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This Flesh-Eating Fly Is Making a Comeback
AOL
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This Flesh-Eating Fly Is Making a ComebackIt starts with a wound. For most animals, that means a scab, a scar, and eventual healing. For the New World screwworm, it’s an open invitation. This parasitic fly sees raw flesh as the perfect place to...
World News | Ugandans Criticise Deal with Trump Administration to Accept US Deportees
Latestly
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August 27, 2025
Kampala [Uganda], August 27 (ANI): Ugandans have criticised an agreement with United States President Donald Trump's administration to receive deportees from the US, questioning the absence of parliamentary approval and suggesting the deal is...
Yes, a deadly flesh-eating worm was found in the US. No, you shouldn't panic about screwworms
Politifact
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August 26, 2025
A deadly flesh-eating parasitic larva was just found in a human in the U.S. Is that cause for panic? Probably not. State and federal health officials say that the public health risk from this travel-related case is low. The nasty bugger known as...
I’ve Covered Immigration for a Decade. I’ve Never Seen the Government Do This Before.
Slate Magazine
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August 27, 2025
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Kilmar Abrego Garcia has spent the past several months on an involuntary tour of detention centers at home and abroad....
CDC quietly scales back on surveillance program for foodborne illnesses
NBC News
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August 26, 2025
IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing CDC quietly scales back on surveillance program for foodborne illnesses 03:14 UP NEXT Experts say overall dental health is on the decline due to poor...
Make America Wormy Again
Defector
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August 26, 2025
If the parasitic worm that once devoured a portion of RFK Jr.'s brain were alive today, it might rejoice upon learning that yet another parasitic worm has wriggled into the spotlight and captured the heart of our nation, or whatever is left of it....
As Kilmar Abrego Garcia is detained again by ICE, here’s why his case has become a flashpoint for MAGA
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 25, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Competing views on DEI are shaping Catholic higher ed
USCatholic
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August 26, 2025
In February 2025, the Department of Education sent a letter to federally funded colleges and universities. In the letter, often called the “Dear Colleague” letter, Craig Trainor, the department’s acting assistant secretary for civil rights,...
How chatbots talk about suicide
STAT - Massachusetts
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August 26, 2025
Get your daily dose of health and medicine every weekday with STAT’s free newsletter Morning Rounds. Sign up here. Good morning. Everything I have learned about screwworm, I have learned against my will. That being said, scroll all the way down...
AP News Summary at 6:28 p.m. EDT
The Blackstone Valley Call & Times - Rhode Island
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Embattled Fed Governor Lisa Cook's lawyer says she'll sue Trump to keep her job WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook's lawyer says she'll sue President Donald Trump's administration to try to prevent him from firing her. Longtime...
Maxwell School hosts global fellowship focused on combating illicit drug trafficking
Syracuse Sun - New York
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August 25, 2025
Twenty international leaders will gather at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University for a three-week academic program aimed at addressing illicit drug production, trafficking, and use. The initiative, beginning September 8, is organized by the...
Columbus has two consulates. How did they get here?
WOSU - Ohio
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August 26, 2025
Columbus has close ties with many countries, but very few countries have formal offices in the city. Columbus has 10 sister cities that stretch from Tainan City, Taiwan, to Odense, Denmark and Curitiba, Brazil. Despite the sister city agreement...
The U.S. confirms its 1st human case of New World screwworm. What is it?
KIYU - Alaska
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August 25, 2025
New World screwworm larva, like the one pictured, will hatch and feed on the flesh of living animals, typically cattle. Cases in humans are rare but can be fatal. AP/USDA Agricultural Research Service hide caption toggle caption AP/USDA...
AP News Summary at 1:45 p.m. EDT
The Blackstone Valley Call & Times - Rhode Island
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A shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school kills 2 children, injures 17 people MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say a shooter opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Minneapolis Catholic church and struck children celebrating Mass during...
Flesh-eating screwworm that has threatened US cattle has now been found in a person
The Independent
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August 25, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Musk Dominates Crypto Political Influence as Digital Assets Enter Mainstream
News Ghana
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August 25, 2025
Elon Musk commands unrivaled influence over cryptocurrency markets among political figures, according to new research that highlights how social media reach has become as important as portfolio size in driving digital asset trends. The Tesla CEO...
Trump-appointed judge blasts president for ‘smearing’ judiciary as he throws out DOJ lawsuit
The Independent
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August 26, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Princess Kako of Akishino
Andina
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Their Imperial Highnesses Crown Prince and Crown Princess Akishino and their family A Picture taken In the garden of their residence in early summer of 2024. (from left to right) : Her Imperial Highness Princess Kako, His Imperial Highness Crown...
Mario Guevara: Judge to hear case of Atlanta journalist held by ICE
FOX 5 Atlanta - Georgia
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Mario Guevara was arrested in June at a immigration protest. (Gwinnett County Police BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A federal judge in the Southern District of Georgia will hear arguments Wednesday on whether Atlanta-area journalist Mario Guevara should be...
New World SCREWWORM parasite â which eats living flesh â infects first American in Maryland
Natural News
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August 26, 2025
New World SCREWWORM parasite — which eats living flesh — infects first American in Maryland A tiny fly, no bigger than a housefly, lands on an open wound—maybe a scratch, a surgical incision, or even the moist crease of a newborn’s navel. Within...