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Forecasters: Drought more likely than blizzards this winter NOAA

Forecasters: Drought more likely than blizzards this winter

Don’t expect much of a winter wallop this year, except for the pain of worsening drought, U.S. government forecasters said Thursday.Two-thirds of the United States should get a warmer than normal winter, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted. Only Washington, northern Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas and northwestern Minnesota, will…
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October 15, 2020
Past Governor General’s Literary Award winners on the books carrying them through the pandemic Pandemic

Past Governor General’s Literary Award winners on the books carrying them through the pandemic

Books for distraction, escape or deep-dives into current events: Canada’s award-winning authors reflect on their literature consumption amidst COVID-19 Since 1936, GGBooks have been celebrating the best books in Canada across genres. Each year, writers from all corners of the country are nationally recognized for their contributions to Canadian literature,…
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October 15, 2020
Fixing TAVR Injuries Doesn’t Help Outcomes VR

Fixing TAVR Injuries Doesn’t Help Outcomes

Transcatheter closure of holes between the atria that persist after transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) didn't improve exercise capacity compared with conservative treatment in the small MITHRAS trial. Six-minute walking distance at 5 months post-closure was similar to conservatively-treated patients without significant change in either group, Philipp Lurz, MD, PhD,…
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October 15, 2020
FDA Warns Against NSAIDs in Pregnancy After 20 Weeks NSA

FDA Warns Against NSAIDs in Pregnancy After 20 Weeks

The FDA issued a drug safety communication about nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use during pregnancy, mandating that product labels include warnings about risk of a rare but serious kidney complication in infants. Use of over-the-counter or prescription pain medications -- including aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, diclofenac, and celecoxib -- after 20…
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October 15, 2020
Alberta government’s claimed savings from health-care cuts don’t add up Slavery Abolition

Alberta government’s claimed savings from health-care cuts don’t add up

Math, apparently, remains hard. Except, perhaps, calculus of a political sort. On its face, Health Minister Tyler Shandro's claim that firing 11,000 low-paid public sector health-care employees will save about $600 million makes little sense. Others have done the same calculation and come up with similar results, but it is…
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October 15, 2020
Nigeria: Nigeria’s #EndSARS Protests Also Concern Counter-Terrorism Hongkong

Nigeria: Nigeria’s #EndSARS Protests Also Concern Counter-Terrorism

The nationwide campaign for accountable, responsible policing could help address violent extremism. The #EndSARS (End Special Anti-Robbery Squad) protests in Nigeria are a call for massive reforms not only in the police institution but also the wider security sector that involves counter-terrorism. If there is an African country that should…
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October 15, 2020
Turkish ultranationalists storm Armenian districts in Istanbul as fighting rages in Nagorno-Karabakh Hrant Dink

Turkish ultranationalists storm Armenian districts in Istanbul as fighting rages in Nagorno-Karabakh

Screengrab of a video posted on Twitter on October 5, showing a group of Turkish ultra-nationalists storming Kurtulus, a neighbourhood in Istanbul that is home to a large Armenian population. Turkey’s Armenian community is becoming increasingly fearful about reprisals as fighting rages in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory claimed by both…
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October 15, 2020
DOC NYC Festival Lineup Includes Documentaries About Everybody From Pope Francis to Frank Zappa Jamal Khashoggi

DOC NYC Festival Lineup Includes Documentaries About Everybody From Pope Francis to Frank Zappa

The first all-virtual edition of the DOC NYC festival of nonfiction films announced its 2020 lineup on Thursday, with 107 feature documentaries about everyone from John Belushi to Jamal Khashoggi and Pope Francis to Frank Zappa, The lineup for the festival, which runs from Nov. 11 through Nov. 19 and…
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October 15, 2020