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CNN — Everyone benefits when there is less air pollution, but it pays off more for older communities with high poverty rates and those where larger populations of Black people live, regardless of income, a new study finds. The study, published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine, looked at the connection between deaths and a type of air pollution called PM2.5. The US Environmental Protection Agency said in January that it is trying to determine how it can best create regulations to strengthen the standards for PM2.5 pollution. The researchers on the new study said that with that…
Editor’s Note: Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. CNN — The eyes are more than a window to the soul — they’re also a reflection of a person’s cognitive health. “The eye is the window into the brain,” said ophthalmologist Dr. Christine Greer, director of medical education at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Boca Raton, Florida. “You can see directly into the nervous system by looking into the back of the eye, toward the optic nerve and…
CNN — Nikki Lawson received the shock of her life at age 35. A couple of years ago, she noticed that her stomach often felt irritable, and she would get sudden urges to use the restroom, sometimes with blood in her stool. She even went to the hospital one day when her symptoms were severe, she said, and she was told it might be a stomach ulcer before being sent home. “That was around the time when Chadwick Boseman, the actor, passed away. I remember watching him on the news and having the same symptoms,” Lawson said of the “Black…
CNN — As the Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins, Habiba says she is “terrified” by the thought of fasting this year. After her disordered eating patterns spiraled into bulimia and binge eating disorder during her mid-teens, she says the ritual of abstaining from food and drink from sunrise to sunset can exacerbate the need to restrict her eating further and risk slipping into a toxic cycle. But making the decision to refrain from the practice feels like she is neglecting a key part of her faith, she says. “I don’t trust myself with keeping a fast because I know…
Comment on this storyCommentWeeks before Silicon Valley Bank failed, the bank was flagged in a presentation to the Federal Reserve Board on the risks that rising interest rates could pose — but ultimately, the collapse was caused by a “textbook case of mismanagement,” the top Fed official investigating what went wrong is set to tell the Senate on Tuesday.Fed supervisors repeatedly warned the bank that it had major issues. But the prepared remarks from Michael Barr, the Fed’s vice chair for supervision, also underscore what the central bank’s senior leadership knew about how policies designed to slow the economy could…
Editor’s Note: Listen now as the Chasing Life podcast explores how Congress and ordinary citizens are trying to hold Big Tech accountable for their content. CNN — The political and legal scrutiny of some Big Tech and social media platforms is running high at the moment. TikTok CEO Shou Chew faced grilling from lawmakers Thursday when he appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. His testimony took place as some lawmakers have renewed calls for TikTok to be banned in the US, citing national security concerns over its ties to China through its parent company, ByteDance. They have also…
Comment on this storyCommentThe founders of the ride-share app Lyft said they were stepping down from their positions as president and chief executive, and into nonexecutive roles, as the company has lagged amid steep competition from longtime rival Uber.Logan Green, Lyft’s chief executive, and John Zimmer, the company’s president, founded the ride-share service in 2012. Green will serve as chair of Lyft’s board, effective April 17, and Zimmer will serve as the vice chair starting June 30.The company named David Risher, a former Amazon executive, as its next chief executive. Risher has been on Lyft’s board of directors since July…
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature45 mins: The board goes up with three minutes of stoppage time displayed as McGree goes down in the box for a stonewall penalty – that isn’t given! The Australian brought a looping ball to ground, pushed it around the defender, went to chase after it only to be blocked from doing so.42 mins: Franco again threatens, from much closer range this time, but the ball is smuggled away at the near post after a dangerous cross from Estupinan. Devlin is then penalised for putting Caicedo on the deck,…
CNN — Tuberculosis cases reported in the United States appear to be returning to levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The US incidence of tuberculosis, or TB, increased slightly last year after a substantial 20.2% decline in 2020 and a 9.8% increase in 2021, according to the data published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on Thursday, just a day ahead of World Tuberculosis Day. “TB incidence increased during 2022, compared with that during 2020 and 2021,” CDC researchers wrote in the report. Now,…
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