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Why people resist modern vaccines a mystery

It’s hard to understand why parents or adult guardians refuse to get their children vaccinated. It’s a puzzling problem that medical experts seem unable to crack: convincing all parents that immunizing their children against diseases that we thought were long gone generations ago. There has long been a cottage industry of sorts of vaccine doubters, which has grown exponentially with the widespread advent of the internet. Anti-vaxers, as those folks are sometimes called, can cite chapter and verse of statistics that show how dangerous vaccines are and how parents are putting their ...

AG’s office warns of scam with ‘prop money’

The state is warning of a scam involving Facebook Marketplace and similar platforms — and if this one sounds like something out of the movies, it's because it is. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has reissued a consumer alert after numerous social media reports surfaced of Michigan residents being paid with realistic “prop money” marked as “For Motion Picture Purposes” for items sold on Facebook Marketplace and similar platforms. While the Department of Attorney General has not yet received direct consumer complaints, it is aware of multiple reports involving sellers ...

Don’t be too quick to discard those fall leaves

It’s autumn and area forests are replete with blazing colors and, of course, falling leaves. Speaking of leaves, what should a person do with them? The initial urge might be to rake them into bags, but that’s not necessarily the best option for nature. According to the National Wildlife Federation, leaves form a natural mulch that suppresses weeds and fertilizes the soil as it breaks down. Removing leaves also gets rid of valuable wildlife habitat. How is that possible? You might not see them, but many moth and butterfly caterpillars spend their winter in fallen leaves ...