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Don’t toss expired COVID-19 tests
Author: Morayo Ogunbayo, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

You probably have a cabinet full of rapid COVID-19 tests you’ve accumulated. The expiration dates have come closer and closer, with some tests even reaching them.

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Walking easy way to get health started on right foot; add resistance training for more benefits
Author: LAURA UNGAR, Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Janet Rapp strode briskly down a paved path through the city zoo, waving at friends and stopping briefly to greet emus she knows by name.

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Weather Eye: Wet, windy conditions will continue in Clark County
Author: Patrick Timm

Wet, wet, wet. That sums up our weather forecast for the week as we will endure two moderate to heavy rain events. One will take place tonight and Wednesday and the other Thursday into Friday. It is a complex situation and will be changing by the hour.

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COVID vaccine could help again
Author: Alison McCook, The Philadelphia Inquirer

PHILADELPHIA — The same technology that saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic appears to hold promise against another scourge of infectious disease, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Sexually transmitted disease numbers show improvement
Author: MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press

NEW YORK — The U.S. syphilis epidemic slowed dramatically last year, gonorrhea cases fell and chlamydia cases remained below prepandemic levels, according to federal data released Tuesday.

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‘Training to failure’ great for building muscle mass, not necessary otherwise
Author: Maria Cheng, Associated Press

LONDON — No pain, no gain, as the old exercise adage goes. But just how much pain do you have to endure to benefit from weight training? That depends on what you’re trying to accomplish, fitness experts say.

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Death Notices for Nov. 19, 2024
Author: The Columbian

Dale Emory Thomas, 86, Camas, died Nov. 10, 2024. All County Cremation and Burial Services, 360-718-7948.

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Seattle Times Politics

King County voters’ fairly rosy outlook on WA not shared across state
Author: Gene Balk / FYI Guy

A new poll found a higher share of voters in King County think Washington is headed in the right track than voters elsewhere in the state, FYI Guy writes.

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The Chronicle - November 19, 2024

DemocracyNow!

Nuclear Revival? Diné Activist Warns Against New Uranium Mining as AI, Bitcoin Energy Needs Soar
Author: webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)

The search for an energy alternative to fossil fuels has renewed interest in nuclear power production across the globe. Despite nuclear boosters’ promotion of the energy source, Tim Judson of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service calls nuclear power an “elaborate greenwashing scheme.” Nuclear is “not carbon-free,” says Diné organizer Leona Morgan, who highlights the fuel costs and environmental contamination — particularly within and around Indigenous communities in the Southwest United States — of the uranium mining required to produce nuclear power. Because the carbon costs before and after nuclear generation are not factored into energy calculations, says Morgan, “it’s really not going to solve the energy crisis.”

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