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Biden’s Numbers, January 2023 Update
Here's how the United States has fared since President Joe Biden took office two years ago. The post Biden’s Numbers, January 2023…
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Were Lobotomies Performed with Ice Picks in the 1950s?
No matter how you slice it, this obsolete form of "psychiatric treatment" was a horror.
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Is GOP Freedom Caucus Pushing for a 30% Sales Tax in US?
The tax is part of a plan to "eliminate the need for the Internal Revenue Service."
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Posts Misinterpret NYC Health Tweet About Omicron Subvariant XBB.1.5
An unclear tweet from New York City health officials was meant to caution residents that the latest omicron subvariant, XBB.1.5, might be…
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Social Media Posts Twist Meaning of CDC, FDA Disclosure on Bivalent Booster
Government health agencies disclosed a potential safety concern for strokes in those 65 and older with one of the COVID-19 vaccines, but…
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Did Cigarettes Ever Contain Asbestos Filters?
Kent cigarettes, the company claimed in the 1950s, were "the one cigarette that can show you proof of greater health protection."