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Mayo Clinic training program builds surgical workforce pipeline

Mayo Clinic training program builds surgical workforce pipeline

Minnesota’s first formal surgical first assistant training program has graduated 170 professionals, helping address workforce needs while supporting surgical teams and patient care.  When Mayo Clinic leaders identified a growing...

<a href="https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/finance/vera-health-secures-285m-series-ai-driven-clinical-search-engine" hreflang="en">Vera Health secures $28.5M series A for AI-driven clinical search engine</a>

Vera Health’s platform scans more than 60 million peer-reviewed publications, clinical guidelines, consensus statements and drug labels, executives say.

AT&T to send out $5K checks as part of $177M data breach settlement – how to find out you’re impacted

AT&T to send out $5K checks as part of $177M data breach settlement – how to find out you’re impacted

AT&T customers with compromised data could soon receive part of a $177 million class-action settlement.

Beef prices continue to soar — and protein obsessed gym bros and GLP-1 users may be to blame

Beef prices continue to soar — and protein obsessed gym bros and GLP-1 users may be to blame

It might be time to blame the beefcakes.

Couples get their intimate moments ruined almost 20 times a year: new survey

Couples get their intimate moments ruined almost 20 times a year: new survey

One parent summed it up simply: “Children. It’s always children.”

An Italian Farmer Found Some Unknown Seeds in His Attic and, With Nothing to Lose, Planted Them. The Result Was Almost Biblical

An Italian Farmer Found Some Unknown Seeds in His Attic and, With Nothing to Lose, Planted Them. The Result Was Almost Biblical

When a seven-eared stem emerged from the ground, it seemed like a miracle. What Claudio Grossi had unearthed was an ancient grain that proved to be an answer to some...

Walmart recalls thousands of cans of fruit cocktail

Walmart recalls thousands of cans of fruit cocktail

Retail giant Walmart and manufacturer Pacific Coast Producers recalled more than 44,000 cans of Great Value Fruit Cocktail in Fruit Juice from Concentrate due to potentially elevated levels of lead.

Missouri AG hits drug manufacturer Eli Lilly with cease-and-desist order

Missouri AG hits drug manufacturer Eli Lilly with cease-and-desist order

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued a cease-and-desist letter to Eli Lilly Monday over conditions the company places on hospitals’ access to drug discounts.

Twin hurricanes stare out to space as they barrel toward Hawaii

Twin hurricanes stare out to space as they barrel toward Hawaii

A 2016 satellite photo shows Hurricane Madeline and Hurricane Lester heading straight at Hawaii’s Big Island. When viewed from above, the twin cyclones and the surrounding clouds look eerily like...

Meet the women schooling singles on how to become WAGs: ‘You gotta be bold’

Meet the women schooling singles on how to become WAGs: ‘You gotta be bold’

Scoring a 22-carat championship ring, à la the 2026 New York Knicks, is no easy feat — but it could be if you’ve got game.

Scientists invent implant that can transform sugar in the blood to treat type 2 diabetes

Scientists invent implant that can transform sugar in the blood to treat type 2 diabetes

An experimental medical device uses a tiny amount of electricity to spark a chemical reaction and remove extra sugar from the bloodstream.

First fossil evidence of marine amphibian stuns paleontologists: ‘Very unusual’

First fossil evidence of marine amphibian stuns paleontologists: ‘Very unusual’

Was it a sea-lamander?

Native Hawaiians and Easter Islanders came from same ‘ultravoyager’ group

Native Hawaiians and Easter Islanders came from same ‘ultravoyager’ group

Members of the same people who settled Easter Island also discovered Hawaii, a new study finds.

Romantic park proposal divides internet as ‘furries’ photobomb couple: ‘I’d be fuming’

Romantic park proposal divides internet as ‘furries’ photobomb couple: ‘I’d be fuming’

They were absolutely furry-ous.

Colorful dials and straps are the luxury watch world’s ultimate flex

Colorful dials and straps are the luxury watch world’s ultimate flex

PRIME PALETTE: The latest watches wow in painterly hues Clockwise from top left: OMEGA Seamaster Diver watch in stainless steel, $6,900; TAG Heuer Formula 1 watch in stainless steel, $2,550;...

Wendy’s could close 60 restaurants as major franchisee files for bankruptcy

Wendy’s could close 60 restaurants as major franchisee files for bankruptcy

Fast foodies are about to lose their favorite square-shaped burgers.

Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo surpass 10,000 as deaths mount

Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo surpass 10,000 as deaths mount

The number of cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo hit 10,060 this week, according to the country’s Health Ministry.

Bats Thrive in a Messy, Noisy World. These Four Discoveries Reveal How They Can Listen and Chatter Through the Din

Bats Thrive in a Messy, Noisy World. These Four Discoveries Reveal How They Can Listen and Chatter Through the Din

From eavesdropping to echolocation tricks, science is giving us an inside look into how various bat species weaponize sound

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Cute and comfortable? We found the best joggers to wear in and out of the house

The fashionable sibling of comfy pants is a wardrobe staple.

Bison Used to Roam Eastern Europe Before They Neared Extinction. Now Researchers in Poland Want to Create a Suitable Home Where They Can Thrive

Bison Used to Roam Eastern Europe Before They Neared Extinction. Now Researchers in Poland Want to Create a Suitable Home Where They Can Thrive

Once nearly extinct, wisent adapted to life in the Bialowieza Forest. Human intervention kept them from disappearing, and now humans are trying to return them to their true habitat

From metals and chemicals to pollution and beyond: Mayo Clinic scientists take on medicine’s next revolution — the exposome

Standing in a laboratory amid technologies capable of probing human biology at extraordinary scale and depth, Konstantinos Lazaridis, M.D., is leading Mayo Clinic’s effort to understand the exposome — the...

James Webb telescope discovers rare ring galaxy and ‘intruder’ 2 billion years after the Big Bang

James Webb telescope discovers rare ring galaxy and ‘intruder’ 2 billion years after the Big Bang

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have observed a galaxy with a ring of newborn stars as it appeared 2.1 billion years after the Big Bang — hinting that...

New ‘prestige porn’ makes sex the ultimate luxury — and hot older women the main characters

New ‘prestige porn’ makes sex the ultimate luxury — and hot older women the main characters

Prestige porn is letting us frame sex as not just desirable but luxurious, one sex therapist explained.

First confirmed Ebola patient in Nigeria evacuated to Switzerland

First confirmed Ebola patient in Nigeria evacuated to Switzerland

A Swiss woman being treated for Ebola in Nigeria was medically evacuated to Switzerland with her husband Monday, officials said, as Nigerian authorities continued monitoring 52 people who had been...

Paper straws worse for the environment than plastic ones: study

Paper straws worse for the environment than plastic ones: study

Paper straws can actually be worse for the environment, according to studies.

I tried the viral $299 high-tech baby sock — I was startled by the results

I tried the viral $299 high-tech baby sock — I was startled by the results

The sock looks like a tiny gladiator sandal and fits snugly on a baby’s foot thanks to Velcro-like straps.

Wall Street and Silicon Valley finally agree on something: this $88 shirt

Wall Street and Silicon Valley finally agree on something: this $88 shirt

Wall Street loosened up. Tech buttoned up. They met at this shirt.

GSK Sees Cancer-Drug Pipeline Nearly Doubling Next Year After Dealmaking Spree

GSK Sees Cancer-Drug Pipeline Nearly Doubling Next Year After Dealmaking Spree

EXCLUSIVE: The U.K. drugmaker currently has five approved cancer medicines and a clinical-stage portfolio of about 15 assets.