US lawmakers pressed Facebook on Thursday about the harmful effects its services could have on young people, especially teenagers, as concern mounts about what the social network knows regarding its impact on users. The Senate hearing, titled Protecting Kids Online: Facebook, Instagram, and Mental Health Harms, follows a series of stories in The Wall Street Journal about the social network’s knowledge
Young Logan Jones died after meningitis wasn’t picked up by doctors at Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport. The eight-year-old boy went to hospital twice while suffering with the killer infection, but was “completely failed”, a coroner said. He died hours after leaving hospital for the second time on November 19, 2019, with his mum tragically
Investigators are considering whether toxic algae blooms or other hazards may have contributed to the deaths of a Northern California couple, their baby and the family dog on a remote hiking trail, authorities said. The area in the Sierra National Forest where the bodies were found on Tuesday had been treated as a hazmat site
Consumers will help decide the outcome of the Fully Vaxxed Versus Anti Vaxxed civil war that is unfolding across America. Our federal government has pledged to refrain from implementing a nationwide vaccine passport system, and hopefully we can trust them. Instead, the Biden administration has chosen to leave the choice of serving or turning away
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued a new guidance that all people aged 2 or older, whether vaccinated or not, should begin wearing masks again in indoor public spaces. The Delta variant is highly transmissible by vaccinated people, so no one is safe anymore. At least, that’s what the CDC, Dr. Fauci, and liberal
An anti-vaxxer aged in his 30s, who even after being hospitalised with Covid-19 proclaimed he still would not get vaccinated, has reportedly died from the virus. Stephen Harmon, 34, from southern California died after being hospitalised with Covid-19 earlier this month. The 34-year-old was part of the Hillsong Church and his death was confirmed by
The odds of living past age 110 are becoming more likely, according to a new study from the University of Washington, which used used mathematical modeling predict the probability of people becoming “supercentenarians” in the years 2020 through 2100. The researchers found that it’s “extremely likely” to see the record for the oldest human broken
Scromiting – as those with a thing for smashing words together may already have guessed – is a distressing mix of ‘screaming’ and ‘vomiting’. Image credit: Yarygin / Shutterstock.com Since the legalization of cannabis for medical and recreational use in North America, scientists and medical staff have been able to take a better look at
A 3-year-old Kansas boy died after what police said was an “unanticipated reaction to medicine” given to him during a dental procedure, a local report said. Abiel Zapata-Valenzuela, of Scott City, was reportedly at the dentist to have teeth extracted. “The last thing I told him was cause he cried cause he felt the needle and
TikTokers have tried some pretty dangerous trends, from chugging Everclear to shaving their teeth down with nail files. The app’s latest cautionary tale comes from a flowery photo shoot gone wrong. In a video first posted on Instagram, singer-songwriter Raffaela Weyman and a friend deeply inhaled the scent of a giant yellow bloom. “I hope you
