the Republican National Committee and Elon Musk’s X) claiming that Gmail flags emails linking to the Republican fundraising platform WinRed as spam, without doing the same to emails linking to the Democratic platform ActBlue. “My understanding from recent reporting is that Gmail’s spam…

Of all the panels and Q&As happening during this year’s Telluride Film Festival, probably the most anticipated one featured a visit from rock royalty in the form of an unbilled (but not terribly secret) appearance by Bruce Springsteen in a group discussion following the second-ever screening of the dramatic feature “Springsteen: Deliver Us From Nowhere.” Asked why he said yes to this project after presumably being approached so many other times to have his life turned into a film, Springsteen took issue with the premise of the question. “Um, I don’t know that he have,” he chuckled. Manager Jon Landau,…

David HaleAug 31, 2025, 08:15 AM ETCloseCollege football reporter.Joined ESPN in 2012.Graduate of the University of Delaware.SOMEWHERE IN THE bustling metropolis of St. Louis, a mother and father watch in awe as their young son shows signs of … superpowers!Here is Jeremiyah Love, age 4, scaling walls and swinging from the rooftops.Here he is, an eighth grader, leaping tall buildings in a single bound.Then a teenager in full command of his powers, torpedoing around enemies and through brick walls.Yet, all around him, dark forces gather.If his life were a comic book, like the project he has spent the past four…

August 31, 20253 min readAI Spots Hidden Signs of Consciousness in Comatose Patients before Doctors DoA machine-learning algorithm spotted signs of “covert consciousness” in coma patients—in some cases, days before doctors could do soBy Andrew Chapman edited by Allison Parshall Design Cells/Science SourceImagine lying in a hospital bed, awake but unable to move your body to communicate with the people around you. This experience of “covert consciousness” is a reality for many people who have sustained traumatic brain injuries. In a new study published in Communications Medicine, researchers found that they could detect signs of consciousness in comatose patients by…