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RSV uptick could be coming back, but DC-area doctors say it should be better than last year 10/27/2023 05:08pm • It may not feel like it outside, but late fall and winter are approaching. With that, D.C.-area doctors say they're worried about the return of a familiar illness — RSV. "We've already been receiving warnings from the CDC that there are RSV cases in the Southeast, which is kind of an indication Jets cornerbacks Sauce Gardner and D.J. Reed clear concussion protocol and will play vs Giants 10/27/2023 04:43pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets starting cornerbacks Sauce Gardner and D.J. Reed cleared the concussion protocol and will play against the Giants on Sunday. Coach Robert Saleh announced Friday both Gardner and Reed are “good to go” after practicing fully this week. Gardner missed New Y Data Doctors: How to fix the infamous 'blue screen of death' 10/27/2023 02:30pm • Q: I had a blue screen error message pop-up while I wasn’t even using my computer running Windows 10 — what gives? A: The infamous Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) isn’t a small issue, as it will always stop you in your tracks. It’s an indication that Windows was unable to recover from some fo DC mayor pressed to declare public health emergency over opioid overdoses 10/27/2023 02:23pm • Asiyah Timimi, who runs a youth anti-violence program, said she was driving down New York Avenue when she saw a young man overdosing outside of a McDonalds. “I turned him on his side and he was just … the fluid was just pouring out,” Timimi said. “His friend didn't have a clue what to A new cure for sickle cell disease may be coming. Health advisers will review it next week 10/27/2023 11:47am • The only cure for painful sickle cell disease today is a bone marrow transplant. But soon there may be a new cure that attacks the disorder at its genetic source. On Tuesday, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will review a gene therapy for the inherited blood disorder, which in the U.S. Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn 10/27/2023 11:33am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Despite its last-minute scheduling, the meeting at a bookstore in Russia’s westernmost city of Kaliningrad still drew about 60 people, with many outraged by a lawmaker’s efforts to ban abortions in local private clinics. The weeknight turnout surprised and heartened Das China's chief epidemiologist who helped drive the anti-COVID fight dies at age 60 10/27/2023 07:56am • BANGKOK (AP) — Wu Zunyou, an epidemiologist who helped drive the country's strict zero-COVID measures in China that suspended access to cities and confined millions to their homes, died on Friday. He was 60. An announcement from China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention about Wu's death Doctor Reddy's: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot 10/27/2023 07:46am • HYDERABAD, India (AP) — HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. (RDY) on Friday reported profit of $179 million in its fiscal second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Hyderabad, India-based company said it had profit of $1.07. The pharmaceutical posted revenue of $832.2 million in From Stalin to Putin, abortion has had a complicated history in Russia 10/27/2023 12:58am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — They were banned under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin but commonplace under later Kremlin leaders. Now, after less than a century, official attitudes about abortion in Russia are changing once again. Although abortion is still legal and widely available, new restrictions are 2% of kids and 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show 10/26/2023 08:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A month after federal officials recommended new versions of COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot. One expert called the rates “abysmal.” The numbers, presented Thursday at a meeting held by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, What Is the 5:2 Diet and Is It Good for Weight Loss? 10/26/2023 08:00pm • Dieting often boils down to balance: calories in versus calories out, whole foods versus processed foods, thoughtful meal preparation versus convenience and impulse buys. The principle behind intermittent fasting, including the 5:2 diet, is based on restoring balance to one's diet. You eat regularly Diverticulitis Diet: Best Foods to Eat 10/26/2023 08:00pm • Diverticulosis is a common condition, especially in older adults, in which small pockets or sacs called diverticula form and push outward through weak spots in the colon. Half of Americans over the age of 60 have diverticulosis, making it the most common finding during a routine colonoscopy. A 2023 An Idaho woman sues her fertility doctor, says he used his own sperm to impregnate her 34 years ago 10/26/2023 07:43pm • SEATTLE (AP) — An Idaho woman is suing her one-time fertility doctor, saying he secretly used his own sperm to inseminate her 34 years ago — the latest in a string of such cases brought as at-home DNA sampling enables people to learn more about their ancestry. Sharon Hayes, 67, of Hauser, Idaho, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies outside jury's presence as judge decides what he can say 10/26/2023 06:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Sam Bankman-Fried got a test run taking the stand at his New York criminal trial Thursday after a judge sent jurors home but let him demonstrate portions of his testimony before deciding which parts of it he'll allow. Bankman-Fried, 31, is expected to face the jury Friday when he t Movie Review: ‘Pain Hustlers' tells a sadly familiar story with a kitchen-sink style 10/26/2023 04:29pm • The wife of a man who nearly died of an opioid overdose comes bursting into the office of the sleazy doctor who prescribed it, wrongly, in exchange for personal gain. She slugs the doctor, in her agony. The scene comes deep into the new Netflix film “Pain Hustlers,” and it feels bracingly real a