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If You Live in These Cities, Pest Populations Are About to Spike

Courtesy National Pest Management Association April showers bring May flowers, but abnormal fall and winter weather can bring cockroaches, rats, and mosquitoes. Yikes! If you live in any of these ten cities, you’re at greatest risk. During the winter, it can be all too easy to completely stop worrying about pests. It’s too cold for… Read More: If You Live in These Cities, Pest Populations Are About… »

Is the ‘autism epidemic’ real? Researchers say over-diagnosis to blame for spike in number of cases

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other anti-vaccine crusaders have long and falsely blamed vaccines for breeding an “epidemic” of autism. But is the epidemic even real? According to the authors of a new study, the astonishing explosion in the number of diagnosed cases of autism is the result of a broadening of the definition of… Read More: Is the ‘autism epidemic’ real? Researchers say over-diagnosis to blame… »

CDC blames spike in teen tobacco use on vaping, popularity of Juul

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is blaming nicotine vaping devices like Juul for single-handedly driving a spike in tobacco use among teens, threatening to erase years of progress curbing youth use.