Opinion
Supposedly easier way out of obesity may not be so easy
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I’ve been hearing a lot lately about how it’s “taking the easy way out” to use GLP-1s to lose weight. That stands for glucagon-like peptide-1, a drug used for type 2 diabetes that has been shown to also help with obesity. It may be true that this is taking an easier way out. But then ...
Judge blocks slimmed-down vaccine recommendations
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A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked federal health officials from cutting the number of vaccines recommended for every child, and said U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. likely violated federal procedures in revamping a key vaccine advisory committee. The decision halts an ...
Almanac for March 17, 2026
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Today is Tuesday, March 17, the 76th day of 2026. There are 289 days left in the year. This is St. Patrick's Day. Today in history: In 1992, white South Africans voted 68.7% to 31.3% to end over 40 years of apartheid in a national referendum. (Voters of all races were allowed to vote two ...
Editorial cartoon for March 16, 2026
Editorial
Silent attacks on personal freedom
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During the first Trump administration, the FBI quietly spent $5 million on Pegasus, an Israeli-developed software product known generically as zero click. Zero click permits the user to download the contents of another mobile or desktop device without tricking the user of that device into ...